Issey Miyake
in-ei Lampshades by Issey Miyake for Artemide
Created by designer Issey Miyake for Italian lighting firm Artemide, these elaborate "in-ei" lampshades made a splash during their debut at the 2012 Milan Design Week. The lampshades are constructed with a fibrous fabric derived from recycled plastic bottles, repeatedly folded...
Satoshi Wada x Issey Miyake Watch “W” Chronograph
No stranger to refined automotive design, Japanese Audi A5 designer Satoshi Wada was recently tapped by Issey Miyake to curate a range of collaboration "W" Chronograph watches. The designer's previous portfolio definitely influences the timepieces with the overall aesthetic...
Hypebeast: Top 10 Paris Fashion Week 2012 Fall/Winter Looks
A few days out from the conclusion of Paris Fashion Week's Fall/Winter 2012 menswear showings, we present a selection of our top 10 looks. After spending some time deliberating, chosen were looks came from Acne, Dries Van Noten, Givenchy, Henrik Vibskov, Issey Miyake, Junya...
Issey Miyake 2012 Fall/Winter Collection
The latest collection from legendary designer Issey Miyake finds color at the forefront. Unafraid to add a bit of lightheartedness to a normally subdued and morose color palette normally found in high-fashion, the result is something that seems accessible and appealing to the...
Issey Miyake & Irving Penn “Visual Dialogue” Exhibit
Legendary fashion designer Issey Miyake has teamed up with the equally as talented photographer Irving Penn for a fascinating artistic exhibition in Tokyo. The two began what is quite literally a visual dialogue after a mutual acquaintance began bringing select Miyake pieces to...
Issey Miyake x Yoichi Yamamoto Architects 2D/3D Chairs
Issey Miyake's Tokyo storefront worked in conjunction with Yoichi Yamamoto Architects to create a memorizing installation based on 2D/3D chairs. Creating a three dimensional effect via perspective is further compounded by the actual inclusion of the back of chairs. Set in a...
Tokujin Yoshioka x Issey Miyake Watch Project “O” Watch
Designer Tokujin Yoshioka celebrates the 10th anniversary of the Issey Miyake Watch Project with the creation of the watch "O." Inspired by water (the French word for water is eau and pronounced as 'o'), the watch embodies an aesthetic that looks to replicate a sculpture of...
Yves Behar for Issey Miyake Vue Watch – A Closer Look
The Vue by Yves Behar for Issey Miyake watch combines the longtime innovation of the Japanese designer with the industrialism of Behar. Sleek and minimal, the watch features a round frame, solid band with a vanishing dial. To add uniqueness to this collaboration, the watch...
Issey Miyake Watch Series VUE: Interview with Yves Béhar
On the occasion of the presentation of Seiko’s Issey Miyake watch series VUE at Baselworld 2010 in Basel, Switzerland, VernissageTV met with the designer of the watch, Yves Béhar. In the first part of the interview, Yves Béhar talks about the new Issey Miyake watch...
Yves Behar for Issey Miyake “Vue” Watch
Teaming up with popular Japanese designer Issey Miyake, Yves Behar presents a look into his Vue Watch, an interesting new concept developed by the leading industrial designer's firm, fuseproject. The main ideology behind the Vue timepiece is its "view into the past and...
Pleats Please Issey Miyake Aoyama Store by Tokujin Yoshioka
Led by the design expertise of Tokujin Yoshioka, the Pleats Please Issey Miyake/Aoyama' store finally re-opened this past Tuesday, September 1st in Aoyama, Tokyo. The concept was said to "conserve the existing space with recycled aluminum in order to have it transcend the...
Issey Miyake 2010 Spring RTW Collection
Japanese designer label Issey Miyake recently presented their new Mens RTW 2010 Spring Collection. The Dai Fujiwara-directed line took inspiration from Turkey, with an assortment of loose-fitting garments including suits, cardigans, and knits featuring a wide array of flashy...
Ross Lovegrove x Issey Miyake Hu Watch
While the name Ross Lovegrove may not ring immediate bells, the famed industrial designer essentially rose to design stardom for his design of the original Sony Walkman as well as more recently with that of the Apple iMac. Teaming up with another well-known designer in...
