Mona Matsui

RELIEF // A Sculpture of Veil - the power of softness-

Her project ‘A Sculpture of Veil - the power of softness-’ is an experimentation of layering textiles inspired by the natural phenomena, such as light and movement. Exploring the moire effects -water ripple effect- and colour layering through sublimation, foil and bonding print techniques, helped translate the journey from her experience, memories and images to tactile textiles.

She creates and develops design thorough combining both cutting edge techniques and traditional techniques for well-being, and informing the importance of softness in contemporary architecture fields.

A key influence for her design style has been the Japanese aesthetic called ‘Iki’; which is established with three meanings of words: sophisticated, ephemeral and sensual. The textiles ease people's minds and give the impression of sensuality or attachment -femininity- to buildings or products. This can soften the hard architectural atmosphere and modern template building structure -masculinity- so that the textile improves the quality of space through visualise positive atmosphere.

Through casting textiles and colours from the beginning of the space plan with architects, she suggests a fresh sensation, imbued with her memories into a space with textile design.