tokujin yoshioka designs issey miyake flagship store in london

tokujin yoshioka designs issey miyake flagship store in london
image © antony crolla, courtesy of tokujin yoshioka inc.

tokujin yoshioka has envisioned the scheme for the issey miyake flagship store. located in the heart of london, at 10 brook street, the 460 square meter space is conceived as a juxtaposition between textures such as dyed-blue aluminum and exposed concrete beams. in its previous life, the site was a former bank, now transformed into a retail store that takes its design cues from issey miyake’s acclaimed reality lab, combining the concept of technology and craftsmanship.

the walls and pillars of the building have been stripped back to expose a tactile raw concrete surface
image © antony crolla, courtesy of tokujin yoshioka inc.

in spring 2015, the flagship will present another innovation from issey miyake: a product developed under the creative direction of fellow fashiong creative yoshiyuke miyamae. for the upcoming spring/summer 2015 collection, a series of fabrics based on a three-dimensional steam stretch process which alters flat fibers into origami-style forms when an iron is used, will be presented at the store.

images © antony crolla, courtesy of tokujin yoshioka inc.

image © antony crolla, courtesy of tokujin yoshioka inc.

details of exposed concrete beams throughout the space ties together the concept of old and new
image © antony crolla, courtesy of tokujin yoshioka inc.

a glass staircase located in the center of the space disperses light down into the ground level
image © antony crolla, courtesy of tokujin yoshioka inc.

the space combines the concept of technology and craftsmanship – evident in the 2014 fall/winter collection
image © antony crolla, courtesy of tokujin yoshioka inc.

garments are hung behind bright blue panels which were engineered in germany
image © antony crolla, courtesy of tokujin yoshioka inc.

image © antony crolla, courtesy of tokujin yoshioka inc.

the storefront by night
image © antony crolla, courtesy of tokujin yoshioka inc.

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