bless

BLESS
Fits every style!
www.bless-service.de
VAT No. DE 812 145 596
BLESS eine GmbH •• Ernst-Reuter-Siedlung 15 •• D-13355 Berlin
Fon +49-30-4401010-0 •• Fax -1 •• info@blessberlin.com
BLESS eine GmbH France •• 14, rue Portefoin, 75003 F-Paris
Fon +33-148016743 •• Fax - 0054 eugenie@blessparis.com
name
• BLESS
www.bless-service.de
1. contact
1. collaboration as bless
1. official product
• 1993, we met as students at the “Concours International des Jeunes Créateurs de la Mode” in Paris
• summer 1995, BLESS Debut, presented on posters placed in the cities Vienna and Berlin
• autumn 1996, BLESS N°00 Furwig, advertising in i-D magazine, Self Service, and Purple Fashion
corporation
• Kaag / Heiss GbR
Ernst-Reuter-Siedlung 15, 13355 Berlin, Germany
tel +49 30 440 10 100
fax +49 30 440 10 101
info@blessberlin.com
2nd corporation
• eine GmbH
Ernst-Reuter-Siedlung 15, 13355 Berlin, Germany
3rd corporation/
blessshopparis/
showroom
• eine GmbH France - Succursale
14, Rue Portefoin, 75003 Paris, France
tel +33 1 48 01 67 43
fax +33 1 48 01 00 54
eugenie@blessparis.com
date of foundation
• January 2, 1997, Berlin
owners
• Desiree Heiss, born 22.4.1971 in Freiburg / Germany, Austrian nationality,
fashion graduation in June 1994, University of applied arts in Vienna,
based in Paris
• Ines Kaag, born 3.2.1970 in Fürth / Germany, German nationality,
fashion graduation in March 1995, University of arts and design in Hannover,
based in Berlin
permanent collaborators
• Eugénie Delloye, client relations, accounting, and general assistance in Paris
• Elisa Bürkle, client relations, accounting, and general assistance in Berlin
• Saskia Wendland, production manager
• Manuel Raeder, graphic design
• Chrissy Jordan, shopmanagement Paris, in-house press
• Yasmine Gauster, initiator and owner of first blessshopberlin, friend and consultant
• Christoph Degenhard, architecture / product design
• Christine Beinemeier, architecture / product design
collaborating producers
• Loops, Sigrid Henning
• Les Industries du Cuir, Mme Gueguen
• 110%tig, Susanne Zmudzinski
press contacts
• Worldwide photo requests and French press: BLESS Paris, Chrissy Jordan, +33 1 48 01 67 43, press@blessparis.com
• Germany and Scandinavia: Agency V, Rike Doepp, +49 30 420 19 200, rike@agencyv.com
• Spain: Felipe Salgado showroom, +34 9 33 04 21 48, press@felipesalgado.net
• U.S.A.: Agency V, Rike Doepp, +1 212 929 2575, rike@agencyv.com
• Japan: Diptrics, +81 33 40 90 089, info@diptrics.com
sales contacts abroad
• Japan: Diptrics, +81 33 40 90 089, info@diptrics.com
• Italy: Slam Jam, +39 05 32 25 12 29, sonia.dellamartera@slamjam.com
BLESS is a project that presents ideal and artistic values by products to the public.
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exhibition preview
2014
06/2014
2014.06 - 03.2015
La Décennie
Group Exhibition
Curated by: Stéphanie Moisdon
Centre Pompidou-Metz
1 Parvis des Droits de l'Homme, 57020 Metz, France
Shown BLESS products: N°12 Team-ups, N°12 Bedsheets couple, N°29 Wallscapes, BLESS Exhibition model The shoe binding woman
http://www.centrepompidou-metz.fr/en/welcome
04/2014
26.04 - 14.07.2014
Decorum
Group exhibition
Curated by: Anne Dressen and Gong Yan
Power Station of Art
200 Huayuangang Rd, Huangpu, Shanghai, China
Shown BLESS product: N°34 Carpettop
http://test.powerstationofart.org
8.04 - 12.04.2014
Source Material
Group exhibition
Curated by: Marco Velardi, Jasper Morrison, and Jonathan Olivares
Salone del Mobile at Kaleidoscope Project Space
Via Macedonio Melloni 33, 20129 Milano, Italy
Shown BLESS product: N°22 Cola Bottle
02/2014
22.02 - 11.05.2014
Expanding Fashion
Group Exhibition
Curated by: Mizuki Takahashi
Contemporary Art Center, Art Tower Mito
Shown BLESS products: N°45 Musiccurtain, N°50 Silent Servants
http://www.arttowermito.or.jp/index.php
2013
12/2013
10.12 - 11.12.2013
Wearable Futures 2013
Group Exhibition
Curated by: Cassie Robinson and Amanda Gore
Ravensbourne University
6 Penrose Way, Greenwich Peninsula, London SE10 OEW
Shown BLESS product: N°45 Recordingshoes
http://www.wearablefutures.co
10/2013
16.10 - 04.01.2014
La Tyrannie des Objets
Group Exhibition
Curated by: Alexandra Fau
Galerie des Galeries
Galeries Lafayette Haussmann's Cultural Space, 1st floor
40 Boulevard Haussmann 75009 Paris, France
Shown BLESS product: N°07 Chairwear B
07/2013
19.07 - 28.08.2013
Poreczne
Group Exhibition
Curated by: Anna Czaban
Arsenal Municipal Gallery
Stary Rynek 3 61-772 Poznan, Poland
Shown BLESS products: BLESS beauty Hairbrush big, N°07 Chairwear B, N°17 Vacuumcleaner 2,
N°22 Mobile #2, N°22 Mirror Curtain, N°26 Cable Jewelry, N°28 Sofa Hammock, N°35 Remote Controlled Cars, N°41 Doubleplants, N°41 Hourglasschair
http://www.arsenal.art.pl
06/2013
26.06 - 13.10.2013
Sonic Fabric
Group Exhibition
Guest Curator: Sabine Seymour
Curated by: Thomas Geisler, Kustode MAK-Sammlung Design
MAK – Austrian Museum of Applied Arts / Contemporary Art
Stubenring 5, 1010 Vienna, Austria
Shown BLESS product: N°45 Musiccurtain, Orchestra Scarf, Recording Shoes, and Melodized Pillow Hammock
http://www.mak.at/en/programm/event/sonic_fabric?reserve-mode=active
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exhibitions (+ participations )
06/2013
22.06 - 29.9.2013
Triennale in Fellbach
Group Exhibition
Curated by: Angelika Nollert
Alte Kelter, Untertürkheimer Straße 33, 70734 Fellbach
Shown BLESS products: N°25 Winterhat, N°25 Winterglasses, N°35 Remote Controlled Cars,
N°36 Duofringeglasses, N°39 Flipflopbag, N°40 Boxknit, BLESS Packaging System iPhonecase
www.triennale.de
02/2013
09.02 - 02.06.2013
PROJECTO CIBO/FOOD PROJECT / The shape of taste
Group Exhibition
Curated by: Beppe Finessi
MART, Museo di Arte Moderna e Contemporanea di Trento e Rovereto
Corso Bettini 43, 38068 Rovereto TN, Italy
Shown BLESS products: N°42 Candyglasses, N°42 Candytop
www.mart.tn.it 2012
11/2012
28.11 - 18.04.2013
Fashioning the Object: BLESS, Boudicca, and Sandra Buckland
Group Exhibition
Curated by: Zoë Ryan
Tel Aviv Museum of Art
27 Shaul Hamelech Blvd, 61332 Tel Aviv, Israel
Shown BLESS products: N°45 Musiccurtain and selection of BLESS products
10/2012
02.10 - 17.11.2012
La Demeure Joyeuse II
Group Exhibition
Curated by: Anne Dressen
Galerie Francesca Pia
Limmatstrasse 268, 8005 Zürich, Switzerland Shown BLESS products: N°22 Mobile #1, N°34 Carpettop, N°35 Planter, N°26 Cable Jewellery, N°28 Fat Knit Hammock, N°43 Ermy
09/2012
13.09 - 16.09.2012
ABC Art Berlin Contemporary 2012
Group Exhibition
Curated by: Alexander Schröder
Station Berlin
Luckenwalder Strasse 4-6, 10963 Berlin, Germany
Shown BLESS product: N°41 Workoutcomputer
02/2012
26.02 - 30.12.2012
Workstyle - Function & Fashion
Group Exhibition
Curated by: Sjouk Hoitsma and Monique van Heist
Museum Rotterdam
Schielandhuis Short Hoogstraat 31, 3011 GK Rotterdam
Shown BLESS products: N°09 Merchandising embroidered jeans and "B" sweater
04/2012
11.04 - 05.08.2012
Fashioning the Object: BLESS, Boudicca, and Sandra Buckland
Group Exhibition
Curated by: Zoë Ryan
The Art Institute of Chicago
111, South Michigan Avenue, Chicago, IL 60603-6110, USA
Shown BLESS products: N°45 Musiccurtain and selection of BLESS products
04/2012
11.04 - 17.06.2012
Ultrabody
Salone Internationale del Mobile 2012
Group Exhibition
Curated by: Architect and Curator Beppe Finessi
Castello Sforzesco, Milano
Shown BLESS products: N°28 Ring gloves and N°43 Ermy
04/2012
17.04 - 22.04.2012
Salone internationale del Mobile 2012
Group Exhibition
Curated by: Hans Maier-Aichen
Kvadrat Showroom
Corso Monforte 15 I-20122 Milano, Italy
Shown BLESS product: N°35 Automatica Carcanapé made of Kvadrat Hallingdal 65
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02/2012
03.02 - 15.04.2012
Talking Textiles, Stockholm Furniture Fair
Group Exhibition
Curated by: Philip Fimmano
Designhall, Stockholm
Shown BLESS product: N°34 Carpettop
3/2012
10.03 - 11.03.2012
Colette: Carnaval 1997- 2012
Group Exhibition
Jardin des Tuileries, Paris
Shown BLESS product: N°41 Workoutcomputer
2011
12/2011
14.12.2011
Celebrating 15 years of themelessness
BLESS in dialogue, designaustria, im designforum
Museums Quartier
Museumsplatz 1/Hof 7, 1070 Wien
12/2011
10.12 - 24.03.2011
Split Identities: Objects at the Interstice of Art and Design
Group Exhibition
Curated by: Irma Brodnjak
Galerija Murska Sobota
Kocljeve 7, SI-9000 Murska Sobota, Slovenija
Shown BLESS products: BLESS Packaging System iPhonecase, BLESS beauty Make-up pictures,
BLESS beauty Hairbrush, N°28 Ring gloves, N°30 Coiffglasses, N°35 Servancer, N°35 Cupcop, N°37 Headphone,
N°39 Towelnecessaires, N°40 Boxknit, N°41 Doubleplant
09/2011
25.09.2010 - 05.01.2011
Not in Fashion. Fashion and Photography in the 90s
Group Exhibition
Curated by: Sophie von Olfers
MMK Museum für Moderne Kunst
Domstrasse 10, 60311 Frankfurt/Main, Germany
Shown BLESS product: Photography
09/2011
23.09 - 10.11.2011
What's on the table?!
Group Exhibition
Curated by: Pascale Revert
Perimeter Art&Design
47, rue Saint André des Arts, 75006 Paris
Shown BLESS products: N°41 Doubleplants
08/2011
25.08 - 2.09.2011
São Paulo International Short Film Festival
Curated by: Rutger Wolfson
Associação Cultural Kinoforum
Rua Simão Alvares 784/2,Sao Paulo 05417-020 Brazil Shown BLESS product: Alexanderplatz, short movie
06/2011
16.06 - 20.07.2011
Windowgardens
Solo Exhibition
Curated by: Nella Themelios
Craft Victoria
31 Flinders Lane, Melboure VIC 300, Australia
Shown BLESS products: N°38 Windowgardens
06/2011
01.06 - 03.07.2011
Arnhem Mode Biennale
Group Exhibition
Curated by: JOFF
Utrechtsestraat 49, NL- 6811 LT Arnhem, The Netherlands
Shown BLESS products: N°28 Pillowhammock, N°41 Hourglasschair, N°41 Sparschweinmöbel, N°45 Musiccurtain,
and a selection of BLESS objects
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05/2011
25.05 - 19.09.2011
Exposition Morceaux Exquis
Group Exhibition
Espace Fondation EDF, 6, rue Récamier, 75007, Paris, France
Shown BLESS product: BLESS beauty Hairbrush
05/2011
14.05 - 26.06.2011
Out of Fashion Maastricht Edition
Group Exhibition
Curated by: Matylda Krzykowski and Marco Gabriele Lorusso
NAiM/ Bureau Europa
Avenue Céramique 226, 6221 KX Maastricht, The Netherlands
Show BLESS product: N°41 Workoutcomputer
05/2011
13.05 - 03.06.2011 in NYC and 3.06 - 08.07.2011 in Toronto
Shit Happens in Berlin
Group Exhibition
Showroom of Relative Space and Floorworks
New York: 2 Bond Street, New York, NY 10012, USA
Toronto: 365 Dupont Street Toronto, Ontario M5R 1W2, Canada
Shown BLESS products: N°28 Chainbag, N°28 Fat Knit Boots, N°36 Heaven&Hell Purse
04/2011
29.04 - 24.07.2011
A New Hook. Re-thinking Needlework
Group Exhibition
Museum Bellerive
Höschgasse 3, 8034 Zürich, Switzerland
Shown BLESS products: N°28 Fat Knit boots, N°28 Fat Knit jacket, N°40 Boxknit
04/2011
29.04 - 02.05.2011
26eme Festival de la Mode à Hyères
Group Exhibition
Villa Noailles
Montée de Noailles, 83400 Hyères, France
Shown BLESS products: N°26 Cable Jewellery, N°35 Carcanapé Leather
04/2011
20.04 - 18.09.2011
Design et Foot!
Group Exhibition
Cité du Design
3, rue Javelin Pagnon, 42000 Saint-Etienne, France
Shown BLESS product: N°20 Football Bag
04/2011
12.04 - 17.04.2011
Talking Textiles
Group Exhibition
Curated by: Lidewij Edelkoort and Philip Fimmano
Salone del Mobile
Milan Fairgrounds, Rho, Milan, Italy
Shown BLESS product: N°34 Carpettop
04/2011
12.04 - 17.04.2011
Achille Is Watching Us
Curated by: Matylda Krzykowski
Group Exhibition
Via Laghetto 9 Space
20122 Milan, Italy
Shown BLESS product: Personal Objects
01/2011
26.01 - 30.04.2011
Post Fossil
Group Exhibition
Curated by: Li Edelkoort
DMH Design Museum Holon
Pinhas Eilon St. 8, Holon 5845, Israel
Shown BLESS product: N°28 Fat Knit Hammock
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01/2011
26.01 - 06.02.2011
40th International Film Festival Rotterdam
Group Exhibition
Curated by: Pim Kipp
Karel Doormanstraat
278b, 3012 GP Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Shown BLESS products: N°41 Workoutcomputer, all BLESS Video's from 1998 to the present day, including footage from the N°42 Plädoyer der Jetztzeit events in MMM Frankfurt and 0fr. Paris
01/2011
15.01 - 27.03.2011
A Possible Dimension
Group Exhibition
Curated by: Anne Schloen
Pantaloon
3-17-14, Natatsu, Kita-Ku, Osaka, Japan
Shown BLESS products: N°18 Leather Radio, N°22 Wooden-Sleeve, Watch, Jewellery and Watchbangle Steel,
N°26 Cablejewellery, N°36 Duofringeglasses, N°40 Furchain
2010
11/2010
20.11 - 05.12.2010
Biennale Internationale du Design
Group Exhibition
La Cité du Design
3, rue Javelin Pagnon, 42000 Saint-Etienne, France
Shown BLESS product: N°35 Carcanapé
11/2010
12.11 - 05.12.2010
Dysfashional
Group Exhibition
Curated by: Luca Marchetti & Emanuele Quinz
Garage Centre for Contemporary Culture
19A Ulitsa Obraztsova, Moscow, Russia
Shown BLESS product: N°29 Wallscapes and a selection of BLESS products
11/2010
05.11 - 05.12.2010
Shades Down in Tokyo Town
Group Exhibition
Curated by: Sofia Hedman and Karolina Kling
Calm & Punk Gallery
1st Floor Asai Bldg 1 - 15_15 Nishiazabu Minato, Tokyo 106-0031, Japan
Shown BLESS product: N°39 Photoglasses
10/2010
20.10 - 20.11.2010
Design Français
Group Exhibition
ECAL/University of Art and Design Lausanne
5, Avenue du Temple,1020 Renens, Switzerland
Shown BLESS product: N°28 Fat Knit Hammock
09/2010
09.09 - 01.10.2010
Hem Och Ursprung
Group Exhibition
Bukowskis
Berzelii Park 1, Stockholm, Sweden
Shown BLESS products: N°28 Fat Knit Hammock, N°28 Pillowhammock, N°29 Wallscapes, N°41 Doubleplants
06/2010
17.06 - 17.07.2010
Dysfashional Paris/Berlin
Group Exhibition
Curated by: Luca Marchetti & Emanuele Quinz
Haus Der Kulturen Der Welt
Berlin, Germany
Shown BLESS product: N°29 Wallscapes and a selection of BLESS products
05/2010
22.05 - 28.08.2010
BLESS N°41 Retroperspective Home
Solo Exhibition
Curated by: Katrin Bucher Trantow and Peter Pakesch
Kunsthaus Graz
Space 01, Graz, Austria
Shown BLESS products: Retrospective of all BLESS objects and introducing new interiors such as Nº41 Hourglasschair,
N°41 Doubleplants, and N°42 Tablejewellery
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04/2010
24.04 - 27.06.2010
Post Fossil
Group Exhibition
Curated by: Li Edelkoort
21_21 Design Site
9-7-6 Akasaka Minato-Ku, Toyko, Japan
Shown BLESS product: N°28 Fat Knit Hammock
03/2010
21.03 - 23.04.2010
Black
Group Exhibition
RA
Kloosterstraat 13, 2000 Antwerp, Belgium
Shown BLESS product: Special installation of black balloons
02/2010
24.02 - 24.05.2010
Destrøy Design
Group Exhibition
Curated by: Hilde Teerlinck and Claire Favre Maxwell
Collection du FRAC
Nord Pas de Calais, Place de la Cathédrale 6 CH-1005 Lausanne, France
Shown BLESS product: N°20 Filechair
01/2010
20.01 - 20.04.2010
BLESS Shop #22
Surface2Air
Paris, France
2009
11/2009
14.11.2009 - 24.01.2010
More than a T-Shirt
Group Exhibition
Curated by: Thomas Thiel
Bielefelder Kunstverein
Bielefeld, Germany
Shown BLESS product: N°02 Disposable T-shirts
10/2009
29.10 - 29.11.2009
Dysfashional Paris/Berlin
Group Exhibition
Curated by: Luca Marchetti & Emanuele Quinz
Design of the Parasite Space
Paris, France
Shown BLESS product: N°29 Wallscapes
10/2009
21.10 - 13.12.2009
Le Sort Probable de l‘Homme qui Avait Avalé le Fantôme
Group Exhibition
Curated by: Bernard Blistène and Christian Rizzo
Part of the Festival du Centre Pompidou, La Conciergerie
Paris, France
Shown BLESS product: BLESS beauty Hairbrush
10/2009
09.10 - 12.11.2009
DMY Buenos Aires, within the annual event series “Mes de Disño“
Centro Metropolitano de Diseño
Buenos Aires, Aires, Argentina
Shown BLESS products: N°12 Bedsheets Couple, N°26 Cable Jewellery, N°28 Hammocks, N°29 Wallscapes,
N°36 Bedsheets Lake
10/2009
02.10 - 18.12.2009
DMY Asia Exhibition Tour 2009
in Taiwan, Japan, Korea, at Taiwan Design Expo, Taichun, Taiwan
09.10 - 12.11.2009
at Seoul Design Olympiad, Seoul, Korea
30.10 - 03.11.2009
at Designtide, Tokyo, Japan
20.11 - 30.11.2009
at Singapur Design Week, Singapur
20.11 - 30.11.2009
at Seoul Design Festival, Seoul, Korea
Shown BLESS products: N°12 Bedsheets Couple, N°26 Cable Jewellery, N°28 Hammocks, N°29 Wallscapes,
N°36 Bedsheets Lake
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09/2009
19.09.2009 - 10.01.2010
The Art of Fashion, Installing Allusions
Group Exhibition expanding the relation of fashion and art
Curated by: Thimo Te Duits
Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen
Rotterdam, Nederlands
Shown BLESS product: BLESS beauty Hairbrush
09/2009
09.09 - 08.11.2009
Lapse in Time, Experimentadesign 2009
Group Exhibition Design
Curated by: Hansjerg Maier-Aichen
Lisbon, Portugal
Shown BLESS products: N°35 Carcanapé, N°38 Windowgarden
07/2009
18.07 - 15.08.2009
Too Much of Everything, Presented as part of the Victorian State of Design Festival
Curated by: ffiXXed, Fiona Lau and Kain Picken
Y3k Gallery
Melbourne, Australia
Shown BLESS product: N°22 Mirror Curtain special
06/2009
03.06 - 07.06.2009
Conceptual Substance, during DMY International Design Festival, Berlin
Appel Design Gallery
Curated by: Tina Roeder
Berlin, Germany
Shown BLESS products: N°07 Chairwear B, N°17 Vacuumcleaner, N°24 Wooden Clothes Shaped Boxes,
N°24 Knitted Sweater
02/2009
14.02 - 19.04.2009
NullPunkt - Redesigning Deutschland
Group Exhibition Design
Curated by: Max Borka
Herford, Germany
Shown BLESS product: BLESS N°35 Automatica Remotecontrolled Cars and Carcanapé
01/2009
17.01 - 29.03.2009
Hair du Temps
Group Exhibition
Curated by: Olivier Saillard
Galerie d‘Art du Conseil Général
Aix en Provence, France
Shown BLESS product: BLESS beauty Hairbrush, N°00 Furwig, N°20 Coiffure
2008
12/2008
20.12.2008 - 04.2009
Two Blocks East West
Group Exhibition
Curated by: Liu Zhizhi
BLESS Shop #21
Beijing, China
Shown BLESS product: BLESS Shop Beijing (the venue changed names with the events that happened within)
10/2008
24.10 - 21.12.2008
Mytopanton - Ableitungen im Design
Designhaus
Darmstadt, Germany
Shown BLESS products: N°26 Cable Jewellery
09/2008
18.09 - 21.12.2008
Wouldn´t It Be Nice - Modest Utopias in Art and Design
Curated by: Emily King and Claire Catherall
Somerset House
Strand, London WC2R 1LA, United Kingdom
Shown BLESS products: N°35 Automatica Remotecontrolled Cars and Carcanapé
10/2008
07.10 - 12.10.2008
Designblok 08
Design Days Prague
Superstudio Dox
Prague
Shown BLESS products: N°17 Vacuumcleaner, N°26 Cable Jewellery, N°29 Wallscapes,
N°35 Automatica Remotecontrolled Cars
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10/2008
04.10 - 19.10.2008
DMY Asia Exhibition Tour 2008, in Taiwan, Japan and Korea
at Taiwan Design Expo, Tainan, Taiwan
at International Culture & Creative Industries Exhibition, Tapei, Taiwan, 23.10 - 26.10.2008
at Designtide, Tokyo, Japan, 30.10 - 03.11.2008
at Seoul Design Festival, Seoul, Korea, 03.12 - 07.12.2008
Shown BLESS products: N°35 Automatica Remotecontrolled Cars
09/2008
16.09 - 07.10.2008
BLESS Shop #20 SF
American Rag Cie
San Francisco, USA
Travelling parts of BLESS Shop #20
06/2008
27.06.2008
BLESS Shop #20
Ludlow 38
Presented by Kunstverein München and Goethe Institut New York
New York, USA
06/2008
15.06 - 22.06.2008
Talk Time
Group Exhibition
Curated by: Bart van der Heide
London, UK
Shown BLESS product: Runway of BLESS’s N°35 Automatica Remote Services
06/2008
06.06 - 05.07.2008
Reloaded
Group Exhibition
Curated by: Susan Pietzsch
Bad Doberan
Germany
Shown BLESS products: N°35 Automatica Remotecontrolled Cars, N°35 Carcanapé
05/2008
24.05.2008
BLESS N°35 Automatica
Bless Shop Berlin
Presenting Carcanapés for Alfa Romeo comissioned by Intersection magazine
05/2008
10.05 - 07.06.2008
BLESS Shop #19 - a country curated shop offering customer agreed merchandise
Mexico City
03/2008
11.03 - 08.06.2008
Dysfashional
Group Exhibition
Curated by: Luca Marchetti & Emanuele Quinz
MUDAC
Lausanne, Switzerland
Shown BLESS product: N°29 Wallscapes
03/2008
04.03 - 25.05.2008
In Addition
Group Exhibition
Schlossmuseum
Linz, Austria
Shown BLESS products: N°10 Scarf Double, N°20 Football Bag, N°25 Winterglasses, N°28 Transparent Waistcoat,
N°28 Fat Knit boots
02/2008
08.02 - 25.05.2008
Wouldn´t It Be Nice - Modest Utopias in Art and Design
Curated by: Emily King and Claire Catherall
Museum für Gestaltung Zürich, Switzerland
Shown BLESS products: N°35 remote cars which ‘escorted’ the N°35 Carcanapé
02/2008
09.02 - 30.03.2008
Concepts of Love
Group Exhibition Art
Curated by: Judith Hopf
Kölnischer Kunstverein
Cologne, Germany
Shown BLESS products: BLESS advanced "the kiss" and selection of BLESS products
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2007
11/2007
22.11.2007 - 17.02.2008
Mille et un Accessoires
Neuilly sur Seine, France
Shown BLESS products: N°20 Footballbag, N°28 Ring gloves, N°28 Cable Jewellery, N°30 Breeze, N°30 Coiffeglasses
10/2007
27.10.2007 - 20.01.2008
Space For Your Future
Group Exhibition
Curated by: Yuko Hasegawa
Museum of Modern Art
Tokyo, Japan
Shown BLESS products: Video of the BLESS N°32 Frustverderber show. The living-room/goals that had been used to mark the football field in the original show were re-created in the space, with the video screen placed in the middle
10/2007
27.10.2007
Chambre apart
Villa Noailles, Hyères
Shown BLESS products: Opening of the artist residence rooms designed by BLESS, Francois Azambourg,
David Dubois, Florence Dorleac (permanent installation)
10/2007
25.10 - 31.12.2007
Wouldn´t It Be Nice - Modest Utopias in Art and Design
Curated by: Emily King and Claire Catherall
Centre d´art Contemporain Genève
Genève, Geneva
Shown BLESS products: N°28 Fat Knit Hammock, N°28 File Hammock
10/2007
03.10 - 16.12.2007
Le Berlin des Créateurs
Group Exhibition Berlin Design
Galerie VIA, Paris
Shown BLESS products: N°07 Chairwear B, N°15 Book Frame, N°20 Football Bag, N°28 Fat Knit boots,
N°29 Wallscapes, BLESS beauty Hairbrush
06/2007
30.06 - 27.08.2007
Schmuck 2/ XS-extra small
SFT Gallery, the National Art Center
Tokyo, Japan
Shown BLESS products: N°26 Cable Jewellery
06/2007
02.06 - 29.08.2007
Happy Fashion Photography
Museum Kröller-Müller
Arnhem, Netherlands
Shown BLESS products: N°26 Cable Jewellery and a selection of BLESS objects
04/2007
BLESS @ Open Space
Art Cologne
Curated by: Meyer Voggenreiter
Cologne, Germany
Shown BLESS product: A fictional Bless home occupied a public space at Art Cologne
04/2007
Dysfashional / Parasite, Luxemburg Edition
Curated by: Luca Marchetti & Emanuele Quinz
Rotonde 1, Luxembourg
Shown BLESS products: N°22 Mirror Curtain, N°29 Wallscapes
2006 08/2006
Midwest 30th Anniversary
Curated by: Masaru Osawa
Nagoya, Japan
Shown BLESS products: The Nagoya flagship store was transformed into European style living areas with a selection of BLESS products for one evening
08/2006
Zucca Shop
BLESS Book Exhibition
Zucca Flagship Store, Tokyo, Japan
Shown BLESS products: The first BLESS Book was shown in fragments in limited edition N°15 Book Frames,
N°28 Fur Hammock, N°29 Wallscapes
10
08/2006
Adelaide Exhibtion
Curated by: Mamiko Hasegawa
Adelaide Shop, Tokyo, Japan
Shown BLESS products: N°22 Mirror Curtain, N°29 Wallscapes (permanent installation)
04/2006
28.04 - 09.08.2006
BLESS N° 00 – N° 29
Solo Exhibition
Museum Boijmans van Beuningen
Rotterdam
Shown BLESS products: Selection of Bless products N°00 – N°29
06/2006
Abseits / Fuori Gioco
LUNGOMARE Gallery
Bolzano, Bozen, Italy
Shown BLESS products: N°20 Football Bags
04/2006
04 - 09.04.2006
BLESS at Salone del Mobile
Milan, Italy
- at Rossana Orlandi’s, Via Matteo Bandello, 14, 9.00 a.m. - 8.00 p.m.
- at Lima, Via Masera, in front of number 10, opening from April 5th, 7.00 p.m.
- and one wallscape at “Design to BE” at Zona Tortona, Superstudio 13, Via Forcella 13/ Via Bugatti 9
01/2006
28.01 - 20.03.2006
NEUES KUNSTHAUS AHRENSHOOP
Ahrenshoop, Germany
Shown BLESS products: N°17 Vacuumcleaner 2, N°26 Cable Jewellery
01/2006
28.01 - 04.04.2006
BLESS at Tensta Konsthall
Curated by: Jelena Rundqvist
Stockholm, Sweden
Shown BLESS products: Presentation of N°29 Wallscapes along a selction of BLESS objects such as
N°17 Vacuumcleaner 2, N°26 Cable Jewellery, N°28 Hammocks
2005
09/2005
25.09 - 23.01.2005
Fashination
Curated by: Salka Salkström-Bornholm, Nils Larsson, and Magnus af Petersens
Moderna Museet
Stockholm, Sweden
Shown BLESS products: Presentation of BLESS N°24 Wooden Objects
09/2005
18.09 -12.10.2005
BLESS “Design Relativators, The Vacuumcleaner Chair”
Townhouse Gallery
Cairo, Egypt
Shown BLESS product: N°17 Vacuumcleaner 1
08/2005
09.08 - 30.08.2005
Gallery Oona
Curated by: Anna Schetelich
Berlin, Germany
Shown BLESS products: BLESS N°26 Cable Jewellery
05/2005
MO DE
Hillside Terrace
Curated by: Tobias Müksch
Tokyo, Japan
Shown BLESS products: Fake models in realistic daily positions, for example, tying their shoe laces or talking amongst themselves in BLESS clothing, BLESS N°26 Cable Jewellery
05/2005
05.05 -16.05.2005
BLESS Shop BERLIN during DESIGNMAI
Shown BLESS products: N°26 Cable Jewellery
11
03/2005
13.03 - 20.03.2005
BLESS Expo
L‘Oreal Melbourne Fashion Festival
Curated by: Gary Chard
Melbourne, Australia
Shown BLESS products: Selection of BLESS products
01/2005
16.01 - 23.01.2005
Bless Retrospective
Curated by: Jean Pierre Blanc
Passagen
Galerie Reckmann
Köln, Germany
Shown BLESS products: Selection of BLESS products
2004
10/2004
07.10.2004 - 30.02.2005
Le Cas du Sac
Musée de la Mode et du Textile
Paris, France
Shown BLESS products: N°18 Flatbag and belt
09/2004
20.09 - 31.10.2004
Performative Architektur
Curated by: Barbara Steiner
GfzK
Leipzig, Germany
Shown BLESS products: N°22 Mobiles and handrail as museum shop interior
06/2004
01.06 - 04.06.2004
BLESS hotel service
Curated by: Diptrics
Hotel Claska
Tokyo, Japan
Shown BLESS products: Exhibition of N°22 Perpetual Home Motion Machines
05/2004
Designmai
Berlin, Germany
Shown BLESS products: Exhibition of N°22 Perpetual Home Motion Machines
03/2004
03.03 - 12.03.2004
Gallery FR66
Paris, France
Shown BLESS products: N°22 Perpetual Home Motion Machines Transmitted privacy with Exhibition of N°22
01.2004
09.01 - 31.03.2004
BLESS at home in Toronto
Art Metropole
Toronto, Canada
2003
10/2003
07.10 - 17.10.2003
BLESS Extended Hotel Service
Hotel Costes K
Paris, France
Shown BLESS products: Exhibition of N°20 O.Kayers
07/2003
20.07 - 31.08.2003
Invitation No.75 Fashion, Art, Design
Curated by: Bart van der Heide
Stedelijk Museum Bureau
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Shown BLESS products: Polaroid photos of a performance displayed along with a video by Nicolas Trembley
06/2003
03.06 - 13.07.2003
Droog / Bless
Exhibition as an exchange project
Droogshop
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Shown BLESS products: BLESS Photography Embroidered Plants, N°07 Doorflair, N°07 Chairwear C, N°18 Electronics
12
02/2003
16.02 - 15.04.2003
Droog / Bless
Exhibition as an exchange project
Hyères, France
Shown BLESS products: BLESS Photography Embroidered Plants, N°07 Doorflair, N°07 Chairwear C, N°18 Electronics
2002
09/2002
28.09 - 31.12.2002
Performative Architecture
Curated by: Barbara Steiner
GfzK
Leipzig, Germany
Shown BLESS products: N°22 Perpetual Home Motion Machines
05/2002
05 - 08.2002
Manifesta 4
European Biennal of Contemporary Art
Frankfurt, Germany
Shown BLESS product: N°17 Vacuumcleaner 1
01/2002
20.01 - 03.03.2002
Curated by: BDI
Ars Viva 01 / 02 - Kunst und Design
Neues Museum Weimar
Weimar, Germany
Shown BLESS product: BLESS Shop and N°15 Magazine frames
2001
12/2001
Ars Viva 01 / 02 - Kunst und Design
Curated by: BDI
Museeum für Angewandte Kunst Köln
Köln, Germany
Shown BLESS products: Advertising exchange with selected magazines
10/2001
Interpassive Shopping
Galerie des Galeries Lafayette
Paris, France
Shown BLESS products: Customized shopping bags with precious elements like fur or a sturdy handle
05/2001
BLESS Shop 12
Neues Museum Nürnberg
Nürnberg, Germany
05/2001
BLESS Shop 11
Kunsthalle Basel
Basel, Switzerland
02/2001
BLESS Shop 10
Spread at Bukowski Auction house
Stockholm, Sweden
2000
12/2000
12.2000 - 2001
BLESS Shop 9
Glamour Engineering
Zurich, Switzerland
11/2000
11 - 12.2000
BLESS Shop 8
Vivre sa Vie
Transmission Gallery
Glasgow, Scotland
10/2000
BLESS Shop 7
Beauty By Et Vous
Paris, France
13
09/2000
06.09.2000 - 31.08.2001
BLESS Shop 6
Raw Fitting
Berlin, Germany
05/2000
05.2000 - 09.07.2000
BLESS Shop 3
”4. Werkleitz Biennale”
04/2000
28.04 - 02.06.2000
BLESS Shop 2
”Festival des Arts de la Mode”
Hyères, France
05/2000
05 - 16.04.2000
BLESS Shop 1
”I love fashion”
Gallerie ffwd
Berlin, Germany
05/2000
05 - 06.2000
Elysian Fields
Curated by: The Purple Institute
Centre Pompidou
Paris, France
Shown BLESS products: Each visitor is invited to produce a portrait by putting his or her own image into the images of Bless products and events
03/2000
03.2000 - 10.09.2000
BLESS Shop 4
”Fanclub Amsterdam”
02/2000
Createurs Au Centre
Centre Pompidou
Paris, France
Shown BLESS products: Presentation BLESS N°10 Scarfs
1999
12/1999
12.1999 - 01.2000
Speak For Gallery
Tokyo, Japan
Shown BLESS products: Visitors had to wear the product specifically conceived for the occasion in order to gain entry. Videos on hanging monitors showed people in the street wearing Bless pieces
12/1999
ZAC 99
Curated by: Stéphanie Moisdon and Nicolas Trembley
Museum of Modern Art Paris
Paris, France
Shown BLESS products: N°09 Merchandising Presentation and video
10/1999
Haircut of the Month
Toasting Agency
Paris, France
Shown BLESS products: BLESS beauty Hairbrush
1998
12/1998
BLESS Exhibition
Colette
Paris, France
Shown BLESS products: Mini-retrospective and exhibtion of N°06 Customizable Footwear
10/1998
10 - 12.1998
Biennale Berlin
Curated by: Klaus Biesenbach, Hans Ulrich Obrist, Nancy Spector
Berlin, Germany
Shown BLESS products: 'Alexanderplatz' video
14
06/1998
BLESS Exhibition
Sbaiz Spazio Moda
Lignano di Sabbiadoro, Italy
Shown BLESS products: Mini-retrospective in a fashion boutique
15
BLESS Debut
Sun Top
Limited Edition 20 pieces
1995
BLESS N°00
Furwig
Limited of 93 Pieces
Fits every style! Cut & try!
1996
BLESS N°01 Bootsocks
Jeans and Leather Limited Edition of 120 pieces
1997
BLESS N°02 Disposable T-Shirts
Limited Edition of 60 packs à 3 T- Shirts
Wear and don`t care
19
9
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BLESS N°03
Set
Limited Edition of 50 Assortments
Fucks up every style! Help Yourself!
19
9
7
BLESS N°04 Bag
Limited Edition of 100 bag systems
Stylefree!
1998
BLESS N°05 Subscribe BLESS
Limited Edition of 30 Abonnements
Corrupts every style! Relax
1998
BLESS N°06 Customizable Footwear
Limited Edition of 250 chances.
Thank you Charles Jourdan, Thank you New Balance.
1998
BLESS N°07
Living - Room Conquerors
Limited edition of Chairwear / Tablecare / Doorflair
A traveling selling exhibition
Bless Basics- series of sweaters
1999
16
Bless n°08found Objects
dripless umbrella
Bedsheets
Leather Socks
1999
bless n°09merchandising
unlimited collection of showpieces and commercial variations
1999
BLESS N°10
Scarves
Unlimited collection of unique and multiple pieces
2000
BLESS N°11
BLESS Shop
Travelling Selling exhibition
2000
BLESS N°12
Team - ups
Costumized Sneakers, in cooperation with Adidas
Materialmix Jewellery, Press-buttons, in cooperation with Bucherer, Germany
Stones
Bedsheets Couple
2000
BLESS N°13
Basics
Jewellery Knitted Body
Trouser Costume Pockets
2001
BLESS N°14
Shopping Supports
Bag collector and Shopping Supports
2001
BLESS N°15
Accelerate Yourself
Magazine Frames
2001
BLESS N°16
Shoe Escorts
limited Edition of 60 pairs, in cooperation with Eram
2002
17
bless N°17
Design Relativators
Vacuumcleaner
Mixer
Wall
2002
BLESS N°18
Allroundwear
Knitted Fur Vest
Electric Jewellery
Bag D
2002
BLESS N°19
Uncool
Colorful Knitwear
Degradé Leather
Shirt Sweater
2003
BLESS N°20o.Kayers
Sunshields
Filechair
Footballbag
2003
BLESS N°21doilies
Birdfood Doily
Book Doily
Table Doily
2003
BLESS N°22
Perpetual Home Motion Machines
Mobiles
Mirror curtain
Wooden Jewellery
2004
BLESS N°23
The Bringer.
Bra T-shirt
Expander Shoe
Sunhat
2004
lookbook collaboration - hERE AND THERE, Japan
BLESS N°24
Retrospective Homewear
Wooden Sweater
Wooden T-Shirt
2005
BLESS N°25 Uniseasoners
Life versus Consumption
If you dont throw your money out the window
it won't come in through your front door
2005
lookbook collaboration : Slave, aUSTRALIA
18
bless N°26
Cable Jewellery
Branch lightbulb
Furtail USB Stick
Cables with lace, pearls, beads
2005
bless N°27
Eased up
Multispaghettidress
Toesock Flipflops ltd
2005
lookbook collaboration : tEXTFIELD, LOS ANGELES
bless N°28
Climate Confusion Assistance
Fat Knit boots
Flag Shirts
Fur Hammock
2006
lookbook collaboration : Pacemaker magazine, FRANCE
bless N°29
Wallscapes
1A Berlin Mehringdamm
7 Car Interior
2006
BLESS N°30
Intrarelevance
Baglseeve Jacket
Coiffglasses
Nike Air
2006
Lookbook collaboration : CAPRICIOUS, NEW YORK
bless n°31
Ohyescoolgreat
Fur hoodie
Michelin Sweater
2007
lookbook collaboration : The purple journal, fRANCE
bless n°32
Frustverderber
Analog Watch Belt
Beachshopper
2007
lookbook collaboration : BUYL, monthly vampire, KOREA
bless n°33
Artistcare
Bouquet Light
Telescopic Chair
Workbed
2007
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Carcover
Planter
2008
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Lookbook collaboration : INTERSECTION, UK
SPRING 2008
Brokenleg
Carpettop
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2008
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Levelboxes
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2008
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3D Skolpen
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2009
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BLESS Nº38
Windowgarden
A transparent, 3D prolongation of the outside atmosphere, enabling farming aspects to be practiced in the living room, and inviting animals to visit our residences.
2009
BLESS Nº39
Heart Ringers
Longchamp
Photoglasses
Towelnecessairies
2009
LOOKBOOK COLLABORATION : GLU, NETHERLANDS
BLESS Nº40
Whatwasitagain
Boxknit
Furchain
iPhone Stonecover
2010
LOOKBOOK COLLABORATION : ´SUP MAGAZINE, USA
BLESS Nº41
Retrospective Home
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Doubleplants
Piggybank chair
Workoutcomputer
2010
BLESS N° 42 Plädoyer der Jetztzeit
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Plädoyer der Jetztzeit
Candysunglasses
Sakkoconnection
Weekday
2011
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Know Howowow
Hotsausage
Mirrorbox
Woolfringer
2011
LOOKBOOK COLLABORATION : MONO.KULTUR, Germany
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2011
BLESS N°45
Soundperfume
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2011
BLESS N° 46 Contemporary Remediation
In beautiful seriousness:
As announced earlier BLESS is tempting to touch new grounds in
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BLESS N°46
Contemporary Remediation
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3
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1999
• Work at the collection a/w 1997/98 of Martin Margiela (Furwigs)
• BLESS beauty products for the Kostas Murkudis defilé collection s/s1998
• BLESS advanced direction indicators, designed by Markus Wente
• Special design for Levi's: Human-interior-wear, sSept. 1998
• BLESS N°06 Customizable Footwear for J. Colonna defilé a/w 99/00
• BLESS N°07 Chairwear B for the Zucca defilé s/s00
• BLESS Packaging System for CD-Edition 20`to 2000 by Raster-Noton
• BLESS beauty product “Hairbrush” presented for 3Haircut of the month" by Toasting Agency
• BLESS Advanced “Jeansrings” designed by Jörg Totenbie
2000
• Photo-production for Windsor collection, Embroidered Plants, series of 9
•Co-operation with staff international “accessories for the a/w 00 / 01
as BLESS + & New York Industries”
2001
• Development of advertising campaign for the labels Holly and Toilette
• BLESS advanced “earbags” designed by Tom Natvig
2002
2003
2004
• Series of special products “design relativators” for different exhibitions
• BLESS beauty make-up pictures
• BLESS sunshield in collaboration with Alain Mikli glasses
• BLESS/droog exhibition t-shirt
• Mobile as shop interior for Addition Adelaide, Tokyo
• Mobiles and handrail as museum - shop interior for GfzK Leipzig
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Special projects/activities
2005
2006
• Exhibition dummies for “MO DE” exhibition Tokyo 05/2005
• BLESS Perfume
• BLESS Special Limited Edition
including Book, Posterbook and dvd
• Book launch @ Zucca boutique, Tokyo 08/2006
• Book launch @ BLESS Shop Berlin 09/2006
• Book launch @ BLESS Shop Paris 10/2006
• Book launch @ Arnberg, Hamburg 10/2006
• Opening BLESS Shop Paris 10/2006
• Book launch @ Kunstverein, München 11/2006
2007
• Parasite, Luxemburg, 04/2007
• Space for your future, Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, Japan, 27.10.2007 20.01.2008
2008
• Collaboration with Wrangler for BLESS N°34 Eprfect verything
• BLESS Shop #19 - a country curated shop offering customer agreed
merchandise, Mexico City, 10.05 - 07.06.2008
• BLESS Shop #20 at Ludlow 38, presented by Kunstverein München and Goethe
Institut New York, New York, USA, 27.06 - 13.07.2008
• Wouldn't It Be Nice - Modest Utopias in Art and Design, at Somerset House
London, 18.09 - 07.12.200
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Special projects/activities
2009
• BLESS Shop #21 Beijing, part of Two Blocks East West exhibition, Beijing,
China, 20.12.2008 - 04.2009
• Collaboration with Oxbow for BLESS N°37 New Sheheit
• Collaboration with Longchamp to celebrate the 20th years of ANDAM
• Re-edition of BLESS Nº07, Chairwear B in marble
• Re-edition of BLESS Nº27, 4-zipper purse in marble
2010
• BLESS Shop #22, at Surface2Air, Paris, France, 20.01 - 20.04.2010
• BLESS Nº41 Retroperspective Home, Solo Exhibition, Kunsthaus Graz, Austria,
22.05 - 28.08.2010
BLESS
Retroperspective
N° 30 – N° 41
Home
• New editions
• BLESS Nº41 Retroperspective Home N°30 - N°41
• BLESS book and BLESS dvd
• Book launch @ 0fr. Paris
• Collaboration with Weekday for BLESS N°42 Pläydoyer der Jetztzeit
2011
• BLESS Shop Berlin re-opens as the first BLESS Home
• Screening of all the BLESS films to date and installation of the N°41
Workoutcomputer at the 40th International Film Festival Rotterdam
• Mobile BLESS Shop installation at the Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg
• N°45 Musiccurtain is exhibited for the first time at Arnhem Mode Biennale
2012
• N°45 Musiccurtain is exhibited at Fashioning the Object: Bless, Boudicca, Sandra
Backlund exhibition at the Art Institute of Chicago
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Special projects/activities
• N°45 Musiccurtain is exhibited again at Fashioning the Object: Bless, Boudicca,
Sandra Backlund exhibition; this time at the Tel Aviv Museum of Art
• N°41 Workoutcomputer is exhibited at ABC Art Berlin Contemporary
2013
• BLESS is featured in MAK FASHION Lab #01 SONIC FABRIC N°45
Soundperfume in Vienna. Products include N°45 Musiccurtain, N°28 Pillow
Hammock, N°45 Orchestra Scarf, and N°45 Recording Shoes
• BLESS partnered with 25h Berlin Hotel to furnish parts of the lobby.
Products included N°22 Mobile special, N°26 Fur hammock, N°26 Fat knit hammock, N°26 File hammock, N°29 Wallscapes 17A + 17B, Ropechair, and N°42
pearlrack
2014
• BLESS exhibits new work, "N°50 Silent Servant", at Art Tower Mito's
Expanding Fashion exhibit
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BLESS is a visionary substitute to make the near future worth living for.
She is an outspoken female - more woman than girl. She’s not a chosen beauty, but doesn’t go unnoticed. Without a definite age she could
be more between her mid twenties and forties. B. hangs around with
a special style of man. She has no nationality and thinks that sport is
quite nice. She’s always attracted by temptations and loves change.
She lives right now and her surroundings are charged by her presence.
She tends to be future orientated.
BLESS is a project that presents ideal and artistic values by
products to the public.
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