Tokujin: Glass Fountain

Inside the new Issey Miyake store in Milan, Tokujin Yoshioka showcases his new glass creations for Glas Italia with unexpected silhouettes, which shine like fountains. #MDW2017

Tokujin Yoshioka, Glass Table for Issey Miyake, 2017

The installation is displayed in the new Issey Miyake flagship store in the heart of Milan, which was also designed by Tokujin Yoshioka and opened in March 2017. Tokujin Yoshioka presents his new work “Glass Fountain” in collaboration with Glas Italia. This series of glass table, which shine like fountains, are created when the glass craftsmanship in Murano Island, Italy meet the industrial technologies.

Tokujin Yoshioka, Glass Fountain, Issey Miyake flagship store, 2017 — Tokujin Yoshioka, Glass Fountain with Glas Italia. Issey Miyake flagship store, 2017

During the manufacturing process, with the technique of glass craftsmen, a sheet of glass disc is transformed into a three dimensional shape giving a structure to a mass of glass. This process creates a form of unexpectedness, and gives expressions to manufactured products different one by one. It expresses water flow reborn as a fountain and form the form only uncontrolled nature can create. This exhibition reminds us of beautiful ripples or sparkles of natural light, and these glitterings will be projected into the entire space.