Reiko Sudo is one of Japan’s most famous textile designers, renowned for her creation of fabric by fusing tradition and innovation. She also pays great attention to the sustainability of materials and processes and has been inspired by old Swiss know-how. Sudo’s works are full of ideas. The dark-blue fabric called Jellyfish is processed to look like a school of jellyfish swimming in the sea, using heat-shrinking material to make the pattern. “Kami maki (paper rolls)” uses 19th-century Swiss techniques to transform shredded ribbons into a beautiful deep-red lace. Or she knits a pair of traditional sandals, but uses kibiso, a new material derived from silk waste. Silk waste Sudo has been the design director of the leading textile design studio NUNO (Japanese for fabric) in Tokyo for over 30 years. Nuno has been working exclusively with weavers and dyers in Japan, combining new technologies with traditional practices to create original textiles. Her work is highly acclaimed...
