Fashion designer Issey Miyake is known for innovative garments that have helped transform avant-garde clothing. But that’s not all that the designer and his studio are doing. While its wearables are noteworthy, the Issey Miyake brand has entered a collaboration that sees its design ethos reflected in industrial design, including lighting. Miyake’s A-POC ABLE ISSEY MIYAKE brand and Swiss-based design studio atelier oï recently unveiled new lighting, the O Series, from their TYPE-XIII Atelier Oï project.
Part lighting and part sculpture, the collaboration features four lamps with a cloth form set atop a cylindrical metal base and surrounded by a halo of wire. Each piece is inspired by organic textures found in wood and stone, which inform its fabric shades. The lampshade is made from Miyake’s Steam Stretch material, which is also used in A-POC ABLE’s garments. Steam Stretch is a type of recycled polyester that pre-weaves design elements into the cloth, and it shrinks when exposed to heat, creating a three-dimensional pleated texture.
Each fabric shade can be detached from its wire frame, allowing you to change it for different rooms and situations. The tone of the lighting can also be adjusted across four levels, ranging from warm incandescent to natural daylight white, affording you even more customization.
TYPE-XIII Atelier Oï project represents a shared vision between atelier oï and A-POC ABLE ISSEY MIYAKE. Atelier oï is known for its multidisciplinary work that spans architecture to product design. A-POC ABLE ISSEY MIYAKE uses the idea of “a piece of cloth” and the human body as its starting point for innovative garments, while also engaging with other fields, like lighting. Together, atelier oï and A-POC ABLE ISSEY MIYAKE have created function born out of a desire to explore form, material, and where they can take us next.
The collaboration began in 2025 but got an update with the O Series in 2026. New pieces debuted at 3daysofdesign, a design festival held in Copenhagen, Denmark, from June 10 to June 12, 2026.
The brand A-POC ABLE ISSEY MIYAKE and Swiss-based design studio atelier oï recently unveiled new lighting, the O Series, from their TYPE-XIII Atelier Oï project.
Part lighting and part sculpture, the collaboration features four lamps with a cloth form set atop a cylindrical metal base and surrounded by a halo of wire.
Each piece is inspired by organic textures found in wood and stone, which inform its fabric shades.
The lampshade is made from Issey Miyake’s Steam Stretch material, which is also used in A-POC ABLE’s garments.
Steam Stretch is a type of recycled polyester that pre-weaves design elements into the cloth, and it shrinks when exposed to heat, creating a three-dimensional pleated texture.
The collaboration began in 2025 but got an update with the O Series in 2026.
New pieces debuted at 3daysofdesign, a design festival in Copenhagen, Denmark, from June 10 to June 12, 2026.
