In 1971, he participated in the New York Collection. In 1970, Miyake established the Miyake Design Studio and participated in the TORAY KNIT EXHIBITION, presenting a group of clothing in pieces that could be mixed and matched to suit different occasions. In 1969, he returned to Japan.Īs a student at the Ecole de la Chambre Syndical de la Couture Parisienne He gained experience in American ready-to-wear, but began to see the future potential of Japan, which was gaining momentum in many areas ahead of the Japan World Exposition, Osaka. The following year, he moved to New York. This idea has continued to influence Miyake's monozukuri to the present time. He witnessed the May 1968 riots, an event that inspired a determination to create clothing for “the many rather than for the few”. In 1965, Miyake traveled to Paris and worked as an assistant at two fashion houses. In 1963, after his graduation from University, he announced “Nuno to ishi no uta” (Poems of cloth and stone). He subsequently started to design his own clothes and created clothing for Toyo Rayon’s (now, Toray Industries, Inc.) 1963 Calendar by request of art director Jo Murakoshi. His focus upon clothing as design rather than fashion attracted attention. Miyake, who was studying at Tama Art University’s Department of Graphic Design, sent a letter to the Secretariat asking why clothing design was not included in the program. It was an international design symposium, whose aim was to promote interactions with the global design world. In 1960, Japan hosted the World Design Conference, for the first time. He realized that the power of design lay both in empowering people to look at as well as to be able to cross the bridges. Miyake’s goal is always to find new projects and people through which to harness the power of design to address the needs of people’s contemporary lifestyles.īorn in Hiroshima, Issey Miyake first gained awareness of design from his encounter with two bridges designed by Isamu Noguchi in the city center named Ikiru (“to live”) and Shinu (“to die”) (1952 later renamed Tsukuru (“to build”) and Yuku (“to depart”). Issey Miyake’s “monozukuri” or way of making things is an ongoing quest via research and experimentation for new innovations that can be harnessed, free from existing conventions.
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