Shutter
Woven Fabric
1997 (made)
1997 (made)
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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. Shutter is from the Cityscape Series and is based on the roll-down bellowed steel shutters which are still a common sight on older shopping streets around Japan. Now slowly being replaced by more modern safeguards and alarm systems, these clunky old shutters are evocative of childhood shopping excusions with parents and have a certain forlorn beauty to most Japanese. This unusual fabric fuses parallel strips of nylon tape into an overall pattern associated with the city streets.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Fused nylon |
| Brief description | Length 'Shutter' of fused nylon fabric from the 'Cityscape Series', designed by Reiko Sudo, made by NUNO Corporation, Japan, 1997 |
| Physical description | Length of fused black nylon fabric which evokes the metal shutters used on Japanese shops. |
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| Production type | Limited edition |
| Copy number | 9-257 |
| 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. Registered File number 1997/1353 taken from Departmental Record |
| Production | Attribution note: Nuno 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. Shutter is from the Cityscape Series and is based on the roll-down bellowed steel shutters which are still a common sight on older shopping streets around Japan. Now slowly being replaced by more modern safeguards and alarm systems, these clunky old shutters are evocative of childhood shopping excusions with parents and have a certain forlorn beauty to most Japanese. This unusual fabric fuses parallel strips of nylon tape into an overall pattern associated with the city streets. |
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| Accession number | T.119-1998 |
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| Record created | April 7, 2000 |
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