The 'Origami pleat bag', designed in 1999 and purchased by the donor in the same year, is an excellent example of the innovative and experimental approach to textile design and production evident in contemporary Japan. The bag was designed by Reiko Sudo (b. 1953) and manufactured by the Nuno Corporation, Tokyo (est. 1984), using a technique developed by Mizue Okada (b. 1974). The polyester fabric was folded repeatedly at sharp crisp angles in the style of origami, Japanese paper folding, and dyed in maroon, green and dark blue before being 'permanently pressed' using a specially developed heat-based pleating process. The inventive design and manufacture of the bag, have afforded it the capacity to be fully expanded for use and to spring back to its original folded long, narrow, flat shape when released. Part of a range of origami pleat garments and accessories.
Designed by Reiko Sudo (born 1953, Ibaragi, Japan), using a pleating technique developed by Mizue Okada (b.1974). Sudo is the manager and one of the founders of the Nuno Corporation, a design company established in 1984 to produce innovative fabrics. Nuno textiles are devised using a combination of traditional techniques, materials and aesthetics with pioneering work using synthetics, computers, technological advances and experimentation.
Designed by Reiko Sudo using a pleating technique developed by Mizue Okada. In order to create the shape-retaining folded cloth, the polyester fabric was placed between geometric origami-style moulds and vacuum set in a high temperature press. After being opened out, the cloth springs back to its original folded shape. The colour gradation of the piece is the result of interleaving coloured dye transfer paper between the cloth and the outer paper during the heat-transfer process.
Designed and made in 1999.
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