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Issey Miyake

Title
  • Issey Miyake / concept and editorial direction, Midori Kitamura = 三宅一生 / 企画・責任編集北村みどり.
  • Issey Miyake / concept and editorial direction, Midori Kitamura = Miyake Issei / kikaku, sekinin henshū Kitamura Midori ; ; English translation, Kazue Kobata, Kayoko Yokota, Richard Walker for bridge corporation, Tokyo ; Artur Silva, Vienna.
Publication
  • Köln : Taschen, [2016]
  • ©2016

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Additional Authors
  • 北村みどり.
  • Kitamura, Midori.
Description
511 pages : illustrations (chiefly color); 31 cm
Summary
"In 1983, Japanese designer Issey Miyake told The New Yorker that he aspired "to forge ahead, to break the mold." With the boundary-defying fashion lines that followed, he not only broke molds, but recast clothing altogether. With a unique fusion of poetry and practicality, his creations blur the boundaries between tradition, modern technology, and everyday function. This definitive history of Miyake's clothes coincides with a major exhibition at The National Art Center, Tokyo to offer expert insight into the designer's vision and daring. Initiated and conceived by Midori Kitamura, the book looks at the texture-driven originality of Miyake's materials and techniques from the very earliest days of his career, before he had even established the Miyake Design Studio. Drawing on more than 40 years of collaborative work with Miyake, Kitamura creates an encyclopedic reference of his material and technical innovations through the clothes based on A Piece of Cloth concept, Body Series of the 1980s, Miyake Pleats series, and such practical, everyday designs as Pleats Please pieces. Stunning photographs from Miyake's contemporary Yuriko Takagi capture his clothes in their particular quotidian originality, including a breathtaking shoot in Iceland. In her far-reaching essay, meanwhile, leading cultural figure Kazuko Koike offers both a complete chronology of Miyake's work, and an unprecedented personal profile, looking at the ambition and inspirations that have driven his repertoire from tender teenage years"--Publisher's description.
Alternative Title
  • 三宅一生
  • Miyake Issei
Subjects
Genre/Form
History.
Note
  • Parallel title in Japanese.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Language (note)
  • Parallel texts in English and Japanese.
Contents
The work of Issey Miyake. Where did Issey come from? / Kazuko Koike -- Issey Miyake beyond time and space / photographs by Yuriko Takagi.
Call Number
JQG 17-994
ISBN
  • 9783836555227
  • 3836555220
LCCN
9783836555227
OCLC
946288975
Title
Issey Miyake / concept and editorial direction, Midori Kitamura = Miyake Issei / kikaku, sekinin henshū Kitamura Midori ; ; English translation, Kazue Kobata, Kayoko Yokota, Richard Walker for bridge corporation, Tokyo ; Artur Silva, Vienna.
Alternate Script for Title
Issey Miyake / concept and editorial direction, Midori Kitamura = 三宅一生 / 企画・責任編集北村みどり.
Publisher
Köln : Taschen, [2016]
Copyright Date
©2016
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Language
Parallel texts in English and Japanese.
Alternate Script for Subject
三宅一生, 1938-2022.
Alternate Script for Subject
三宅一生, 1938-2022.
Chronological Term
1900-1999
Added Author
Kitamura, Midori.
Alternate Script for Added Author
北村みどり.
Other Standard Identifier
9783836555227
Research Call Number
JQG 17-994
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