Adornment and Identity This joint session between GLASS and DESIGN (formerly ICDAD) explores adornment in the decorative arts—including glass and other artistic mediums—as a means of expressing identity, heritage, and social belonging. It considers how these practices persist, adapt, and communicate meaning across cultures and time. Papers also relating to the subthemes of the conference, “intangible heritage,” “youth power,” and new technologies” are especially welcome, in alignment with the ICOM Dubai 2025 theme, “The Future of Museums in Rapidly Changing Communities.” ——————– Session A-10 DESIGN (ICDAD) & GLASS Adornment and Identity 12 November, 1:00 – 2:30 PM (Dubai time) Sheikh Rashid Hall B Presentations Mihaela GRIGOREAN (Satu Mare County Museum), “The Wreath of the Bride from Oaș Country, Romania and the Art of Identity Reconstruction” Mariangels FONDEVILA (Curator of Modern Art, Museu Nacional d’Art de Catalunya), “Adornment and Identity: Case of Study Based on the Museu Nacional D’Art Collections” Diletta HABERL (PhD student in Art History at the Department of Humanities, University of L’Aquila), “Adorning the Invisible: Herta Ottolenghi Wedekind’s Textile Language of Symbolism and Meaning” Sakshi KUKRETI (Museum Consultant and Independent Curator), “Adornment and Identity: Material Culture in Indian Sanskrit Literature and Museum Collections” Keynote Address Salehvand NAVID (Director of Glass and Ceramic Museum of Iran) and Moghayer Zohreh MOHAMMADIAN (Senior Curator of Glass and Ceramic Museum of Iran), “Changing Face of a Glass Object, a Narrative of Research Journey in Times and Places” Moderators Denise HAGSTRÖMER (DESIGN Board Member and Senior Curator of Design at the National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design) Anika REINEKE (DESIGN Board Member and Curator of Textiles, Decorative and Applied Arts and the Henry van de Velde Museum) Melissa RINNE (DESIGN Chair and Senior Specialist, Kyoto National Museum)