Japanese designer Issey Miyake received the 'design Oscars' at London's Design Museum Awards for his Origami-style 132 5. eco-fashion collection. Issey Miyake's dresses are made out of recyclable materials such as polyester processed from plastic bottles. Mixed-use garments, shirts, jackets, skirt, or dresses can be worn as variable elements.
The clothing is first designed using a program that generates 3D shapes from a single sheet of paper. It's this multidisciplinary process, in fact, that lends the collection its name.
The name 132.5 refers to the process of development: the number "1″ refers to a single piece of cloth, "3″ refers to its three -dimensional shape. the following "2″ comes from the fact the a 3d piece of material is folded into a two-dimensional shape, and the "5″ separated by a single space refers to the time between when the folded forms are made and people actually put them on, giving birth to clothing. the numeral "5″ also signifies their hope that this idea will have many other permutations.
The Design Museum's Design Awards, 'the Oscars of the design world', showcase the most innovative and progressive designs from around the world, spanning seven categories: Architecture, Digital, Fashion, Furniture, Graphics, Product and Transport.
On 24 April at the awards ceremony, British studio Barber Osgerby were awarded the overall Design of the Year for their stunning design of the London 2012 Olympic Torch.
Design of the Year 2012
London 2012 Olympic Torch
Edward Barber and Jay Osgerby
Commissioned by the London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games (LOCOG)
Category Winners:
Architecture Award
London 2012 Velodrome, UK
Hopkins Architects
Digital Award
Microsoft Kinect for Xbox 360 and Kinect SDK
Microsoft Games
Fashion Award
132 5. ISSEY MIYAKE
Issey Miyake Design Studio Tokyo, Japan
Furniture Award
1.3 Chair
Kihyun Kim
Graphics Award
Nokia Pure
Dalton Maag
Product Award
London 2012 Olympic Torch
Edward Barber and Jay Osgerby
Commissioned by the London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games (LOCOG)
Transport Award
Redesign for the Emergency Ambulance
Helen Hamlyn Centre for Design and Vehicle Design Department Royal College of Art
