An exhibition featuring textile designer Sudo Reiko (born 1953, Ibaraki, Japan) and the activities of "NUNO," the textile design studio she leads. Sudo and NUNO’s designs overflow with ideas that are not bound by conventional concepts. By using unexpected materials, for instance—or combining traditional craftsmanship with the latest industrial technology, or daring to be among the first to tackle sustainability—they continually present new perspectives on fabric as a familiar, everyday material and remain at the forefront of modern textile design.
　This exhibition, originally organized and held at the museum Centre for Heritage, Arts and Textile (CHAT) in Hong Kong in 2019, will make its long-awaited opening in Japan after touring Europe during the COVID-19 pandemic. The exhibition will highlight collaborative projects with craftspeople and factories in regions of Japan, as well as efforts to expand the possibilities of materials, and will demonstrate rarely exhibited processes of textile production through immersive sound and visual installations. By giving viewers contact with fabric creation processes and enabling new understandings of textiles as products essential to everyday living, we hope the exhibition will occasion opportunities to introduce new beauty in their lives.