BLESS, Yasmine Schroeder-Elgarafi and Sternberg Press are pleased to announce the launch of
Wednesday, November 22, 2006, from 7.30 -10 pm
KUNSTVEREIN MÜNCHEN
Galeriestr.4
80539 München
Saturday, October 7th, 2006, from 4:00 to 7:00 pm
ANBERG
Isestrasse 94
20149 Hamburg
Tuesday, October 3rd, 2006, from 8:30 pm
BLESS SHOP PARIS
14, Rue Portefoin
75003 Paris
Saturday, September 30, 2006, from 4:00 to 8:00 pm
BLESS SHOP BERLIN
Mulackstrasse 38
10119 Berlin
BLESS
CELEBRATING 10 YEARS OF THEMELESSNESS: N°00 – N°29
Wednesday, November 22, 2006, from 7.30 -10 pm
KUNSTVEREIN MÜNCHEN
Galeriestr.4
80539 München
Saturday, October 7th, 2006, from 4:00 to 7:00 pm
ANBERG
Isestrasse 94
20149 Hamburg
Tuesday, October 3rd, 2006, from 8:30 pm
BLESS SHOP PARIS
14, Rue Portefoin
75003 Paris
Saturday, September 30, 2006, from 4:00 to 8:00 pm
BLESS SHOP BERLIN
Mulackstrasse 38
10119 Berlin
BLESS
Celebrating 10 Years of Themelessness: N°00 – N°29
Edited by Desiree Heiss, Ines Kaag, Manuel Raeder
With contributions by Thimo te Duits, Elein Fleiss, Nakako Hayashi, Stéphanie Moisdon, Ulf Poschardt, Pro qm, Adriano Sack, Barbara Steiner, Olivier Zahm
Interviews by Manuel Raeder with Nobuyoshi Tamura Shihan and by Jan Winkelmann with Bless
Bless came to fame in the winter of 97/98, when the models of a Martin Margiela fashion show wore Bless wigs made out of fur. Heralded as one of fashion’s most innovative designers, the Paris and Berlin-based duo (Desiree Heiss and Ines Kaag) quickly refused to capitalize on one milieu. Constantly investigating the boundaries of style, Bless slides from fashion to beauty, interior decoration to art exhibition, collaboration with other brands to stylized advertising. Their production, which sits on the fine line between art object and design, high function and high fashion, is always unique and marked by the recycling and adaptation of unexpected items put to use in a totally new way.
Designed by Manuel Raeder, this fully illustrated book features for the first time the wide range of Bless’ activity and documents a unique mode of cultural production.
Bless have exhibited internationally at the 1st berlin biennale (1998/99), Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris (1999), Centre Pompidou (2000), Manifesta 4 (2002), Palais de Tokyo (2003), Moderna Museet, Stockholm (2004), and most recently at the Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam (2006). Their collaborations with other brands range from Adidas to Levi’s, Nike, Mikli and Droog over to the jewellery designer Bucherer.
English
18.5 x 25 cm, 496 pp.,
196 color and 300 b/w ill.,
soft cover
ISBN 1-933128-15-1
€ 45.00
Celebrating 10 Years of Themelessness: N°00 – N°29
Edited by Desiree Heiss, Ines Kaag, Manuel Raeder
With contributions by Thimo te Duits, Elein Fleiss, Nakako Hayashi, Stéphanie Moisdon, Ulf Poschardt, Pro qm, Adriano Sack, Barbara Steiner, Olivier Zahm
Interviews by Manuel Raeder with Nobuyoshi Tamura Shihan and by Jan Winkelmann with Bless
Bless came to fame in the winter of 97/98, when the models of a Martin Margiela fashion show wore Bless wigs made out of fur. Heralded as one of fashion’s most innovative designers, the Paris and Berlin-based duo (Desiree Heiss and Ines Kaag) quickly refused to capitalize on one milieu. Constantly investigating the boundaries of style, Bless slides from fashion to beauty, interior decoration to art exhibition, collaboration with other brands to stylized advertising. Their production, which sits on the fine line between art object and design, high function and high fashion, is always unique and marked by the recycling and adaptation of unexpected items put to use in a totally new way.
Designed by Manuel Raeder, this fully illustrated book features for the first time the wide range of Bless’ activity and documents a unique mode of cultural production.
Bless have exhibited internationally at the 1st berlin biennale (1998/99), Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris (1999), Centre Pompidou (2000), Manifesta 4 (2002), Palais de Tokyo (2003), Moderna Museet, Stockholm (2004), and most recently at the Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam (2006). Their collaborations with other brands range from Adidas to Levi’s, Nike, Mikli and Droog over to the jewellery designer Bucherer.
English
18.5 x 25 cm, 496 pp.,
196 color and 300 b/w ill.,
soft cover
ISBN 1-933128-15-1
€ 45.00