“I have always been interested in conducting research that yielded new methods by which to make cloth, and in developing new materials that combine craftsmanship and new technology. But the most important thing for me is to show that, ultimately, technology is not the most important tool; it is our brains, our thoughts, our hands, our bodies, which express the most essential things.” ImportantShowsBodyHandsBrainTechnologyMaterialsEssentialsResearchToolsMethodImportant ThingsDevelopingOur ThoughtsNew TechnologyConductingCraftsmanship Author:Issey Miyake
“A great thing happening now in art is that artists are using the figure, the body, clothing, life.” ArtBodyArtistFiguresHappeningsArt IsThings HappenGreat ThingsClothings Author:Issey Miyake
“From the beginning I thought about working with the body in movement, the space between the body and clothes. I wanted the clothes to move when people moved. The clothes are also for people to dance or laugh” PeopleBodyWantedMovingSpaceLaughingMovementClothesMovedSpace Between Author:Issey Miyake
