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Shots Bamboo Wood

Designed by Pia Matthes

2022

Applebag

Designed by Verena Michels

2021

Thermonit, Heated rocks

Designed by Pia Matthews

2018

Dipfingers

Designed by BNAG

2018

EXOTERIKA glasses

2015

Babysweaters

Designed by Cargocult

2014

Sharf

Designed by Cleo Dersy

2009

Wallscrewhanger

Designed by Bastian Goecke

2008

Shopperbagtop

Designed by ffiXXed

2008

Kiss

Designed by Samuel de Goede

2007

Earbags

Designed by Tom Natvig

2001

Jeansring

Designed by Jorg Todtenbier

1999

Direction Indicators

Designed by Markus Wente

1997

3-Dimensional Makeup

1998

Makeup Pictures

Hairbrush

1999

BLESS x Artek

N°60 Lobby Conquerors

2017

BLESS x OXBOW

Skolpen

2009

BLESS x Nike

Flag Shirt

Nike Wimple

Sweater Jacket with Nike Towel Scarf

2006

BLESS x New York Industries

Floating Pocket

Customized sneakers in cooperation with Adidas

2000

Nº78 Holidaynorway Long

Nº78 Holidayjapanswan Long

Nº77 Holidaysaunarider

Nº77 Holidayparisstrike

Nº77 HolidayNewzealandtree

Nº77 Holidaygreecefence

Nº77 Holidayfakegreen

Nº77 Holidaydress Saunarider

Nº77 Holidayconstruction

Nº74 Holidaywalk

Nº74 Holidaytropical

Nº74 Holidayquilt Cropped

Nº74 Holidaychorus

Nº73 Holidaywinterswan

Nº71 Holidaymira

Nº71 Holidaymarseille

Nº71 Holidaymarienburg

Nº71 Holidaykopernikus

Nº70 Holidaytreetango

Nº70 Holidayamatlan

Nº69 Holidaylockdown

Nº69 Holidaykanuclub

Nº69 Holidayhill&Valley

Nº69 Holidaydress Shrine

Nº69 Holidaydress Koi

Nº69 Holidayblanket

Nº68 Holidaysleepstatues

Nº67 Holidayvesuvio

Nº67 Holidaysteelpanorama

Nº67 Holidaysnowcamouflage

Nº67 Holidayquilt Ski/Stunt

Nº67 Holidayquilt Marbledog/Statuerepeat

Nº67 Holidaymarbledog

Nº67 Holidaycows

Nº65 Holidayvolcano

Nº65 Holidayteheran

Nº65 Holidaymosque Long

Nº65 Holidaymirror

Nº65 Holidayazadi

Nº64 Holidayterrace

Nº64 Holidayquilt Interior/Jungle

Nº64 Holidayneutradress

Nº64 Holidayjungle

Nº64 Holidayinterior

Nº64 Holidaychalet

Nº62 Holidaywheat Long

Nº62 Holidayquiltdress Suji Colour/BW

Nº62 Holidayquilt Fire/Ski Long

Nº62 Holidayfire Long

Nº62 Holidaydress Shuji

Nº77 Holidayparisstrike
Nº77 Holidaygreecefence
Nº77 Holidayfakegreen
Nº77 Holidaydress Saunarider
Nº77 Holidayconstruction
Nº74 Holidaywalk
Nº74 Holidaytropical
Nº74 Holidayquilt Cropped
Nº74 Holidaychorus
Nº73 Holidaywinterswan
Nº71 Holidaymira
Nº71 Holidaymarseille
Nº71 Holidaymarienburg
Nº71 Holidaykopernikus
Nº70 Holidaytreetango
Nº70 Holidayamatlan
Nº69 Holidaylockdown
Nº69 Holidaykanuclub
Nº69 Holidayhill&Valley
Nº69 Holidaydress Shrine
Nº69 Holidaydress Koi
Nº69 Holidayblanket
Nº68 Holidaysleepstatues
Nº67 Holidayvesuvio
Nº67 Holidaysteelpanorama
Nº67 Holidaysnowcamouflage
Nº67 Holidayquilt Ski/Stunt
Nº67 Holidayquilt Marbledog/Statuerepeat
Nº67 Holidaymarbledog
Nº67 Holidaycows
Nº65 Holidayvolcano
Nº65 Holidayteheran
Nº65 Holidaymosque Long
Nº65 Holidaymirror
Nº65 Holidayazadi
Nº64 Holidayterrace
Nº64 Holidayquilt Interior/Jungle
Nº64 Holidayneutradress
Nº64 Holidayjungle
Nº64 Holidayinterior
Nº64 Holidaychalet
Nº62 Holidaywheat Long
Nº62 Holidayquiltdress Suji Colour/BW
Nº62 Holidayquilt Fire/Ski Long
Nº62 Holidayfire Long
Nº62 Holidaydress Shuji

BLESS SHOP 23

Kunstmuseum

Wolfsburg, Germany, 15 May 2011

2011

BLESS SHOP 22

Surface2Air

Paris, 21 January – 20 April 2010

2010

BLESS SHOP 21

Two Blocks East West

Beijing, China, December 2008 – April 2009

2008

BLESS SHOP 20

Ludlow 38

New York, 27 June – 13 July 2008

2008

BLESS SHOP 19

Mexico City

Mexico, 10 May – 7 July 2008

2008

BLESS SHOP 18

OFR Bookshop

Paris, February – March 2008

2008

BLESS SHOP 17

Kunstverein

Munich, November 2006

2006

BLESS SHOP 16

Design Brussels

Brussels, December 2005

2005

BLESS SHOP 15

L’Oréal Fashion Festival

Melbourne, 13 – 20 March 2005

2005

BLESS SHOP 14

Hotel Claska

Tokyo, June 2004

2004

BLESS SHOP 13

BLESS at Home in Toronto, Art Metropole

Toronto, 9 January – 31 March 2004

2004

BLESS SHOP 12,

Ars viva 01/02, Neues Museum

Nuremberg, June 2002

2002

BLESS SHOP 11

Kunsthalle Basel

Basel, June 2001

2001

BLESS SHOP 10

Spread at Bukowski’s Auction House

Stockholm, February 2001

2001

BLESS SHOP 9

Glamour Engineering

Zurich, December 2000 – January 2001

2000

BLESS SHOP 8

Vivre sa Vie, Transmission Gallery

Glasgow, 21 November – 6 December 2000

2000

BLESS SHOP 7

Beauty by Et Vous

Paris, October 2000

2000

BLESS SHOP 6

Raw Fitting

Berlin, 6 September – 31 August 2001

BLESS SHOP 5

Fan Club

Amsterdam, 3 – 10 September 2001

2001

BLESS SHOP 3

4th Werkleitz Biennale

Werkleitz, 5 – 9 July 2000

2000

BLESS SHOP 2

Festival des Arts de la Mode

Hyères, April – June 2000

2000

BLESS SHOP 1

Galerie ffwd, Berlin

Berlin, 5 – 16 April 2000

2000

BLESS N°67 Packaging Systems

Studio Manuel Raeder

2019

BLESS N°65 Packaging Systems

Studio Manuel Raeder

2019

BLESS N°61 Packaging Systems

Studio Manuel Raeder 

2017

BLESS N°59 Packaging Systems

Studio Manuel Raeder 

2017

BLESS N°55 Packaging Systems

Studio Manuel Raeder

2016

BLESS N°54 Packaging Systems

Studio Manuel Raeder

2015

BLESS N°52 Packaging Systems

Studio Manuel Raeder

2014

A friend’s apartment was transformed into a preliminary ‘BLESS product home’. The photograph, taken for the ZAC 99 exhibition, shows all BLESS products to date, but in an everyday environment.

Spin, 1999
Photography by Christian Knorr

1999

Series of photographs create for the Windsor contemporary art collection, depicting plants customized as if they were pieces of clothing with seams, badges etc.

Embroidered Plants
Curated by Michelle Nicol

2000

Series of photographs at sunrise from the top of Rue de Menilontant, Paris in the 20th arrondissement

BIG, no. 38
Special Paris edition, 2001

A series of photographs of models, shown horozontally against a neutral background, to form landscapes. Taken for the magazine Made in USA, published by Bernadette Corporation.

Made in USA, no. 3
June 2001

A series of intimate black and white portraits of naked men next to precious objects, cushions and porcelain.

‘Naked men with porcelain’
partly published in Self Service
March 2001

A commissioned piece from the magazine 20ANS portrays adolescents who are not professional models in a dreamy and poetic appearance, far from the usual representation associating them with happiness and joy.

20ANS
March 2002

Styling by Hortense Manga

2002

In a supplement to the Zurich-based newspaper Tages-Anzeiger, BLESS used the magazine’s employees, from the director to the intern, as their models.

Das Magazin, no. 13
30 March – 5 April 2002

An advertising campaign comprised of two photographs of models reflected in puddles of water, fusing them with the greenery.

Holly
June, 2002

A series of photographs of young girls wearing spectacles from an ordinary optician, Brille Neumann, in Berlin.

Purple, no. 14, supplement Purple Ten Years
Winter 2003

2003

Lookbooks of Helmut Lang, Maison Martin Margiela, Viktor & Rolf and Yohji Yamamoto shown as objects which question the role of models and stylists within the fashion systems.

Self Service, no. 15
2003

Berufsbekleidung / Workwear / Bodybranding

Professorship, Product Design
Hochschule Für Gestaltung
Karlsruhe, Germany

2015

Retreat Das Zelt + “No puedes todo el pastel en 6 dias”
Mexico

Professorship, Product Design
Hochschule Für Gestaltung
Karlsruhe, Germany

2014

Rethinking the Modular

Workshop
Domaine de Bois Buchet
France

2014

I-dotting and T-crossing, Fingerfashion, Silentproduct
in collaboration with Susan Ciancolo

Workshop, fashion department
Pratt University
Brooklyn, New York

2013

Incarnation of Contemporary Neologisims

Professorship, Product Design
Hochschule Für Gestaltung
Karlsruhe, Germany

2012

Idea Loc(c)ation

Professorship, Product Design
Hochschule Für Gestaltung
Karlsruhe, Germany

2012

Architecture vs Design

Workshop
in cooperation with TU Berlin & Mark Lee
Berlin, Germany

2011

Mindblowers, Energy Tools, Fitness Work Products
Innovate or Die

Professorship, Product Design
Hochschule Für Gestaltung
Karlsruhe, Germany

2010

Sun-, Reading-, Ex-glasses

Professorship, Product Design
Hochschule Für Gestaltung
Karlsruhe, Germany

2007

Extreme Designing

Workshop, Product Design
Hochschule Fur Gestaltung
Karlsruhe, Germany

2004

2000