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"IN-EI" - Japanese for "shadow, shadiness, nuance". The art of lighting has a conceptual and technologicalheritage at the Miyake Design Studio, dating back to 2010, when Issey Miyake and his research anddevelopment team called Reality Lab., presented 132 5. ISSEY MIYAKE. This new process was developedusing a mathematical program with 3-D geometric principals by Jun Mitani. 132 5. ISSEY MIYAKE is anextremely ingenious way by which to make clothing, and a process that provides yet another example ofdirections the quest for innovative textiles technologies can take. The project comes from the intersectionof creativity and mathematics, resulting in clothing that can be folded flat and become 3D shapes, startingfrom a single piece of cloth. As the Reality Lab. explored 132 5. ISSEY MIYAKE’s potential in areas beyondclothing, a natural extension of the process was lighting products. IN-EI ISSEY MIYAKE was born from acollaboration with Artemide marrying their lighting expertise with the Lab.’s innovative approach to thematerial and design. The IN-EI ISSEY MIYAKE lighting collection was co-developed and manufactured byArtemide. It is a collection of free-standing, table and hanging lights. Each lampshade is created using 2 or3D mathematic principals, where light and shade harmoniously alternate. Miyake’s unique foldingtechnology creates both statuesque forms as well as sufficient solidity. The structure of the recycledmaterial, together with an additional surface treatment allows these shades to perfectly keep their shapewithout the need for internal frame, and to be re-shaped when needed. They can be easily stored flat whennot in use.