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A Piece of Cloth and One Line - IM MEN Reinterpreted

Takt Project

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Full view of the installation. One large textile in space is floating. A green laser beam is positioned in the centre of the textile, projected onto and through the textile. - Masaki Ogawa
The green laser beam penetrates the textile and is also projected onto the entire space. Although the space is always the same, the light alone brings out a different expression of the space. - Masaki Ogawa
A single beam of light is projected onto layers of textile, appearing as lines with multiple and diverse expressions. - Masaki Ogawa
Full view of the installation. One large textile in space is floating. A green laser beam is positioned in the centre of the textile, projected onto and through the textile. - Masaki Ogawa

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Innovation
Functionality
Creativity
Eco-Social Impact
Total
JURY VOTES
Exhibition
8.19
7.00
8.56
7.56
7.83
Benjamin Kaplan
Benjamin Kaplan Design Director Global Brand Experience at Nike
5
5
5
5
5
Julian Lwin
Julian Lwin Spatial Design Director at Lwindesign + StreetFarms USA
Attractive, uplift functional bar....
5
5
5
5
5
Jayati Sinha
Jayati Sinha Physical and Digital Experience Designer at Fjord @ Accenture
I love the overall design but I fee...
5
5
5
5
5
Alexander Fehre
Alexander Fehre Founder at Studio Alexander Fehre
5
6
6
5
5.5
Yanfei Li
Yanfei Li Founder and Design Director at 8877 Interiors
5
5
6
5
5.25
Jump Lee
Jump Lee Design Director at One fine day studio & partners
3
5
3
3
3.5
Karol Suguikawa
Karol Suguikawa Creative Director at Karol Suguikawa Design
5
5
5
5
5
Ekaterina Elizarova
Ekaterina Elizarova Founder and Creative Director at Elizarova Design Studio
4
5
4
5
4.5
Alberto Martinez
Alberto Martinez Sales Manager of Central Europe at Andreu World
5
5
6
5
5.25
Studio Lotus
Studio Lotus Architect and Interior Designer at Studio Lotus
5
6
5
5
5.25
Marjan van Aubel
Marjan van Aubel Solar Designer at Marjan van Aubel Studio
5
5
6
5
5.25
Olga Sundukova
Olga Sundukova Cofounder at Sundukovy Sisters
5
6
7
6
6
Andrew Mcmullan
Andrew Mcmullan Director at Mcmullan Studio
5
6
5
5
5.25
Julien Sebban
Julien Sebban Architect at Uchronia
5
6
7
5
5.75
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Innovation
Functionality
Creativity
Eco-Social Impact
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JURY VOTES
Light
6.81
6.75
7.06
6.69
6.83
Benjamin Kaplan
Benjamin Kaplan Design Director Global Brand Experience at Nike
5
5
5
5
5
Julian Lwin
Julian Lwin Spatial Design Director at Lwindesign + StreetFarms USA
Attractive, uplift functional bar....
5
5
5
5
5
Jayati Sinha
Jayati Sinha Physical and Digital Experience Designer at Fjord @ Accenture
I love the overall design but I fee...
5
5
5
5
5
Alexander Fehre
Alexander Fehre Founder at Studio Alexander Fehre
5
6
6
5
5.5
Yanfei Li
Yanfei Li Founder and Design Director at 8877 Interiors
5
5
6
5
5.25
Jump Lee
Jump Lee Design Director at One fine day studio & partners
3
5
3
3
3.5
Karol Suguikawa
Karol Suguikawa Creative Director at Karol Suguikawa Design
5
5
5
5
5
Ekaterina Elizarova
Ekaterina Elizarova Founder and Creative Director at Elizarova Design Studio
4
5
4
5
4.5
Alberto Martinez
Alberto Martinez Sales Manager of Central Europe at Andreu World
5
5
6
5
5.25
Studio Lotus
Studio Lotus Architect and Interior Designer at Studio Lotus
5
6
5
5
5.25
Marjan van Aubel
Marjan van Aubel Solar Designer at Marjan van Aubel Studio
5
5
6
5
5.25
Olga Sundukova
Olga Sundukova Cofounder at Sundukovy Sisters
5
6
7
6
6
Andrew Mcmullan
Andrew Mcmullan Director at Mcmullan Studio
5
6
5
5
5.25
Julien Sebban
Julien Sebban Architect at Uchronia
5
6
7
5
5.75
Client
Issey Miyake
Floor area
160 ㎡
Completion
2025
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This is an exhibition that presents the clothes-making approach of IM MEN, the men’s brand of ISSEY MIYAKE. TAKT PROJECT curated the entire exhibition, from the concept development to the installation, text, sound, and visual design, in dialogue with the IM MEN design team.

The concept of “A Piece of Cloth and One Line” was developed through discussions with the IM MEN design team. As is widely known, this global brand has the concept of “A Piece of Cloth,” and we modestly added the phrase “One Line” to it.

A piece of cloth consists of only one surface, yet the material’s flexibility transforms it into a versatile, three-dimensional one that twists and curves freely. A piece of cloth means a presence with freedom. By folding, cutting, and connecting via a single drawn line, this single piece of cloth transforms into any multifaceted figure, creating a multifaceted and diverse range of clothing.

From such a perspective, we viewed IM MEN’s design as “drawing a line onto a piece of cloth.” We interpreted that this is why the new design by IM MEN resonates with our multifaceted everyday life, and IM MEN clothing is like drawing a new line over ordinary living.

To materialize a space under this concept, laser levels—a tool familiar to architects and interior designers used on construction sites—were employed as the main “component” of the space.

A large piece of cloth was simply hung in the space, and a single line of light was emitted from a vertically moving laser level at the center.

A single line of light renders diverse luminous expressions on the large hanging cloth, staging different scenes in front of our eyes, as if to symbolize IM MEN’s clothes-making. The line of light shines through the cloth and traces the uneven contour of the surroundings, presenting a new face at each moment that is different from that of the familiar space, as if resonating with the light on the cloth.

The universal clothes-making that IM MEN seeks in fact lies in such multifaceted faces hidden in our ordinary world. This exhibition presents the clothes-making approach of IM MEN to the multifaceted nature of ordinary living.

In this exhibition, we simply arranged an uncut roll of fabric in an arc shape, which hardly required any construction work, yet it produced an endless variety of expressions. The fabric can be easily retrieved and reused after the exhibition. This space design is highly portable with less waste materials, and is highly economical as well.