Lyrical Life-Wear: The Ultimate Issey Miyake Monograph(三宅一生全紀錄：全球限量簽名版)

   
　　今年已邁入78歲的三宅，將於明年在日本國家藝術中心舉辦重量級個展，作為一位服裝設計師，他以其一件式的衣服(A Piece of Cloth)最能傳達舒適感給身體出發，不斷在人的身體與衣服之間的產生的互動關係中尋找可能性。在設計、結構、實用、舒適中找尋一種經典的抒情。此書除了他的個人介紹及設計理念外，收錄三宅一生每個系列及其設計細節及變化，完整呈現三宅一生的設計之路。

　　設計提袋尺寸: 39 x 39 x 10 cm

　　英日文對照

　　Issey Miyake Special Collector’s Edition

　　In 1983, Japanese designer Issey Miyake told The New Yorker that he aspired “to forge ahead, to break the mold”. With the boundary-defying fashion lines that followed, he not only broke molds, but recast clothing altogether. With a unique fusion of poetry and practicality, his creations blur the boundaries between ancient tradition, modern technology, and everyday function.

　　With a MIYAKE-designed book bag, this Collector’s Edition coincides with a major exhibition at The National Art Center, Tokyo to offer unparallelled insight into Issey Miyake’s vision and daring. It looks at the texture-driven originality of Miyake’s materials and techniques from the earliest days of his career, when he first expressed his commitment to clothing as a field for enduring design rather than changing fashions. Tracing his progression through clothes based on “A Piece of Cloth” concept, “Body Series” of 1980s, “Miyake Pleats” series, and such practical, every-day designs as Pleats Please pieces, the book celebrates Miyake’s singular blend of tradition, futurism, and function and ongoing exploration of the relationship between a piece of cloth and the body.

　　Photographs from Miyake’s contemporary Yuriko Takagi capture the clothes in their particular quotidien originality, including a breathtaking shoot in Iceland. In her far-reaching essay, meanwhile, leading cultural figure Kazuko Koike offers both a complete chronology of Miyake's work, and an unprecedented personal profile, looking at the ambition and inspirations that have driven his repertoire. A must-have for designers, students and fashion devotees, this is a tribute to one of the most innovative makers of our age.

　　Limited to a total of 1,000 copies numbered copies signed by Issey Miyake and with a MIYAKE-designed book bag. The exhibition MIYAKE ISSEY EXHIBITION: The Work of Miyake Issey will run from Wednesday, March 16 to Monday, June 13, 2016 at the National Art Center, Tokyo.

作者簡介

　　三宅一生Issey Miyake，在巴黎與紐約的經歷後，80年代起自創品牌後隨即成為日本在國際最著名的服裝設計師，設計理念一向以舒適且歷久不衰的設計代替不斷變化的設 計為主，發明了獨特且極具工藝結構的三宅褶皺，讓衣服穿戴起來更為舒適，也成為三宅的重要標記。

　　The designer:
　　
　 　Renowned clothing designer Issey Miyake studied graphic design at Tama Art University, Tokyo before founding the Miyake Design Studio in 1970, Miyake’s creative base for all his making things. In 2007, Miyake opened the design facility 21_21 DESIGN SIGHT, also in Tokyo.

　　The editor:
　　
　 　Midori Kitamura is president of the Miyake Design Studio and 21_21 DESIGN SIGHT, working under Issey Miyake to develop collections, exhibitions, products, and publications, including Issey Miyake Pleats Please, also with TASCHEN. Kitamura directed the 2011 exhibition, Irving Penn and Issey Miyake: Visual Dialogue.

　　The author:
　　
　 　Kazuko Koike is the head of MUJI’s Laboratory of Superior Items for Living and founder and former director of the Sagacho Exhibit Space in Tokyo. She has written and edited many books, including Issey Miyake East Meets West, Japanese Coloring, Japan Design, and Aura of Space.

　　The photographer:
　　
　 　Yuriko Takagi was born in Tokyo and studied graphic design at Musahino Art University and fashion design in England before becoming a photographer. She specializes in images of the human body and clothing and exhibits widely. Her publications include Nus intimes (Yobisha) and In and Out of Mode (Gap Japan).