TLmag Special Editions

Taking place from January to November 2021, the programme for the fifth edition of Hermès’ Skills Academy is dedicated to exploring skills and innovation centred around glass and crystal.

Since they set up their design studio in 2006, Virginie Moriette and Ming Xu have constantly been investigating and questioning boundaries – between their respective cultures and those of other continents, between architecture and design, between design and art.

Studio MVW has been evolving for 15 years in the heart of the Shanghai megalopolis, which is experiencing tremendous growth as an economic and financial… Read more

Founder and CEO, Yuichiro Hori runs Stellar Works, a specialised furniture design atelier with around 400 employees from all around the world.

Having developed her own methodology of devitrifying and crystalising glass particles, Lada Semecká’s minimalist ‘glass pictures’ are as much a reflection of the mastery of her craft as they are physical manifestations of her dreamy inner landscapes.

Juhani Lemmett’s vast collection of glass and ceramics illustrates the rich heritage of design and craft in Finland and anyone asked where to catch an all-encompassing glimpse of the country’s contemporary design movement would list Helsinki’s, Gallery Lemmetti, as an essential port of call.

Since founding London’s Vessel Gallery 20 years ago, Angel Monzon has become an expert on the contemporary glass-art scene, exhibiting and developing the work of a myriad glass artists. As a proud proponent of glass as a hand-worked skill, we speak to him about the developments he’s seen and the future he envisions for the craft.

Studio MVW presents Hospitality Redefined by Future-Forward Concepts and the Natural Elements

Experimentation plays an important role in Studio MVW’s creative process. While materials, textures and surfaces are constantly researched and tested, the designers are also interested in exploring the possibilities of luxury in the 21st century — what this concept means in our contemporary lifestyle and how it is signified in our daily surroundings.

Berlin Art Glass debuted their new lighting brand ANALOG in Alcova Sassetti last Milan Design Week. The first series of this brand is called On Movement and Material and is created in collaboration with Philip Weber, the new Artistic Director of this cultural institution. He took the time to sit down with TLmag and talk about the lighting brand and his new position.

The Glass Factory founder Maja Heuer reflects on her motivations for establishing the Glass Factory and the need for new approaches to the business of glass.

Le Stanze Del Vetro on the island of San Giorgio Maggiore hosts the exhibition Venice and American Studio Glass exhibition from the 6th of September 2020 until 10th January 2021. The show presents 155 outstanding glass vessels, sculptures and installations created by 60 American and Venetian artists.