GQ India - July - August 2021

31 Secrets to Unlocking Your Creativity

Thirty-three of our favourite artists, writers, musicians, designers, and big thinkers share the mysterious rituals and dirty tricks behind their greatest work.

BILL & TYSHAWN'S EXCELLENT ADVENTURE

Tyshawn Jones is the most electric skateboarder of his generation; William Strobeck is the definitive skate documentarian of our era. Together, they have ushered in a paradigm shift that has taken their careers-and the very limits of skateboarding-to new levels.

KAROL G IS BLOWING UP REGGAETON'S BOYS' CLUB

Inside the unstoppable rise of Karol G, the Colombian superstar suddenly dominating charts around the globe.

Yohji Yamamoto The MASTER

His peers are long gone. His craft is a vanishing art. But Yohji Yamamoto high fashion's master tailor is still making clothes for the ages.

Inside Donald Glover's Orchard of Ideas

He changed the course of television with Atlanta and laid out a blueprint for a whole era of dark comedy. And now, out in Ojai, California, the multihyphenate star is preparing for the next phase of his career, building something even bigger and more ambitious that only he could have imagined.

Hoyeon Rising

Hoyeon made the overnight leap from model to globally in-demand actor after her performance in Squid Game. Now, at a time when South Korea is minting some of the planet's biggest stars, she's working with some of the most celebrated auteurs in cinema, booking some of the most rarefied gigs in fashion, and after years spent bouncing around the world-beginning to wonder whether the best place to chase her future might just be back home in Seoul.

TIM COOK THINKS DIFFERENT

As Apple CEO, he has defied his skeptics and refashioned the world's most creative company on his own exacting terms. Now, in a frank conversation, he offers new insight into his leadership explaining why he sees himself as an outsider, how he asserts Apple's values, and what he does to keep from staring at his iPhone all day.

A TIME FOR GRACE

Through her deep ties to the art world, Grace Wales Bonner has defined a new approach to fashion design and turned her vision of Black elegance into the hottest thing in menswear.

THE FACE OF MODERN DESIGN

At 83 years old, Gaetano Pesce the legend of Italian art, architecture, and beyond has been reimagining everyday objects and furniture in vibrant new ways for decades. Now, the culture is finally catching up to him.

OPEN SEASON

Less is indeed more, when it comes to an AMG-powered E Class sans two doors and a hard top.