Japanese fashion designer Akira Minagawa will create a collection of glass art pieces for the inaugural Finnish Glass Biennale. Minagawa, known for his work with the fashion label minä perhonen, has been visiting Scandinavian countries for nearly 40 years and admires their glass artists and factories. He hopes the biennale will raise global awareness of glass creation and craftsmanship.
, Muji and Kvadrat, as well as Finnish ones like Art ek, Lapuan Kankurit and Iittala. The minimalist favors functionality, nature-inspired touches and true craftsmanship.
From Minagawa’s perspective, the fields of fashion and glass are very similar in terms of the degree of collaboration between creators and artisans. “The skills of knowing the process and guiding to creation can be spoken in a similar point of view,” he said.However, It is becoming more difficult to foster good artisans, engineers and factories, due to an increase in the mass production of products, he said.
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