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Your use of glass on counters and displays areas
in this context is quite enriching.
When we were looking through our sample library, we
looked into the glass section and thought, ‘okay, that's shiny
and a bit nice’. Looking through Viridian’s etched glass range,
we discovered their rain pattern. This instantly grabbed our
imagination. It speaks of a traditional Japanese landscape
element of water, or rain.
Once on that, we started to play around with the glass
sample which was clear. It had this beautiful, linear rain
pattern running through it. We experimented with paint
samples and put those behind to resemble colour-back
glass. With black paint behind it, the linear rain pattern
became even clearer.
We discussed the idea with Viridian who were prepared
to make-up an actual sample for us. When we first saw
the sample it really said Issey Miyake. It had this reference
to a high fashion Japanese designer and added to the
story of what we were working with, so it felt like just
the right material to use.