Illuminating Design: Tokujin Yoshioka’s LE SEL D’ISSEY Perfume Bottle

The designer Tokujin Yoshioka has designed the LE SEL D’ISSEY perfume bottle for the fashion designer Issey Miyake, featuring an innovative use of light and materials. The bottle’s base is made of solid, oval-shaped glass, which refracts light throughout the container, creating an effect reminiscent of rippling water. This design choice illuminates the colored liquid inside, with light patterns resembling droplets rather than a single beam, adding a dynamic visual element.

The bottle’s form changes depending on how it’s held, with sharp lines and soft curves alternating as it is rotated—This interplay of shapes complements the sculptural quality of the design, aligning with the aesthetic themes found in Issey Miyake’s previous collections.

The bottle’s design serves as a tribute to the late fashion designer, reflecting the long-standing collaboration between Yoshioka and Miyake.

The theme of the bottle design is centered around salt and water, with the solid glass base evoking a block of salt or a geode; The concept of water is represented through the refracted light and the liquid inside the bottle, which together create a visual interplay between light and shadow.

Yoshioka aimed to express both the purity of water and the power of nature in the design, continuing the thematic legacy of Issey Miyake’s earlier fragrances, particularly L’EAU D’ISSEY, which was inspired by the theme of water.

Yoshioka incorporates elements of light, nature, and human senses into the project, aiming to create a design that engages multiple sensory experiences beyond just the visual, making LE SEL D’ISSEY a multifaceted homage to natural elements and human perception.

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