Born in the Ibaraki prefecture, textile designer Reiko Sudo leads Nuno, a fabric company producing textiles working closely with various weavers and dyers from regions across Japan. Combining old practices with new technologies, textiles made by Nuno are expressive and become works of art in their own right. In addition to her business, Sudo also works as a design consultant to Muji. Her textiles are also found in various museum and art institution collections such as the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Museum of Modern Art in New York, and the Victoria and Albert Museum in London.
Where are you currently based?
I have several spaces. One is Nuno shop, which acts as showroom and a retail store. We are purveyors of textiles, pronounced nuno in Japanese, being a material for architect and designers to use for their design.
The table in the middle of the Nuno shop is where you have your meetings with clients?
Yes. From the start of the Nuno shop, the intention was to make it a space where people gather and discuss their ideas.How do you develop your textile?
Working in textiles for more than 30 years, I have built up a strong connection with about 50 local weavers and dyers who all have special skills of their own. These people have been making kimonos, which was previously a traditional Japanese garment in the past.
I have several spaces. One is Nuno shop, which acts as showroom and a retail store. We are purveyors of textiles, pronounced nuno in Japanese, being a material for architect and designers to use for their design.
The table in the middle of the Nuno shop is where you have your meetings with clients?
Yes. From the start of the Nuno shop, the intention was to make it a space where people gather and discuss their ideas.How do you develop your textile?
Working in textiles for more than 30 years, I have built up a strong connection with about 50 local weavers and dyers who all have special skills of their own. These people have been making kimonos, which was previously a traditional Japanese garment in the past.
Where They Create, Japan
Text by Kanae Hasegawa
Text by Kanae Hasegawa
Where They’ is a visual documentation of the creative environments of artist & people, that meet during my travels, of homes and studios.
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