Woven Image and Akira Isogawa collaborate on a sumptuous new collection of textiles and verticals.
June 6th, 2013
‘A meeting of minds’ probably best describes the design relationship between internationally renowned fashion designer Akira Isogawa and Woven Image. “From [our] first meetings and conversations, it was clear that both Woven Image and myself had a very similar vision for the collection,” says Isogawa.
The designs were inspired by Isogawa’s recent fashion collection, which involved the traditional Japanese shibori technique, a dying technique that creates a three-dimensional effect on fabric.
Botan (meaning Peony in Japanese) is a commercial grade velvet upholstery that combines a contemporary flower motif with an irregular cube-like shibori textured background. The flower motif’s uncut border also emphasises the petals and details to create a three dimensional effect.
The second velvet upholstery in the collection, Shibori, reflects the all-over irregular cube-like velvet structure evident in Botan’s background design, but with an adjustment of scale and finish.
In addition to the upholsteries, the collection also includes three new printed wall covering designs – EchoPanel Mura Nami, Kome and Haku – that reference the shibori concept and explore the relationship between printed texture and pattern. For Woven Image, this was also the first time that more than two pigments had been used in the printing process.
Featuring the same flower motif as Boton, Nami (meaning wave) is a two-colour print printed on to an EchoPanel Mura non-woven wall covering. It incorporates a secondary random pearl printed pattern that references the wave-like Nami patterns found in traditional Japanese artwork, and the subtle variation in texture creates a unique and beautiful overall effect.
Kome (meaning rice) is a one colour white print on EchoPanel Mura cream. The small irregular square-like design found on Kome is also seen in Haku, a lustrous foil printed pattern available in a silvery metallic tone as well as semi metallic charcoal.
Woven Image
wovenimage.com
A searchable and comprehensive guide for specifying leading products and their suppliers
Keep up to date with the latest and greatest from our industry BFF's!
Create a configuration to suit your needs with this curved collection.
Channelling the enchanting ambience of the Caffè Greco in Rome, Budapest’s historic Gerbeaud, and Grossi Florentino in Melbourne, Ross Didier’s new collection evokes the designer’s affinity for café experience, while delivering refined seating for contemporary hospitality interiors.
In the pursuit of an uplifting synergy between the inner world and the surrounding environment, internationally acclaimed Interior Architect and Designer Lorena Gaxiola transform the vibration of the auspicious number ‘8’ into mesmerising artistry alongside the Feltex design team, brought to you by GH Commercial.
Sub-Zero and Wolf’s prestigious Kitchen Design Contest (KDC) has celebrated the very best in kitchen innovation and aesthetics for three decades now. Recognising premier kitchen design professionals from around the globe, the KDC facilitates innovation, style and functionality that pushes boundaries.
Indesignlive stops by Clerkenwell Design Week in London to speak with Maigrau, a small design studio fusing German classicism with contemporary views.
The edgy, vintage feel of The Elephant Hotel has been achieved with Prototype furniture throughout.
The internet never sleeps! Here's the stuff you might have missed
Welcome to the year of the Design Effect. This year’s theme aims to showcase the profound ripple effects that exceptional design can have on people, place and planet. Join in shaping this narrative by contributing your perspective before May 3, 2024, and become a part of the Design Effect movement.
Adaptive reuse is all the rage across the design industry, and rightly so. Here, we present a selection of articles on this most effective approach to sustainability.
Wood Marsh, a practice that spans 40 years, has been the first to design many of Melbourne’s landmark infrastructure projects – including the monumental noise walls along the Eastern Freeway (the first non-building to receive the Victorian Architecture Medal), Eastlink, the Geelong bypass and the pedestrian bridge at the west end of Bourke Street. The […]