www.isseymiyakeparfums.com

Photo : Daniel Jouanneau

ISSEY MIYAKE PARFUMS is a collection that was co-developed with Beauté Prestige International in France. The first fragrance, L’EAU D’ISSEY, was born in 1992. The idea for this scent, whose name means ‘water’, was conceived of by Miyake, who saw water as both the greatest material, as well as the greatest source for inspiration. It has had a remarkable influence upon the world of perfume.

The Miyake Design Studio supervises the creative direction for the fragrance at every stage, from the initial concept to bottle design, naming, graphics, package design, marketing tools, and publicity.

Issey Miyake’s philosophy has never deviated. His goals are to create fragrances that convey a message, to inspire people with hope for a bright future, to present simple yet functional bottle designs that are at once accessible and universal, while never losing a sense of wonder. As with our clothing design, we continue to create new fragrances that are not only pertinent to our lifestyles, but are also founded in pure essentials.

Edition Special Creations Born from Two Encounters

These special edition bottles were created as a homage to two designers to whom Issey Miyake is eternally bound by friendship.

2008: L’EAU D’ISSEY EDITION SHIRO KURAMATA

2009: L’EAU D’ISSEY EDITION ETTORE SOTTSASS

Selected Awards

L’EAU D’ISSEY (launch 1992 )

www.isseymiyake-watch.com

The Watch project has been evolving since 2001, pairing Seiko Instruments Inc. with the creative direction of the Miyake Design Studio. There have been seven designers involved in the project to date, each of whom has created a watch true to the spirit of Issey Miyake, interpreted in their voice. The designers are always faced with the challenge of creating a fresh design, as well as an analogue watch, that will be made in Japan. The designers also create their own package design. The collaborative efforts of the trios comprised of designer, Seiko and the Miyake Design Studio continue to result in beautiful, functional designs, each of which is distinct and affordable.

[YAMANAKA TOSHIHARU]		[HARRI KOSKINEN]
INSETTO >> OVO >>		VAKIO >> VAKIO Ⅱ >>
[TOKUJIN YOSHIOKA]		[NAOTO FUKASAWA]
TO >> TO automatic >> O >>		TWELVE >> TWELVE365 >> TRAPEZOID >> TRAPEZOID AL >> GO >>
[ROSS LOVEGROVE]		[YVES BEHAR]
Hu >>		VUE >>
［SATOSHI WADA］
W >>

ISSEY MIYAKE Watch: Tenth Anniversary Special Model

The ISSEY MIYAKE Watch project celebrates its tenth anniversary this year. The project, which began in 2001, is comprised of 13 different series, each done in collaboration with noted designers from all over the world. To mark this anniversary Tokujin Yoshioka has designed a special model, “O.” Its concept is based upon “the shape of water: a watch which keeps transparent time.” Each year, a new model has been presented at BASELWORLD, the annual international watch and jewelry show. The Watch Project will be ticking new time for the next ten years.

In 2007 Miyake Design Studio introduced a bedding and home collection under the name of “mayu+.” Mayu+ is a new concept in home design, inspired by the layered pastry millefeuille: the light and high-quality bedding can be layered to adjust temperature, and can also function as interior design.

Co-developed by the French company named Ca va se voir, Miyake Design Studio presented the first collection of ISSEY MIYAKE eyewear from the 2011 collection. The design concept of the eyewear collection is "STREAM". It is the flow of ideas that stats from our volition to see things. By combining the creativity and the design spirit of ISSEY MIYAKE with the optical expertise of Ca va se voir, the eyewear collection is characterized by its simple yet radical, sharp, elegant and modern design. An important research has been made to create an original and innovative hinge, signature of ISSEY MIYAKE eyewear, that has been made possible by the use of high technology.

www.artemide.com

Issey Miyake’s new project, 132 5. ISSEY MIYAKE, confronts the environmental and resource issues we face today, and explores the making things of the future. In this project, with Miyake as the central figure, the project team Reality Lab., founded in 2007, conduct various research and development. Using fabric made from improved recycled polyester fiber and forms developed by applying three-dimensional mathematical principles, the new 132 5. ISSEY MIYAKE clothes were born in autumn 2010.

In the development process of the 132 5. ISSEY MIYAKE project, attempts to explore design from a broader viewpoint – not just limited to clothing – evolved into the IN-EI ISSEY MIYAKE lighting products.

The production of the lighting products involved not only the latest technology, but also the work by human hands. And, at the base of the products’ concept is the traditional Japanese esthetics about the relationship between light and shadow (in-ei). This concept is also represented in Junichiro Tanizaki’s In Praise of Shadows: “We find beauty not in the thing itself, but in the patterns of shadows, the light and the darkness, that one thing against another creates.” The three-dimensional form concept developed by 132 5. ISSEY MIYAKE was used in creating the lampshades, and the original material with excellent shape retention and light transmission qualities was developed.

The IN-EI ISSEY MIYAKE lighting products were launched by Italian lighting maker Artemide in April 2012 at Light+Building (Frankfurt) and the Milan Furniture Fair (Salone Internazionale del Mobile di Milano).

Photo : Iwasaki Hiroshi