Don’t you just love the sound of falling rain? We do 2!
Check out these ‘love for rain’ pictures!
The Rain Symphony pattern, designed by Keiko Tanaka, came to life through the joyful
sound of raindrops playing with the wind and splashing on your senz umbrella.
It makes you happy on a cloudy day!
The revolutionary design of the SENZ umbrella won a lot of prestigious awards (winner of the German Design award 2010, Red dot design award 2007, Dutch design award 2006). This year Senz was the winner of the iF Gold award, also known as the Oscar of the design world. By winning this award, SENZ finds herself in company of the most succesful design brands of the world. The iF Gold award is conceived as the largest design award of the world.
The beautiful and romantic designs of Minä Perhonen are not only used for fashion collections.
Akira Minagawa has also designed textiles and furniture fabrics. In 2004 a collaboration was initiated between well-known Danish furniture manufacturer Fritz Hansen and Minä Perhonen. As a result one of the all-time design classics the ‘Egg chair’ (designed by the great Arne Jacobsen in 1958) was dressed in Minä Perhonen fabrics ‘angel’, ‘sunny rain’ & ‘tamborine’.
Absolutely fascinated by Scandinavian design Akira Minagawa, amongst other great designers, collaborated with Danish textile maker Kvadrat. Kvadrat works closely with a range of independent designers, who all take interest in very different areas and find their inspiration through different design fields. The ‘Tambourine’, ‘Ikat Flower’ and ‘Big Flower’ are part of the Kvadrat collection.
In the world of Minä Perhonen the weaving, printing and embroidery are treated with great tenderness and finesse.
Minä Perhonen has created an impressive range of pattern designs, expressed through a wide range of  innovative techniques. The use of sophisticated patterns makes all the designs extraordinary and ‘light’. There is a lot of contrast between the colours, textures and patterns they use. When you look at the entire collection, now on display at the Textielmuseum in Tilburg Holland. All the pieces connect together perfectly through its typical signature. The designs are one-of-a-kind yet timeless, truly different and tell stories that are here to stay!
Pretty inspiring don’t you think?
The Textile museum presents the work of Minä Perhonen from the 24th of October 2009 till the 28th of February 2010. Next to diverse fashion collections, wonderful interior and furniture textiles are part of the exhibition. Head designer Minagawa and his team are always searching for new boundaries to what is technically possible. This results in beautiful details that are hidden as little treasures in his garments and fabrics. Design sustainability and craftsmanship are becoming increasingly important in the world of fashion. Minä Perhonen represents these values in its design philosophy.
rain symphony came to life through the joyful sound of raindrops playing with the wind and splashing on your umbrella
twig was designed with the hope of catching the arrows of light that come through the twigs and foliage when holding your umbrella