Reimagining the corporation for a new generation means accepting and embracing the idea that profit can no longer be the sole motivator for business. By adopting the logic of ‘Futurethought, culture, community, and ecology must be recognised as integral, albeit often silent, partners that are crucial stakeholders in a company’s future success. To explore and embody this shift, EXTRALESS and OK-RM have merged minds in an ongoing collaboration. This partnership delves into the harmonies, contrasts, and potential of what it means to pursue a truly collective project.
The first output, Report 01, is a performance piece structured in three acts, each composed of three movements. These movements draw inspiration from the EXTRALESS manifesto, focusing on three key themes: “Noticeably Normal,” “Shared Humanity,” and
“Autonomy of the Self”.
Shot in Zegna, the story frames Daniel Brühl in moments of quiet strength, exploring the contours of a softer masculinity. Tailoring becomes gesture—subtle, precise, unguarded. It’s less about performance, more about presence.
QASIMI is a London-based fashion brand with a Middle Eastern heritage founded in 2015 by Khalid Al Qasimi. The brand focuses on crafting understated and refined garments from a perspective that reflects its multicultural origins.
The brand’s narrative centres around the idea of an urban nomad whose endeavours takes one on various journeys across the world - a culture dialogue and exchange, seeking to unite rather than divide through the powerful medium of clothes.
A brand for all genders, deeply rooted in the merging of cultures, socio-political inspirations, craft and a sophisticated flair for colour.
QASIMI currently shows as part of London Fashion Week Men’s and Women’s and stocks in top department stores and selected boutiques internationally.
A visual essay on detachment and desire, asking not what we own—but what owns us. If everything we own is a fire hazard—what is it worth taking the risk for?
The brand’s narrative centres around the idea of an urban nomad whose endeavours takes one on various journeys across the world - a culture dialogue and exchange, seeking to unite rather than divide through the powerful medium of clothes.
A brand for all genders, deeply rooted in the merging of cultures, socio-political inspirations, craft and a sophisticated flair for colour.
QASIMI currently shows as part of London Fashion Week Men’s and Women’s and stocks in top department stores and selected boutiques internationally.
Shaped by the Force of You is an editorial exploring how our identities are formed in relation to others. It reflects on the subtle forces—gaze, touch, memory, absence—that contour who we become. Rather than standing alone, the self is portrayed as a shifting imprint, always in dialogue with those who surround us.
Vision is determined to a large degree by our expectations. We don’t see a naked world, we see a visual world which has been created by experience, memory and language.
During the first lockdown I found myself going for long walks in nature. On one of these walks I came upon a lone yellow flower and stopped to admire its beauty. When I turned away I could see purple dots in front of my eyes, dots in the same shape of the flower, but the opposite colour. They seemed real even though I knew they weren't; the image was just an illusion. The experience made me wonder about colour: what are colours and more importantly, where are they? When I see the colour red is it inside my head or out?
Scientists agree that humans began to see blue as a colour only when we started to make blue pigment. For the longest time, blue as a word or a concept didn’t exist. How and what we see is easily manipulated. The introduction of new concepts and ideas can dismantle the lines of conventional perception. How did the sky look before we knew of the colour blue? How is our perception of the world changing now?
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Anna-Lena Krause is a photographer and art director working across fine art, editorial, and commercial sectors.
The formal qualities of Anna-Lena’s work reflect her parallel practice as a sculptor and performance artist. Her research rooted across numerous fields of psychology and behavioral science informs a deeply intimate and playful approach, allowing her to continually explore the possibilities of photography.
Her language is distinguished by a unique color palette, a sense of romanticism, and a dialogue between herself, her subjects, and her collaborators - exploring the bonds connecting people in the modern world.
The formal qualities of Anna-Lena’s work reflect her parallel practice as a sculptor and performance artist. Her research rooted across numerous fields of psychology and behavioral science informs a deeply intimate and playful approach, allowing her to continually explore the possibilities of photography.
Her language is distinguished by a unique color palette, a sense of romanticism, and a dialogue between herself, her subjects, and her collaborators - exploring the bonds connecting people in the modern world.
Royal College of Art, London, UK – MA Fine Art (Rose Finn-Kelcey Scholarship)
2015–2019
BTK – College of Design, Berlin, Germany – BA Photography
OK-RM – Art Director
10/2021 – 03/2023
Burberry – Art Director
01/2021 – 09/2021
Arts University Bournemouth –Visiting Tutor
06/2019 – 04/2020
Maison Heroine – Art Director
03/2018 – 06/2019
Brigitte Maria Mayer – Creative Assistant
01/2018 – 09/2019
OIL Official – Art Director / Photographer
04/2016 – 06/2017
Voo Store – Junior Art Director and Assistant Photographer
Concept Development
Brand awareness
Trend forecasting
Cultural Sensitivity
Project management
Photography and/or videography
Movement Direction
Adobe Creative Suite
3D / Motion design
Set Design
Graphic Design, Layout, and Composition
07/2025
Amor. Shipton Gallery, London, UK
Past:
02/2025
POST//FUTURE, Saatchi Gallery x Delphian Gallery, London, UK
2024
11/2024
Virgle and the Afterlife, Semester 9 x Shipton, Amsterdam, Netherlands
09/2024
Cycles, Woman in the Arts Fair, London, UK
05/2024
The Future of Loneliness, Guts Gallery, London, UK
05/2024
Butter Pyramide, Kupfer Gallery, London, UK
05/2024
OHSH, London, UK
04/2024
Alice Black Gallery, London, UK
01/2024
Flux Projects: Photographs in Movement, London Art Fair, London, UK
2023
12/2023
Close-Up Cinema, Flux Project, London, UK
11/2023
Hackney Bridge Studios, Club.Are, London, UK
09/2023
Choreographie Pt. 2, Flux Project, London, UK
05/2023
Body Movement, Peckham 24, London, UK
01/2023
A Path With Heart, Split Gallery, London, UK
2022
10/2022
The Worm at the Core, Set, London, UK
10/2022
Ruptured Wave, Bateman Street, London, UK
2021
11/2021
SIILK Gallery, Athens, Greece
10/2021
London Grads 2021, Saatchi Gallery, London, UK
09/2021
Round Mouth Collective, London, UK
09/2021
Photo London, Somerset House, London, UK
08/2021
SIILK Gallery x Studio 183, Berlin, Germany
07/2021
After the High Tide, Cromwell Place, London, UK
06/2021
New Futures, Kovet Art, London, UK
03/2021
Up All Night: Looking Closely at Rave Culture, Kumu Kunstimuuseum, Tallinn, Estonia
02/2021
Milk & Honey, HW Gallery, Vienna, Austria
02/2021
Transcience, SIILK Gallery, Athens, Greece
2020
12/2020
36th Annual, Southwark Park Gallery, London, UK
2019
11/2019
Open, OK Center for Contemporary Art, Linz, Austria
09/2019
No Pictures on the Dance Floor, C/O Berlin, Berlin, Germany
07/2019
Sweet Harmony, Saatchi Gallery, London, UK
2018
08/2018
Virtual Private Network, Haimney Gallery, Barcelona,
Spain
08/2018
Platform 101, Galerie 7, Tehran, Iran
03/2018
Unexisting, Voies-Off, Arles, France
2017
08/2017
ABC – Art Book Fair China, Shanghai, China
06/2017
Talent Making Talent, Paris, France
2016
10/2016
Scan Photofestival, Tarragona, Spain
10/2016
European Month of Photography, Berlin, Germany
07/2016
Bunker, Voies-Off, Arles, France
06/2016
SFSEX, Essen, Germany
06/2016
Goodforever, Düsseldorf, Germany
2015
11/2015
Desire, a Double Edged Sword, Künstlerquartier Bethanien, Berlin, Germany
Rose Finn Kelcey Scholarship. Royal College of Art. London, UK.
2019-2020.
Studio Vortex with Antoine D’Agata. Residency at Voies Off. Arles, France.
Artist Talk, Photo London, Somerset House, London, UK
08/2021
Panel Discussion, Are You There - A Discussion, Royal College of Arts, London, UK
06/2020
Artist Talk, Arts University Bournemouth, Wallisdown, UK
11/2019
Artist Talk, Open, OK Center for Contemporary Art, Linz, Austria