BLESS Portrait

A portrait of BLESS (Desiree Heis and Ines Kaag), Programme Directors of the new upcoming Temporary Programme Challenging Jewellery, was recently published on Trendtablet by Lidewij Edelkoort.

"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.

BLESS will head a new two year Masters programme of Fine Arts, Design & Interior Architecture at Sandberg Instituut, open from 2018-2020 only. The temporary programme, Challenging Jewellery, focuses on building a persuasive collective. One that could be defined as both a corporate association and a movement, driven by a common interest in ‘team spirit’ and the relevance of the silent side of the beauty. The initiative is driven and operated by way of a fully-functioning company structure."

Read the full article here: www.trendtablet.com

On Friday 30th of March a Skype Q&A for new Temporary Programme Challenging Jewellery is organised.
Coordinator Sarah Mesritz and Head of Administration Nancy van Vooren are available to discuss and answer questions in a Skype call between 12:00 - 13:00hrs.

Please send an email to cj@sandberg.nl if you are interested in participating.