to celebrate the release of bao bao issey miyake’s new tote bag ‘misty moon’, french architect and designer emmanuelle moureaux has created ‘rainbow moiré’, a colorful installation which echoes the bag’s design. made of paper triangles of different colors, the decorations repeat the pattern of miyake’s piece.

emmanuelle moureaux sets a colorful rainbow moiré installation in issey miyake's stores worldwide
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in order to respond to the unique sense of translucency in the new collection, small triangular pieces are finely cut out from paper to create a delicate mesh of fine lines. by increasing the number of layers and applying shades of colors, moureaux has achieved a subtle three-dimensionality in his design. 

emmanuelle moureaux sets a colorful rainbow moiré installation in issey miyake's stores worldwide

 

 

the installation has spread to 11 stores in japan and worldwide:

 

issey miyake ginza / omote (tokyo, japan)
reality lab. issey miyake (tokyo, japan)
issey miyake marunouchi (tokyo, japan)
osaka takashimaya (osaka, japan)
sapporo parco (sapporo, japan)
sendai parco (sendai, japan)
issey miyake / paris (paris, france)
forum the shopping mall (singapore)
shin kong mitsukoshi (taichung, taiwan)
jing ‘an (shanghai, china)
takashimaya singapore (singapore)

emmanuelle moureaux sets a colorful rainbow moiré installation in issey miyake's stores worldwide

 

emmanuelle moureaux sets a colorful rainbow moiré installation in issey miyake's stores worldwide

 

 emmanuelle moureaux sets a colorful rainbow moiré installation in issey miyake's stores worldwide

 

 emmanuelle moureaux sets a colorful rainbow moiré installation in issey miyake's stores worldwide

 

emmanuelle moureaux sets a colorful rainbow moiré installation in issey miyake's stores worldwide

 

emmanuelle moureaux sets a colorful rainbow moiré installation in issey miyake's stores worldwide

 

emmanuelle moureaux sets a colorful rainbow moiré installation in issey miyake's stores worldwide