A-POC ABLE ISSEY MIYAKE and SOAR NY, a design studio from Brooklyn, New York, Challenge 'New Frontiers in Clothing and Graphic Design'
SOAR NY, a design studio based in Brooklyn, New York, and A-POC ABLE ISSEY MIYAKE, led by Yoshiyuki Miyamae's engineering team, have officially launched the 'TYPE-XV SOAR NY project.' This collaboration explores new relationships between clothing and graphic design, where graphics respond to the structure of garments and body movements. The first collection was released in March 2026, with the second launching in Japan on April 1st, and international expansion in London, Milan, Paris, and New York (online only) to follow.
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Brooklyn, New York-based design studio SOAR NY (Representative: Masaki Hanahara) has officially launched the 'TYPE-XV SOAR NY project,' a collaborative project with 'A-POC ABLE ISSEY MIYAKE,' spearheaded by Yoshiyuki Miyamae's engineering team. In this project, SOAR NY tackled the challenge of 'renewing clothing through graphics,' approaching it with its unique design philosophy.
The first series of items were unveiled in March 2026, followed by the launch of the second series in Japan on April 1st. Future international expansion is sequentially planned for locations such as London, Milan, Paris, and New York (online exclusive).
## Graphic Design that Responds to Clothing Structure and Body Movement
This project explores a new relationship between clothing and graphic design by designing the graphics to interlink with the structure of the garment and the mobility of the fabric.
The project was born from the synergy between A-POC ABLE ISSEY MIYAKE's accumulated experimental manufacturing stance and SOAR NY's vivid colors and dynamic, movement-rich compositions. SOAR NY consistently uses 'Momentum,' signifying 'impetus' or 'the feeling of being about to move,' as a key concept in graphic design, and this philosophy is reflected in the current designs.
Rather than simply applying graphics to clothing, the graphics are meticulously designed through numerous pattern validations, predicated on A-POC ABLE ISSEY MIYAKE's three-dimensional garment making and unique 'Baked Stretch' pleating technology. This ensures that beauty emerges with body movement and changes in perspective. These are not fixed beauties, but present new possibilities of beauty as 'instantaneous forms' that appear in motion.
Different visuals are deployed for each store. The entire space is expressed through displays that reconstruct the patterns.
The first series of items were unveiled in March 2026, followed by the launch of the second series in Japan on April 1st. Future international expansion is sequentially planned for locations such as London, Milan, Paris, and New York (online exclusive).
## Graphic Design that Responds to Clothing Structure and Body Movement
This project explores a new relationship between clothing and graphic design by designing the graphics to interlink with the structure of the garment and the mobility of the fabric.
The project was born from the synergy between A-POC ABLE ISSEY MIYAKE's accumulated experimental manufacturing stance and SOAR NY's vivid colors and dynamic, movement-rich compositions. SOAR NY consistently uses 'Momentum,' signifying 'impetus' or 'the feeling of being about to move,' as a key concept in graphic design, and this philosophy is reflected in the current designs.
Rather than simply applying graphics to clothing, the graphics are meticulously designed through numerous pattern validations, predicated on A-POC ABLE ISSEY MIYAKE's three-dimensional garment making and unique 'Baked Stretch' pleating technology. This ensures that beauty emerges with body movement and changes in perspective. These are not fixed beauties, but present new possibilities of beauty as 'instantaneous forms' that appear in motion.
Different visuals are deployed for each store. The entire space is expressed through displays that reconstruct the patterns.