Katya Garcia-Anton and Emily King, Wouldn’t it be nice
Softcover, 300 pp., offset 4/1, 232 x 297 mm
Edition of 2000
ISBN 978-3-905829-24-2
Published by JRP|Ringier
$42.00 · add to cart
Contemporary culture is witnessing one of the most significant shifts of recent times. The old dividing lines between artists and designers appear to be dissolving into one another. Indeed the breadth and range of investigation and inspiration they share is possibly the widest to date. This publication
Wouldn’t it be nice hopes to present a series of projects emerging from these lines of dissolution, which reflect the current spirit of cultural production internationally.
The publication includes interviews with Jurgen Bey, Bless, Dexter Sinister, Dunne & Raby and Michael Anastassiades, Alicia Framis, Martino Gamper, Ryan Gander, Martí Guixé, Tobias Rehberger, and Superflex. Fully illustrated, the book presents a number of projects that have been specially commissioned for the exhibition. Quoting the aesthetic of the glossy magazine, the publication is designed by London-based group Graphic Thought Facility, and has attached to each cover a Bless N°14–2000, Shopping Supports Stickerbags self-adhesive purse/multiple.
Alicia Framis, Art, Bless, Christian Brändle, Criticism, DAP, Design, Dexter Sinister, Emily King, Fashion, Jean-Pierre Greff, JRP|Ringier, Jurgen Bey, Katya Garcia-Anton, Martí Guixé, Martino Gamper, Ryan Gander, Theory, Tobias Rehberger
Textfield IV / Bless N˚27, Eased Up
Softcover, 112 pp., offset 4/1, 6.5 x 9.5 inches
Edition of 2500
Published by Textfield
$20.00 · add to cart
Contributors; Becca Albee, Timothy Aubry, AUDC, Pierre Bal-Blanc, Nina Jan Beier, Mariana Castillo Deball, Fritz Haeg, Chace Hartman, Nakako Hayashi, Marco Fiedler, Johnny Freedom, Marc Kremers, Prem Krishnamurthy, Marie Jan Lund, Jonathan Maghen, Rob McKenzie, Francois Perrin, Angelo Plessas, Achim Reichert, Anna Sew Hoy, Jennifer Stratford, Nikola Tosic, and Michael Wells.
Achim Reichert, Angelo Plessas, Anna Sew Hoy, Architecture, Art, AUDC, Bless, cca Albee, Chace Hartman, Design, Desiree Heiss, Distribution, Fashion, Francois Perrin, Fritz Haeg, Graphics, Ines Kaag, Jennifer Stratford, Johnny Freedom, Jonathan Maghen, Manuel Raeder, Marc Kremers, Marco Fiedler, Mariana Castillo Deball, Marie Jan Lund, Michael Wells, Nakako Hayashi, Nikola Tosic, Nina Jan Beier, Photography, Pierre Bal-Blanc, Prem Krishnamurthy, Rob McKenzie, Textfield, Timothy Aubry, Typography, Vier5
Bless, Celebrating 10 Years of Themelessness, Nº00 — Nº29
Softcover, 496 pp., offset 4/1 + fore-edge printing, 185 x 250 mm
Edition of 2000
ISBN 978-1-933128-15-3
Published by Sternberg Press
out of print
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.
Adriano Sack, Art, Barbara Steiner, Bless, Culture, Design, Desiree Heiss, Elein Fleiss, Fashion, Graphics, Ines Kaag, Manuel Raeder, Nakako Hayashi, Olivier Zahm, RAM, Stéphanie Moisdon, Sternberg Press, Thimo te Duits, Typography, Ulf Poschardt
032c 18, Thomas Demand
Softcover, 272 pp. + Thomas Demand dossier, offset 4/1, 20 x 27 cm
Edition of 2000
Published by 032c
$20.00 · pre-order
Our knowledge of images is my material,” says artist THOMAS DEMAND in part of our 40-page Demand Dossier featuring interviews with filmmaker Todd Solondz, architect Adam Caruso, museum director Udo Kittelmann, and more; meanwhile Nike CEO MARK PARKER discusses creativity, commerce, and charity; Design Director at BMW ADRIAN VAN HOOYDONK tells Konstantin Grcic about the future of the driving experience; the MONTANA Club seduces Paris night life all over again; artist LUCAS SAMARAS pulls back the curtain on his prophetic creative vision; SLAVS & TATARS conjures ghosts of COMMUNISM past the 20th anniversary of its fall; photographer ALASDAIR MCLELLAN captures supermodel Trish Goff in a Big Sur splash; DANKO STEINER sets a new New York standard with CHLOË, MISSY, LIZZI, and NATASA in “Alphabet City”; the 032c SELECT premieres with 30-plus brand new pages of material culture.
032c, Adam Caruso, Alasdair McLellan, Architecture, Art, Bless, Culture, Danko Steiner, Distribution, Fashion, Lucas Samaras, Mike Meire, Photography, Slavs and Tatars, Thomas Demand, Todd Solondz, Tris Goff, Typography, Udo Kittelmann
Nakako Hayashi, Here and There 6
Softcover, 48 pp., offset 4/1, 210 x 297 mm
Edition of 1000
Published by Nieves
$20.00 · add to cart
Here and There comes back, after two years of absence from the independent magazine scene, with
Unexpected Travelling Issue, a sixth issue which counts already familiar but also new illustrious collaborations.
In Nakako’s own words, the vision behind the Unexpected Travelling Issue was: “One day, someone told me her ideal garden is what looks like no one is taking care of, and have so many different pretty flowers in springtime. The other day my friend told me she has an ideal image of bringing up kids even though in reality she has to deal with daily life living in crowded Tokyo. I am into those stories, and new issue must be something related to this ‘ideal’ world. in each people’s minds. Maybe you can talk about ideal books making”
Anne Daems, Bless, Distribution, Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster, Elein Fleiss, Els Beusen, Here and There, Kazunari Hattori, Nakako Hayashi, Nieves, Susan Cianciolo, Takako Minekawa, Takashi Homma, Yayako Uchida, Yoshimi, Yukinori Maeda, Yurie Nagashima
Nakako Hayashi, Here and There 5
Softcover, 48 pp., offset 4/1, 210 x 297 mm
Edition of 1000
Published by Nieves
out of print
Elein Fleiss,
Purple Journal’s editor-in-chief, speaks of Nakako Hayashi and her magazine
Here and There: When I met Nakako Hayashi, she was still working for
Hanatsubaki magazine. Then, in 2001 she decided to go on her own and started
Here and There in the spring of 2002. The first issue came out in March of that year, and the moment I first saw it remains in my memory as an important event in the world of independent magazines.
Here and There is the magazine of one person. The fact that Nakako’s name is credited as the author on the cover is not an egocentric statement but reveals the spirit in which she makes it. Some people make films, others write books or make artworks, and Nakako makes a magazine. It is her personal work and in that sense she makes it in her own way, unlike most magazines on the planet. It also means she is free from capitalistic rules, from imposed trends, from the industry of fashion. Instead, she is free to follow her desire and to link the magazine with her personal life.
Bless, Daisuke Miyatsu, Distribution, Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster, Elein Fleiss, Kazunari Hattori, Mark Borthwick, Midori Araki, Nakako Hayashi, Nieves, Susan Cianciolo, Takako Minekawa, Takashi Homma
Nakako Hayashi, Here and There 3
Softcover, 32 pp., offset 4/4, 297 x 420 mm
Edition of 1000
Published by Nieves
out of print
Elein Fleiss,
Purple Journal’s editor-in-chief, speaks of Nakako Hayashi and her magazine
Here and There: When I met Nakako Hayashi, she was still working for
Hanatsubaki magazine. Then, in 2001 she decided to go on her own and started
Here and There in the spring of 2002. The first issue came out in March of that year, and the moment I first saw it remains in my memory as an important event in the world of independent magazines.
Here and There is the magazine of one person. The fact that Nakako’s name is credited as the author on the cover is not an egocentric statement but reveals the spirit in which she makes it. Some people make films, others write books or make artworks, and Nakako makes a magazine. It is her personal work and in that sense she makes it in her own way, unlike most magazines on the planet. It also means she is free from capitalistic rules, from imposed trends, from the industry of fashion. Instead, she is free to follow her desire and to link the magazine with her personal life.
Anne Daems, Bless, Cosmic Wonder, Distribution, Elein Fleiss, Here and There, Kazunari Hattori, Mark Borthwick, Nakako Hayashi, Susan Cianciolo, Yukinori Maeda
Nakako Hayashi, Here and There 2
Softcover, 32 pp., offset 4/4, 297 x 420 mm
Edition of 1000
Published by Nieves
out of print
Elein Fleiss,
Purple Journal’s editor-in-chief, speaks of Nakako Hayashi and her magazine
Here and There: When I met Nakako Hayashi, she was still working for
Hanatsubaki magazine. Then, in 2001 she decided to go on her own and started
Here and There in the spring of 2002. The first issue came out in March of that year, and the moment I first saw it remains in my memory as an important event in the world of independent magazines.
Here and There is the magazine of one person. The fact that Nakako’s name is credited as the author on the cover is not an egocentric statement but reveals the spirit in which she makes it. Some people make films, others write books or make artworks, and Nakako makes a magazine. It is her personal work and in that sense she makes it in her own way, unlike most magazines on the planet. It also means she is free from capitalistic rules, from imposed trends, from the industry of fashion. Instead, she is free to follow her desire and to link the magazine with her personal life.
Anne Daemes, Bless, Cosmic Wonder, Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster, Here and There, Kazunari Hattori, Lutz, Martin Margiela, Nakako Hayashi, Nieves, Susan Cianciolo, Wendy&Jim
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