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BLAESS™ LAB
BLAESS™ Lab is a multi-disciplinary design studio with projects ranging from transport design to modular housing and architectural building systems, product, furniture and lighting design, multi-unit residential, prime and super-prime private residential commissions.
First established in Sydney, Australia in 1999, the studio is now based in central London with projects located in continental Europe, the Middle East and the United Kingdom.
Exposure to a broad range of industry typologies allows BLAESS™ to integrate into projects core design principles involved in technology and communications, structural engineering, materials and manufacturing processes, environmental sustainability and design psychology.
Cross pollination and shared methodologies are employed where applicable to offer new solutions to client's projects that artfully demonstrate balanced aesthetic, economic and environmentally aware solutions.
Specialist concept design and design engineering skills have been successfully integrated on a number of projects.
- Principles of factory manufactured and site assembled modular building solutions has been applied to projects with Nexis Holdings and their Waste to Panel recycled building products. www.nexisholdings.com
- Concept design for flat pack interior fit-out panelling and inflatable heavy duty furniture solutions for Space Island Group. www.spaceislandgroup.com
- In 1996, a design and manufacturing alliance was founded to form PinkusBlaess Pty Limited. The company was established to design, manufacture and supply specialist personal hygiene products to Johnson&Johnson globally. Over 11 million units of medical grade plastic containers were sold and distributed throughout USA, France, Canada, Australia and New Zealand.
- Industrial production technologies were used to create cost effective iconic mass produced rotational molded polyethylene modular bins for a chain of retail clean-skin wine stores. The modular bins were used as in-store point of sale units with built in product display, individual wine tasting stands and for off site product launches at trade shows and industry events.
The opportunity to improve and innovate using design as a tool is paramount to the BLAESS™ philosophy.
STEVEN BLAESS
Steven Blaess grew up in the unique environment of the Great Australian Bight. It was somewhere between the open, uninterrupted beauty of the bush and coastal landscapes where Steven formed an unconscious awareness to his environment. His purpose to create forms and spaces that express simplified beauty and freedom within form is displayed in all of his designs.
Steven graduated with a Bachelor of Design in Human Environments from the University of South Australia in 1994.
Over the past two decades, Steven has lived and worked in Europe, Asia, Middle East and Australia. His work extends across industrial design for transport, products, lighting, furniture, plastics manufacturing, architecture and interiors.
Steven Blaess' work is extensively manufactured and prototyped by leading brands such as Alessi, Edra, Artemide, iGuzzini Lighting Italy, Fratelli Guzzini, Nemo Italiana Luce and others. His long-standing relationships with these companies continue to flourish, bringing him exciting new projects and commissions.
Highlight projects in recent years include: final selection for his Olympic Torch design proposal for Sydney 2000 Olympic Games, the m-series Meditation Pod manufactured by Edra, the globally successful Marli series of products for Alessi, plastic personal hygiene containers designed and manufactured for Johnson&Johnson worldwide, earth orbiting hotel and research facility concepts for Space Island Group, waste-to-panel recycled modular housing and building paneling system for Eisenmann and Nexis Holdings.
Current projects include private jet interiors, private residential commissions, a limited edition series of furniture and a new range of products and furniture for children.
'The products I create are not treated as design objects, but symbology as form that contain their own harmonic meaning and sacred energy.'
CLIENTS & PROJECTS
Alessi S.p.a.
Alpinestars
Artemide
Australand
Bartini
BE Aerospace
Bene
Brashs Music
Brionvega
British Foreign + Commonwealth Office
Cannondale
Central Bank of Kuwait
CISCO Systems
Colgate Palmolive
Country Road Australia
Emery Vincent
ESO Australia
ESQUAD Jeans
Fratelli Guzzini
Gelato Messina
Goodbar Entertainment Group
Grange Securities
Grosvenor House London
Hayson Group
Haworth
Her Majesty's Court Service
HSBC
ING Reda
iGuzzini
Johnson&Johnson |
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Juiceria Roma
Jumeirah Hotels
Kohler
La Sala
Manhattan Loft Corporation
MTV
Multiplex
Naked Grape Wines
Nemo Italiana Luce
New South Wales Police Headquarters
Nexis Holdings
Nike
One Hyde Park
Pandora
Penfold's Wines
Qantas Airways
Ridgeford Property
Salomon
Samsung
Serralunga
Sydney Organizing Committee for the Olympic Games
Spin Communications + Mercedes Australian Fashion Week
Sports Entertainment Limited
Space Island Group
Swissotel
Talise Spa
Wellcome Trust
Westfield |
AWARDS
2009 GOOD DESIGN AWARD
Chicago Athenaeun, USA
Alessi Marli Wire Basket
2001 DULUX COLOUR AWARDS FINALIST
Australia
Tantra Bar
2000 SYDNEY 2000 OLYMPIC GAMES FINALIST
Australia
Sydney 2000 Torch + Cauldon
Design Concept
1996 COUNTRY ROAD AUSTRALIA FURNITURE DESIGN COMPETITION
BOX modular
storage system
EXHIBITIONS
2010
La Mano del Designer, Italy
Object: series of three original graphite on paper hand sketches
Location: Villa Necchi Campiglio – Milan, Italy
Curator: Francesca Serrazenetti, Matteo Schubert, Doia Giovanola
www.lamanodeldesigner.it
2009
Alessi - Salone del Mobile
Object: New products
Location: Salone del Mobile - Milan, Italy
Curator: Alessi
www.alessi.com
Alessi – Macef Milano
Object: New products
Location: Macef - Milan, Italy
Curator: Alessi
www.alessi.com
2007
Alessi - Salone del Mobile
Object: New products
Location: Salone del Mobile - Milan, Italy
Curator: Alessi
www.alessi.com
Alessi – Macef Milano
Object: New Marli products
Location: Macef - Milan, Italy
Curator: Alessi
www.alessi.com
2006
Conversations of Things New
Object: Medittaion Pod original fibreglass prototype, sketches + production drawings
Location: Melbourne, Sydney, Tokyo
Curator: Heidi Dockulil
2005
Alessi - Salone del Mobile
Object: New Marli products
Location: Salone del Mobile - Milan, Italy
Curator: Alessi
www.alessi.com
Alessi – Macef Milano
Object: New products
Location: Macef - Milan, Italy
Curator: Alessi
www.alessi.com
2004
Design Mai
Object: Marli bottle opener prototype + Infinity lighting prototype
Location: Stilwerk – Berlin, Germany
Curator: Stilwerk
www.stilwerk.de
Foodesign Multipli di Cibo
Object: Cocktail shaker prototype + presentation drawings
Location: Triennale - Milan, Italy
Curator: Fratelli Guzzini
www.fratelliguzzini.com www.foodesignguzzini.com
In-Design
Object: Nursing Pad Case for Johnson&Johnson
Location: Spence & Lyda - Sydney, Australia
Curator: Spence & Lyda
www.spenceandlyda.com.au
2003
Hybrid Objects Australia
Object: Edra Meditation Pod
Location: Space - Melbourne, Australia
Curator: Hybrid Objects
2002
Hybrid Objects Japan
Object: Edra Meditation Pod
Location: Tokyo Designers Block – Tokyo, Japan
Curator: Hybrid Objects
http://hybridobjects.australia.or.jp/
Salone du Meuble Paris
Object: Edra Meditation Pod
Location: Salone du Meuble - Paris, France
Curator: Edra
www.edra.com
Harrod's London
Object: Edra Meditation Pod
Location: Harrod's – London, UK
Curator: Edra
www.edra.com www.harrods.com
Worldwide Paris
Object: M-Pod for Living modular building
Location: Salon du Meuble - Paris, France
Curator: Brigitte Fitoussi, Christophe Pillet
www.meuble-paris.net
2001
L'Atelier Renault Paris
Object: Meditation Pod
Location: L'Atelier Renault - Paris, France
Curator: Edra
www.atelier.renault.com
Edra - Salone del Mobile Milano
Object: Meditation Pod
Location: Salone del Mobile - Milan, Italy
Curator: Edra
www.edra.com
PUBLICATIONS
The Hand of the Designer, Moleskin + FAI Italy
Issue: 2010
Article: Feature artwork for limited edition book and auction by Sotheby's
Design Week, UK
Issue: 2009
Article: Inspiration
Design Now, Taschen, Germany
Issue: 2004
Page: 74-77
Article: Feature
& Fork, Phaidon Press Limited, UK
Issue: 2006
Page: 58-61
Article: Feature
Delicious Magazine, Australian Broadcasting Corporation, Australia
Issue: 46, February 2006
Article: La Sala restaurant
Young Asian Designers, Singapore
Issue: 2006
Page: 62-67
Article: Feature
Move House, Prestel, Germany
Issue: 2004
Page: 102-103
Article: M-pod For Living Feature
Multipli di Cibo, Ottagono ItalyS
Issue: 2004
Page: 34
Article: Steven Blaess feature article
Dumbo Feather, Pass It On, Australia
Issue: 2004
Page: 10-33
Article: Steven Blaess feature article
Inside Interior Review, Australia
Issue: 17, 2001
Page: 85 + 97
Article: PINKUSBLAESS 3pac tampon container
Inside Interior Review, Australia
Issue: 19, 2001
Page: 32 – 33
Article: BLAESS tantra nightclub + bar
Monument Architecture + Design, Australia
Issue: 42, June / July 2001
Page: 63 + 65
Article: Salone del Mobile report - Meditation Pod
Monument Architecture + Design, Australia
Issue: 41, April / May, 2001
Page: 23
Article: BLAESS feature editorial
Cream, Australia
Issue: 13, Autumn 2001
Page: 100
Article: BLAESS feature editorial
Sydney Morning Herald, Australia
E mag
Issue: June, 2001
Page: 26
Article: tantra nightclub + bar
Sydney Morning Herald, Australia
Issue: July 5, 2001
Page: (1)
Article: Domain - BLAESS feature editorial
Architectural Review Australia – Residential 2000
Issue: July, 2001
Page: 40
Article: mpod for living dome building
Adelaide Advertiser, Australia
Date:Saturday March 3, 2001
Page:10
Article: BLAESS feature editorial
Design Report, Germay
Issue: July 2001
Pages: 50-56, 119
Article: BLAESS feature editorial
Surface, USA
Issue: October 2001
Article: Salone del Mobile report – Meditation Pod
O Estado De Sao, Brazil
Date: April 2001
Article: Salone del Mobile report – Meditation Pod
Abitare TV Lifestyle, Italy
Date: April 2001
Pages: Video interview
Article: Salone del Mobile report – Meditation Pod
Gulliver Idée In Viaggio, Italy
Date: Junel 2001
Article: Style report – Meditation Pod
Inside Out, Australia
Issue: 2000
Page: 138
Article: Salone del Mobile report - Meditation Pod
COLLECTIONS
2009
FAI, Italy
Object: 3 x Untitled, graphite paper hand sketches 240 x 240mm
Location: FAI - Milan, Italy
www.lamanodeldesigner.it
Chicago Athenaum, USA
Object: Marli Fruit Basket
Location: Chicago Athenaeum - Chicago, USA
www.chi-athenaeum.org
2006
Powerhouse Design Museum Sydney, Australia
Object: Marli bottle opener, artwork + packaging
Location: Powerhouse Museum – Sydney, Australia
www.powerhousemuseum.com
2005
Alessi Design Museum, Italy
Object: Marli collection, Jalk Key Ring
Location: Alessi - Crusinallo Di Omegna, Italy
www.alessi.com