Risenblade

Risenblade

The collected works of Ben Bloom

Websites & games

Music

AlbumhoundSearch any artist’s studio album discography.Openalbumhound.com

Finance

PaffolioA financial services trading and account holdings platform.Openpaffolio.com

Geography Games

MarcoGuess the notable person from their cartographic birth and death information.Openmarcothegame.com GenghisCross from one country to another, through as few borders as possible.Opengenghisgame.com

Geography Reference Sites

World EtymologiesThe origin of every country’s name, in twenty-five languages.Openworldetymologies.com Countries RankedOne hundred top-ten lists, from GDP to rare earths to World Cup titles.Opencountriesranked.com Flag FamiliesA family tree of the world’s national flags.Openflagfamilies.com Seven StansAn interactive map of the seven countries whose names end in “stan.”Openseven-stans.com Hawaiian–EmperorMapping every island and seamount from the Big Island to the Kuril–Kamchatka Trench.Openhawaiianemperor.com Atlas by BenThe geography sites and games on one page.Openatlasbyben.com

Visual art

Bauhaus

Bridges and cities, in primary colour and black line.

Gate in a Grid
Gate in a Grid
Red Sun over the Bay
Red Sun over the Bay
Head-On
Head-On
Committee
Committee
Primary Town
Primary Town
Waterfront Lines
Waterfront Lines

Headwear

Oxblood Brim
Oxblood Brim
Silver Diamond
Silver Diamond
Black Diamond
Black Diamond
Red Brim
Red Brim
The Aurum
The Aurum
The Honeycomb
The Honeycomb
The Kingfisher
The Kingfisher
The Cartographer
The Cartographer
The Nacre
The Nacre
The Bullseye
The Bullseye
The Orchid
The Orchid
The Brocade
The Brocade
The Scarab
The Scarab
The Nightgarden
The Nightgarden
The Chrome
The Chrome
The Reef
The Reef
The Ember
The Ember
The Whirl
The Whirl
The Quill
The Quill
The Joshua
The Joshua
The Slick
The Slick
The Succulent
The Succulent
The Argent
The Argent
The Frond
The Frond
The Filigree
The Filigree
The Plankton
The Plankton
The Grille
The Grille
The Falcon
The Falcon
The Antelope
The Antelope

Furniture Design

The Cartouche is a black-lacquer chair with a brass rim that closes around whomever sits in it.

The Cartouche
The Cartouche
The Panthera
The Pantheranatural leopard
The Amethyst
The Amethystamethyst velvet
The Cardinal
The Cardinalred crocodile
The Python
The Pythonnatural python
The Midnight
The Midnightblack velvet
The Emerald
The Emeraldemerald velvet
The Cognac
The Cognaccognac leather
The Ermine
The Ermineivory shearling

Desert Art and Expressionism

Five O’Clock
Five O’Clock
The Lifeguard
The Lifeguard
Second Scream
Second Scream
Face to Face
Face to Face
Glass House
Glass House
Omakase
Omakase

Photography

Water Monk
Water Monk
Morning Glories
Morning Glories
Corn Terrace
Corn Terrace
Valley of Lights
Valley of Lights
Furrow Fire
Furrow Fire
Comet Road
Comet Road
Ridge Sitter
Ridge Sitter
Reflected Canal
Reflected Canal
Magenta Canopy
Magenta Canopy
Sour, Golden Hour
Sour, Golden Hour
Through the Rain
Through the Rain

Hollywood Hills Study

Dusk Terrace
Dusk Terrace
Two Fires
Two Fires
Lit Steps
Lit Steps
Colonnade
Colonnade
The Piano Room
The Piano Room

Desert House Study

Cabana
Cabana
Square Spa
Square Spa
Round Spa
Round Spa
Fountain Spa
Fountain Spa
Bunker
Bunker
Pergola at Dusk
Pergola at Dusk
Shaded Dining
Shaded Dining
Infinity Edge
Infinity Edge
Water Wall
Water Wall
Blue Tile Spa
Blue Tile Spa
Raised Pool
Raised Pool
Evening Water Wall
Evening Water Wall

Music

BeRo Bloom

Albums

Singles

Writing

Books

Fern and Rye
Fern and RyeA picture book about a fox who keeps the night, a rabbit who keeps the day, and the hour they share.
DM²
DM²A 360-page guide to the tactics people use on each other, and how to see them coming.

Screenplays

Te Aʻa O Te Tōʻea
Te Aʻa O Te Tōʻeahistorical dramaAround the year 1100, a canoe leaves the Marquesas Islands and follows the birds north to a new land, Hawai’i.
The Slide /
Points of Light
The Slide / Points of LightbiopicA flawed, brilliant man looks back on his rise and fall.
Climaxin
Climaxinsci-fi thrillerA future drug keeps users in a state of pre-climactic bliss, but society crumbles as no one wants to finish anything.

Essays

On Self-Circumscription of the Habitat of
H. Sapiens
The Social Disillusionment
of the Lottery
The Gamification of Pursuit
On Event Triggers and the Nature of Attachment
Inscription, Subscription,
and Ascription

Poetry

The Day the Ice Cream Melted
The Day the Ice Cream Melted
Takushoku
Takushoku
Mirage
Mirage
A West More Vast
A West More Vast
Fern and Rye
Fern and Rye
The Ill-Loom and Naughty
The Ill-Loom and Naughtyepic poem in five parts