FORESTA DI GEMMA

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Imaginative patterns of nature and creatures, plump embroidery laces, delicate coloured prints...minä perhonen textile is made with layers of craftsmanship. Elegance and humor, profound but with playful mind, all those contraries are put together as in a forest of gems, and bring emotional uplift for everyone who sets foot in. Our latest cushions collection "Foresta di Gemma" shows the energy that lays beneath our creation. Explore the world of Foresta, full of gems' fruits.

minä perhonen (1995-)

minä perhonen is a fashion and textile brand working to produce clothes which do not lose their allure through lapse of time. With the imaginative, detailed textile and the elaborate creative process, they create a dress not for a special day but for every ordinary day. Now the creation field expands to furniture, tableware and many other things in daily life. The name of the label ‘minä perhonen’ originates from Finnish as the designer Akira Minagawa sympathized with Scandinavian culture, since when he first visited Finland at the age of 19. “minä” means “I” and “perhonen” is “butterfly,” with a wish to make many beautiful designs like those of butterfly wings. The brand logo signifies “various characters(dots) within oneself(rectangle).” Just like species of butterflies are countless, the designs too continue to increase.

Akira Minagawa

founder / designer

Born in 1967, Tokyo. Founded a fashion brand ‘minä’ in 1995 (Changed its name to ‘minä perhonen’ in 2003). He has designed numerous textiles for his own brand and other manufactures such as Kvadrat of Denmark, KLIPPAN of Sweden. In April 2017 at Milan, a long-established porcelain brand Richard Ginori released their 2017 collection, which includes a capsule collection by the designer Akira Minagawa.

For further information, please contact: press@mina-perhonen.jp