ISSEY MIYAKE (Web) has featured an interview with architect Tsuyoshi Tane (ATTA – Atelier Tsuyoshi Tane Architects) on its official website, A-POC ABLE ISSEY MIYAKE DIALOGUES, in conjunction with “TYPE-XIV Eugene Studio project by A-POC ABLE ISSEY MIYAKE” (November 25, 2025).

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Title：Episode Tsuyoshi Tane – Architect / ATTA – Atelier Tsuyoshi Tane Architects
Architecture That Wears the Land and Is Worn by It

(Episode 11: Eugene Kangawa – Weaving an Untrodden Language of Light and Shadow)
Published on November 25, 2025
Dialogue: Tsuyoshi Tane (Architect / ATTA – Atelier Tsuyoshi Tane Architects) × Yoshiyuki Miyamae (Designer, A-POC ABLE ISSEY MIYAKE)

A-POC ABLE ISSEY MIYAKE (hereafter, A-POC ABLE) invited architect Tsuyoshi Tane / ATTA – Atelier Tsuyoshi Tane Architects to design the installation for its new project “TYPE-XIV Eugene Studio project”, presented during Art Basel Paris in October 2025. The project unveiled the conception and prototyping process behind A-POC ABLE’s garments inspired by Eugene Kangawa / Eugene Studio and his work “Light and shadow inside me”. Through a dialogue with Mr. Tane, we traced the perspective of the “archaeological research” he continually pursues.

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Yoshiyuki Miyamae (hereafter, Miyamae): We felt that there was no one more suitable than Tane-san to “translate” this project into a spatial experience. It would of course have been possible to put together an exhibition by just presenting “Light and shadow inside me”, the series by Kangawa-san of Eugene Studio, the A-POC ABLE ISSEY MIYAKE (hereafter, A-POC ABLE) garments inspired by it, and the accompanying captions. But we had been deeply drawn to Kangawa-san’s way of perceiving the world long before this project: the way his ideas existed before they took form, his stance toward the world, and the very process of making. Therefore this time as A-POC ABLE, we placed particular importance on carefully revealing that very process.

Furthermore Paris, the city chosen as the site of the exhibition, has a unique sense of place that resonates with Kangawa-san’s work. It is a city where past, present, and future intersect, and where art and photography boost a long history.Kangawa-san’s creations possess an ambiguity that resists being defined strictly as photography or painting, giving each viewer room for their own interpretation. We wanted to explore how his work and A-POC ABLE’s approach to clothes making would resonate within the context of Paris. When planning the exhibition space, we felt that Tane-san, who approaches his work like an archaeologist and is Paris-based, was the most fitting person to undertake the task. This is why we invited him to collaborate on this project.

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Tsuyoshi Tane
Architect and principal of ATTA – Atelier Tsuyoshi Tane Architects, based in Paris, France. Major works include the Estonian National Museum, Hirosaki Museum of Contemporary Art, The Al Thani Collection, and the New Main Building of the Imperial Hotel, Tokyo (scheduled for completion in 2036). Major awards include the Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres (France), the AFEX Grand Prix, and the 67th Art Encouragement Prize for New Artists from the Japanese Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, among many others.