ABOUT
ISSEY MIYAKE is embarking on the ISSEY MIYAKE EYES PROJECT to showcase a new eyewear series. The essential design points are: being basic; paying attention to detail for their quality and dignity, and being loved for years to come. It is these fundamental and evident elements for making products that ISSEY MIYAKE carefully strives to establish the standard for tomorrow. And what is required to achieve it is assured skills and an accumulated experience. We are pleased to announce that a prominent Japanese eyewear manufacturer KANEKO OPTICAL identifies with our vision and has agreed to work with us on the new project. Through this collaboration, the project has evolved and we will present the “beauty of use”, bringing zest and zeal to people’s daily lives.
Engraved on all ISSEY MIYAKE EYES products is the name “KANEKO OPTICAL”. KANEKO OPTICAL is Japan’s leading eyewear manufacturer. It has been engaged with us as a partner throughout, from the product planning stages to retailing, ensuring that we are able to achieve the highest levels of design and quality. This project began with the deep resonance between KANEKO OPTICAL’s approach to product development and the belief of ISSEY MIYAKE in quality Japanese manufacturing.
KANEKO OPTICAL
The company’s headquarters is located in Sabae City in Fukui Prefecture, Japan, a region distinguished for its sophisticated eyewear production techniques at the highest level in the world. With its own factory BACKSTAGE and its chain of directly managed stores KANEKO GANKYO, the company gets involved in everything from the planning and designing to the production and sales of eyewear, while assuring quality of products. Its “CRAFTSMAN SERIES”, a collection of glasses each of which bears the name of an author-craftsperson, is receiving high acclaim as a work to pass down traditional eyewear techniques to the present day.
