Textfield IV / Bless N˚27, Eased Up

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

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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

Celebrating 10 Years of Themelessness

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

Here and There 9

Nakako Hayashi, Here and There 9
Softcover, 56 pp., offset 4/duotone, 210 x 297 mm
Edition of 1000
ISBN 978-3-905714-69-2
Published by Nieves

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The theme of the nineth issue of Here and There is HER LIFE. It deals with the various factors that make up the many waves in a woman’s life, such as working, becoming pregnant, giving birth. The colorful stories told by Elein Fleiss, Laetitia Bena, Yurie Nagashima, Miranda July, Midori Araki and Aiko Yamada, reflect each of their lives.

Nakako Hayashi writes: “There are various lives, various moments and various emotions. I wish to capture the ripples of emotion in our daily lives as seeds, right before they turn into fluff and float away. I wish to keep observing what grows from there. I guess this may be what I want to do with Here and There.”

Aiko Yamada, Art, Culture, Distribution, Elein Fleiss, Fashion, Here and There, Kazunari Hattori, Laetitia Bena, Midori Araki, Miranda July, Nakako Hayashi, Nieves, Photography, Takashi Homma, Yurie Nagashima

Purple Journal 9

Purple Journal 9
Softcover, 120 pp., offset 1/1, 210 x 275 mm
Edition of 2000
ISSN 1766-8840
Published by Elein Fleiss

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Purple Journal
20 rue Thérèse
75001 Paris France

Daniel Bismuth, Elein Fleiss, Giasco Bertoli, Jeff Rian, Laetitia Benat, Mark Fishman, Nakako Hayashi, Purple, Sebastien Jamain

Purple Journal 10

Purple Journal 10
Softcover, 136 pp., offset 4/1, 195 x 240 mm
Edition of 2000
ISSN 1766-8840
Published by Elein Fleiss

out of print

Purple Journal
20 rue Thérèse
75001 Paris France

Christophe Brunnquell, Daniel Bismuth, Elein Fleiss, Jeff Rian, Laetitia Benat, Mark Fishman, Nakako Hayashi, Purple

Purple Journal 8

Purple Journal 8
Softcover, 108 pp., offset 4/1, 210 x 275 mm
Edition of 2000
ISSN 1766-8840
Published by Elein Fleiss

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Purple Journal
20 rue Thérèse
75001 Paris France

Christophe Brunnquell, Dike Blair, Elein Fleiss, Elizabeth Underwood, Jeff Rian, Mark Fishman, Nakako Hayashi, Purple, Sharon Mesmer

Here and There 8

Nakako Hayashi, Here and There 8
Softcover, 64 pp., offset 4/duotone, 210 x 297 mm
Edition of 1000
Published by Nieves

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“The reason I decided to have the idea of loneliness as the subject of our feature was nourished through my e-mails with Elein Fleiss. It all started when I asked her, for a magazine, about Purple Journal’s editorial direction. She then mentioned that as we live in the present, she sensed the need for artists to face the loneliness within. I was touched by her point of view and began to think that I would like to deal with the issue in Here and There as well. I truly hope that the feeling I nurtured for half a year will become the new seed for people who may pick up this issue.

This SANPO issue began from a chance conversation I had with Akira Onozuka. As trees grow older every year, Here and There has slowly, but steadily, brought people together and has grown in the past six years. I would like to send my gratitude to everyone who took part in helping me with this issue, including the writing, photography and translation. As you may have decided to pick this up, I wish that I will meet you someday, somewhere.”

—Nakako Hayashi

Distribution, Here and There, Kazunari Hattori, Nakako Hayashi, Nieves

Here and There 7

Nakako Hayashi, Here and There 7
Softcover, 64 pp., offset 1/1, 210 x 297 mm
Edition of 1000
Published by Nieves

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Here and There Vol.7 is dedicated to the cities of Paris and Tokyo, looking at them through the eyes of its wide contributors’ family spread around the world. We are taken into a whirlwind of overlapping stories and emotions, through the words and images of Takashi Homma, Elein Fleiss, Susan Cianciolo, Julian Gatto, Kim Gordon, Mike Mills, Benjamin Sommerhalder and most importantly Nakako Hayashi, the mind behind it all.

Anne Daems, Benjamin Sommerhalder, Distribution, Elein Fleiss, Here and There, Jeff Burch, Julian Gatto, Kasane Nagawa, Kazunari Hattori, Kenneth Andrew Mroczek, Kenshu Shintsubo, Kim Gordon, Mark Borthwick, Mike Mills, Nakako Hayashi, Nieves, Pascale Gatzen, Ruthie Doyle, Susan Cianciolo, Takashi Homma, Yukinori Maeda

Here and There 6

Nakako Hayashi, Here and There 6
Softcover, 48 pp., offset 4/1, 210 x 297 mm
Edition of 1000
Published by Nieves

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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

Here and There 5

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