’Irving Penn and Issey Miyake: Visual Dialogue’ exhibition, Tokyo

'12 Apples', New York, 1985, by Irving Penn
Issey Miyake Seaweed Dress, New York, 1987
Issey Miyake collection poster, A/W 1989
poster design and typography by Ikko Tanaka
Issey Miyake collection poster, A/W 1991
poster design and typography by Ikko Tanaka
Issey Miyake collection poster, S/S 1994
poster design and typography by Ikko Tanaka
Issey Miyake Staircase Dress, New York 1994
'Vegetable Face', New York, 1995,
A sketch by Michael Crawford, on show in the section of the exhibition at 21_21 Design Sight dedicated to the process behind the fashion shoots and collections
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