Issey Miyake Quotes

Issey Miyake — Japanese Designer born on April 22, 1935,

Issey Miyake is a Japanese fashion designer. He is known for his technology-driven clothing designs, exhibitions and fragrances... (wikipedia)

Design is not for philosophy it's for life.

To be honest, I think we should find first the possibility to make it. Research is first - if you're not interested, you never can find something. Many things happen from forgotten machines - ones that are no longer used.

Of course there are many ways we can reuse something. We can dye it. We can cut it. We can change the buttons. Those are other ways to make it alive. But this is a new step to use anything - hats, socks, shirts. It's the first step in the process.

The purpose - where I start - is the idea of use. It is not recycling, it's reuse.

Even when I work with computers, with high technology, I always try to put in the touch of the hand.