Seven key projects by fashion innovator Issey Miyake
Following the news of Issey Miyake's death, we've highlighted seven projects created by the Japanese fashion designer over his five-decade-long career. More
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Japanese designer Issey Miyake dies aged 84
Japanese designer Issey Miyake, founder of his eponymous fashion brand, has died in Tokyo aged 84 following a battle with liver cancer. More
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Issey Miyake store in Osaka is splashed with water-themed details
Seating that resembles bars of soap and pipe-like clothing rails appear inside this Issey Miyake store in Osaka's Minamisemba neighbourhood, which was designed by Shingo Noma. More
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Satoshi Kondo dresses models in floaty bodysuits and conjoined knitwear for Issey Miyake
Japanese fashion house Issey Miyake's Autumn Winter 2020 collection features bodysuits with origami folds, multi-person rainbow knitwear and zip-off puffer outfits designed by Satoshi Kondo. More
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Tokujin Yoshioka puts garment making on show inside Tokyo's Homme Plissé flagship
An industrial pleating machine is the focal point of Issey Miyake's Homme Plissé flagship store, which has opened in Tokyo, Japan. More
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Naoto Fukasawa inserts Issey Miyake store into 132-year-old Kyoto townhouse
Japanese designer Naoto Fukasawa has created a new boutique for fashion house Issey Miyake inside one of Kyoto's historic machiya houses. More
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Ikko Tanaka's graphic faces peer out of Issey Miyake clothing collection
Japanese fashion label Issey Miyake has released its second collection featuring graphics created by influential designer Ikko Tanaka. More
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United Nude and Issey Miyake experiment with wood and leather for Rock and Wrap shoes
Dutch footwear brand United Nude has teamed up with Japanese fashion label Issey Miyake to create two new designs – a fragmented platform sandal with a wooden sole and a wrapped leather shoe. More
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Issey Miyake updates iconic Bao Bao bag with new shapes
The articulated Bao Bao bag – a perennial favourite among architects and designers – has been updated with an assortment of new piece shapes, including arrows, circles and lighting bolts (+ slideshow). More
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Naoto Fukasawa designs stripped-back interior for Homme Plissé Issey Miyake store
Japanese industrial designer Naoto Fukasawa has transformed the interior of a concrete building in Tokyo into a space for fashion designer Issey Miyake's pleated menswear collection (+ slideshow). More
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Major Issey Miyake exhibition opens in Tokyo
Forty-five years of innovative fashion and design by Issey Miyake are on display at the National Art Center in Tokyo (+ slideshow). More
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Tokujin Yoshioka creates transparent mannequins for Issey Miyake exhibition
Japanese designer Tokujin Yoshioka has created an installation of see-through bodies as part of a major exhibition of work by fashion designer Issey Miyake, which opens tomorrow in Tokyo (+ slideshow). More
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Iittala x Issey Miyake Collection unites "minimal design languages" of Japan and Finland
Stockholm 2016: Japanese fashion house Issey Miyake has created a range of homeware with Finnish brand Iittala, which includes pleated place mats, tote bags and cushion covers (+ slideshow). More
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Issey Miyake bakes fabric to pleat Spring Summer 2016 garments
Japanese fashion house Issey Miyake has created undulations across clothing in its Spring Summer 2016 collection by baking it in an oven (+ movie). More
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Francis Giacobetti photographs leaping dancers wearing Issey Miyake's pleated garments
These images by French photographer Francis Giacobetti of dancers wearing pleated Issey Miyake garments are on show at the Daikanyama T-site venue in Tokyo. More
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Tokujin Yoshioka's V watch for Issey Miyake is a rippled metal bracelet
Stripy reflections are created by indentations in the metal strap of Japanese designer Tokujin Yoshioka's watch for Issey Miyake. More
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Tokujin Yoshioka distorts hexagonal forms to create stools for Issey Miyake stores
Milan 2015: Japanese designer Tokujin Yoshioka created these seats for Issey Miyake's Tokyo store using shapes he created by accident while "playing around" with 3D-modelling software. More
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Tokujin Yoshioka installs giant red triangles for Tokyo Issey Miyake store
Crimson aluminium triangles hang above garments and in front of windows at Japanese designer Tokujin Yoshioka's latest store for Issey Miyake in Tokyo (+ slideshow). More
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Tubular installation forms backdrop for Issey Miyake menswear campaign
Orange tubes bend and twist to suggest the outline of a living space in a set created by Spanish studio Stone Designs for presenting Japanese fashion designer Issey Miyake's latest Homme Plissé collection (+ movie). More
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Issey Miyake's focus is "being innovative with technology" says head of womenswear
Interview: technological innovation is driving increasingly experimental fashion design at Issey Miyake according to the Japanese brand's womenswear creative director, who has developed a new technique for folding fabric into origami-like patterns (+ movie). More
