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Issey Miyake collaborates with Artemide to produce a captivating light inspired by origami
November 28th, 2012
The birth of IN-EI (which means shadow, shadiness and nuance in Japanese) began in 2010 with an exploration of new and inventive forms of cloth making.
Working with his research and development team, Reality Lab, Issey Miyake found a way to incorporate mathematics into fashion to produce clothing that could be folded flat and expanded into 3D shapes like origami to be worn.
Two years on, the project titled 132.5 ISSEY MIYAKE has found a new and lovely purpose as a light. Working in collaboration with Artemide, the new IN-EI ISSEY MIYAKE lamps are made using 2 or 3D mathematical principles, where light and shade harmoniously alternate, resulting in sculpturesque forms that manipulate light and shadow in the most poetic way. Just like their fashion counterpart, IN-EI ISSEY MIYAKE can be expanded when in use or be flattened to be stored away.
The lamps are made of re-treated fibres derived from PET bottles; the bottles themselves are processed using an innovative technology that reduces both energy consumption and Co2 emission by up to 40%.
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Issey Miyake
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