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Issey Miyake

  • Paper Log
    Design News > Design Thinking / Product Design
    Issey Miyake’s experimental paper furniture >
    24 Apr 26
  • In a collaboration that marks new territory for both brands, Japanese fashion house Issey Miyake and Iittala have released a homeware collection
    Issey Miyake collaborates with Finnish brand Iittala to design homeware collection
    Product Spotlight > Architecture & Interiors / Product Design
    In a collaboration that marks new territory for both brands, Japanese fashion house Issey Miyake and Iittala have released a homeware collection >
    11 Feb 16
  • Upper gallery overview of the exhibition GATHERING: From Domestic Craft to Contemporary Process by Lidewij Edelkoort & Philip Fimmano. Image: Itay Benit.
    Gathered together
    Design News > Craft / Fashion & Jewellery Design / Industrial Design / Product Design
    Lidewij Edelkoort's latest exhibition at the Design Museum Holon in Israel explores the seam of craft and design. >
    11 Jul 14
  • KLûK CGDT show at Nigeria Fashion Week 2012
    Africa on the catwalk
    Opinion > African Design / Creative Economy / Fashion & Jewellery Design
    There is an ever-increasing number of fashion weeks in Africa. But what does it mean for the fashion industry and the fashion designers in these countries? >
    25 Nov 13
  • REALITY LAB. ISSEY MIYAKE by Tokujin Yoshioka. Image: © MASAYA YOSHIMURA.
    Shopping in a laboratory
    Design News > Architecture & Interiors
    Tokujin Yoshioka's interior design for Issey Miyake's new retail outlet is clean, minimalistic and somewhat futuristic. >
    24 Nov 13
  • Please Watch by Jasper Morrison for Issey Miyake.
    Casual time
    Design News > Product Design
    Jasper Morrison's Please watch collection for Issey Miyake is a pure reflection of the renowned fashion brand's philosophy. >
    5 Oct 13
  • 2D/3D
    Design News > Architecture & Interiors
    A half chair? Or just the illusion of a chair? Here’s the 2D/3D Chairs for Issey Miyake. >
    29 Jun 11
  • O my
    Design News > Fashion & Jewellery Design
    The new “O” watch by Issey Miyake reflects the environmental surroundings of the wearer. >
    12 May 11
  • Photo: Gion.
    Pleated places
    Design News > Architecture & Interiors / Fashion & Jewellery Design
    Thirteen years after opening, the Issey Miyake store in New York has been given a makeover by Clouds Architecture Office. >
    19 Apr 11
  • Bouroullec Brothers
    Ronan Bouroullec on design hits and disasters
    Talks > Product Design
    The French designer gets candid about their most popular pieces and reveals which designs bombed. >
    5 Apr 11
  • Fashion recreation
    Design News > Architecture & Interiors / Fashion & Jewellery Design
    Tokujin Yoshioka has designed the first shop for the 132 5 Issey Miyake range. >
    6 Dec 10
  • Mint Designs.
    Made in Japan
    Design News > Fashion & Jewellery Design
    Future Beauty is an exhibition that examines how Japanese fashion refined couture, challenged notions of beauty and turned fashion into art. >
    15 Sep 10
  • VUE watch
    Time is but a fleeting VUE
    Design News > Product Design / Fashion & Jewellery Design
    Yves Behar and Issey Miyake have sensualised the mystery of time with a new VUE of the future. >
    22 Apr 10
  • The Bouroullec Brothers at DI2010
    Festival News > Product Design
    Innovation and originality are the calling cards for Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec. >
    11 Dec 09
  • Me, myself & Dai
    Opinion >
    From the frontlines of Dai Fujiwara’s entourage of groupies, Sandhya Lalloo witnesses a creative master fuelled by minimalism and humility. >
    2 May 09
  • Dai Fujiwara answers all at DI2009
    Design News > Fashion & Jewellery Design
    Dai Fujiwara, creative director of Issey Miyake, responds to Design Indaba Conference 2009 audience questions submitted via SMS. >
    19 Mar 09
  • Shunji Yamanaka
    Shunji Yamanaka
    Shunji Yamanaka is the founder and president of Leading Edge Design in Tokyo. >
    9 Feb 09
  • What can your creativity do?
    Do Tank News > Design Thinking
    “What can your creativity do?” asks the Design Indaba Conference 2009 with a line-up of more than 30 creative leaders. >
    6 Feb 09
  • Commonwealth
    David Boira and Zoë Coombes are two architecturally trained furniture designers who work together under the studio name Commonwealth, based in New York. >
    31 Jan 09
  • Young designers invited to a discounted Design Indaba Conference
    Festival News > Design Thinking
    The Design Indaba Young Designers Simulcast is intended to bring the best of the best to young designers and students under 25. >
    16 Jan 09
  • Cultural nomad
    Q&A > Industrial Design / Information Design / Product Design / Urban & Landscape Design
    The talents of the Indian-born, Amsterdam-based product designer Satyendra Pakhalé migrate happily from one design oasis to the next. >
    1 Nov 05
  • Sempre Sempé
    Q&A > Product Design
    Always a bastion of witty innovation, the celebrated French product designer Inga Sempé gets it right every time. >
    1 Aug 05
  • Frightetto Swing
    Hyper designer
    Q&A > Industrial Design / Product Design
    Karim Rashid designs everything – even his own words. Naoto Fukasawa interviews him. >
    1 Aug 03
  • Cardboard city
    Cardboard city
    Design News > Architecture & Interiors
    Shigeru Ban's experiments with paper architecture over the past 10 years have encompassed diverse constructions. >
    1 May 02
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