Japanese fashion designer, Issey Miyake, famous for revolutionizing the pleating technique (in addition to being Steve Jobs’ go-to turtleneck designer) has adapted the fabrication technique he uses in his “132 5. ISSEY MIYAKE” collection in a five-piece line of lamps for Italian company Artemide.Developed by his in-house research and development team Reality Lab, the “1” refers to the fact that one piece of clothing (or object) can become three-dimensional, “3,” while still able to fold flat back into 2D, or “2.” “5” stands for the the temporal dimension that exists after something is worn (or used), and according to his website, the number five symbolizes the future.
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The lamp collection, called “IN-EI,” translates in English as “shadow,” “shade,” or “nuance,” and is designed almost exactly like the clothing line, as each piece is developed from one portion of cloth (made from recycled PET bottle fibre), can flatten to 2D, and expand into its full 3D glory. Both the clothes and the lamps hold their shapes without any interior support through a super technical process utilizing ultrasound machines and special technology that Miyake patented.
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