
Tomohiro Shibuki
Japan
ITS Contest 2024
Blur the Boundaries
Designer Tomohiro Shibuki aims to rethink his perspective on unity and continuity. His technique is based on the use of felt, which covers and harmonises elements that usually exist individually. This approach references the environment in which he was born and raised, often blanketed in snow, capable of uniting natural and human elements in a single, borderless landscape, thereby radically changing our perspective on familiar views. The blurred state he creates with felt provides an opportunity to re-examine the nature of boundaries. The act of covering might appear to be an addition, but it is, in fact, a subtraction of borders. Such ideas are characteristic of Japanese culture, and Tomohiro’s project treads a similar path from a different perspective. It represents his personal search for unity, which erases barriers.
Tomohiro Shibuki
Japan
ITS Contest 2024
ABOUT THE DESIGNER
Blur the Boundaries
Designer Tomohiro Shibuki aims to rethink his perspective on unity and continuity. His technique is based on the use of felt, which covers and harmonises elements that usually exist individually. This approach references the environment in which he was born and raised, often blanketed in snow, capable of uniting natural and human elements in a single, borderless landscape, thereby radically changing our perspective on familiar views. The blurred state he creates with felt provides an opportunity to re-examine the nature of boundaries. The act of covering might appear to be an addition, but it is, in fact, a subtraction of borders. Such ideas are characteristic of Japanese culture, and Tomohiro’s project treads a similar path from a different perspective. It represents his personal search for unity, which erases barriers.
ABOUT THE ARTWORK
Trousers crafted from various vintage garments fused together using the felting (needle punching) technique, topped with a spherical structure made by felting and needling together different elements from classic wardrobes and everyday products: denim jackets, t-shirts, sportswear, children's clothing, workwear, product packaging, and labels.
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DESIGNERS' ARTWORKS
Infinity Garden
Inner
Do I need glitter to be seen?
Watch Over
Untitled
Syntrophy
Blur the Boundaries
Eternal Soar
Feminism without Borders
Currency Reborn: Threads of a Greater Culture