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Pack Ice

Woven Textile
1995 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

The NUNO Corporation was founded in 1984. Based in Tokyo, its design studio creates modern textiles and accessories. NUNO designers are renowned for their ability to develop and apply the latest technology to textile design and manufacture. However, much of their work is also based on traditional Japanese textile techniques and aesthetics, and it is this fusion of the traditional with the contemporary that makes NUNO fabrics so innovative. 'Pack Ice' is created from rayon strapping tape, a common material which is easy to tear horizontally but difficult to tear vertically. The rayon threads are tightly woven into large squares on a background of silk organdie. These squares are connected by unwoven rayon threads that float between the layers of the background material, suggesting spume among icebergs.


Object details

Category
Object type
TitlePack Ice (manufacturer's title)
Materials and techniques
Computer assisted jacquard double weave in rayon and silk
Brief description
Length 'Pack Ice' of computer assisted jacquard double weave in rayon and silk, designed by Reiko Sudo, made by NUNO Corporation, Japan, 1995.
Physical description
Length of translucent black fabric in which white rayon threads are tightly woven into large squares on a background of silk organdie, composed of 84% silk and 16% rayon. Computer assisted jacquard double weave.
Dimensions
  • Width: 118cm
  • Length: 330cm
Production typeLimited edition
Copy number
9-217
Credit line
Given by NUNO Corporation.
Object history
Historical significance: The Nuno design studio based in Tokyo creates modern textiles and accessories. They are renowned for their ability to develop and apply the latest technology to textile design and manufacture. However, much of their work is also based on traditional Japanese textile techniques and aesthetics.
Production
Attribution note: The NUNO corporation was founded to meet the middle ground between industry and handicraft- as a medium output production which is scaled to the contemporary market but still flexible enough to allow experimentation.
Reason For Production: Retail
Summary
The NUNO Corporation was founded in 1984. Based in Tokyo, its design studio creates modern textiles and accessories. NUNO designers are renowned for their ability to develop and apply the latest technology to textile design and manufacture. However, much of their work is also based on traditional Japanese textile techniques and aesthetics, and it is this fusion of the traditional with the contemporary that makes NUNO fabrics so innovative. 'Pack Ice' is created from rayon strapping tape, a common material which is easy to tear horizontally but difficult to tear vertically. The rayon threads are tightly woven into large squares on a background of silk organdie. These squares are connected by unwoven rayon threads that float between the layers of the background material, suggesting spume among icebergs.
Bibliographic reference
Suke suke. Nuno Nuno books, NUNO Corporation, 1997.
Collection
Accession number
T.121-1998

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Record createdApril 27, 2000
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