we+ has designed a window installation for ISSEY MIYAKE SPRING SUMMER 2018 collection which was featured at Matsuya Ginza in Tokyo.
Shrunk into a three-dimensional form, Steam Stretch* fabric is flattened out in the printing process, which is an original material of ISSEY MIYAKE. Strips of this are stretched vertically, to reveal hints of the base fabric color overflow from the shadow of the folds, creating a beautiful visual effect. The installation focuses on this feature of the textile.

The source of inspiration for the ISSEY MIYAKE SPRING SUMMER 2018 collection is the rich nature of Iceland. The colors have been selected from a printed series of its landscape. By hanging 70 textile strips in the window and controlling them with a motor to make them vertically expand and shrink, sometimes in unison, sometimes randomly, a space like a living creature breathing in a forest is recreated.

*Steam Stretch is a technique by which creases are woven into A Piece of Cloth using heat reactive thread which shrinks when steam is applied to the garment.