台北當代藝術館 官方網站 Museum of Contemporary Art, Taipei

“我們的時尚設計是為了讓日常生活更加豐富” ─ mint designs 2001年誕生的mint designs如同薄荷般給人清新優雅、純淨脫俗的視覺感受。此品牌由兩位畢業於倫敦中央聖馬丁大學的設計師勝井北斗及八木奈央共同創立，2005年榮獲第七屆MOET&CHANDON設計獎之「新秀設計師大獎」，並於2010年贏得日本第28屆「每日新聞時尚大賞」，與往年大賞得主三宅一生、川久保玲、山本耀司等日本重量級設計師並列齊驅，成為亞洲最受矚目的設計新秀。 創新的印花圖樣是mint designs的核心元素，設計師們極度享受在構思及製作過程中「意外」出現的美感或趣味。本展以<不經意的快樂>為主題，聚焦於十年來兩位設計師在創作過程中，因為不經意、或偶發碰撞而產出的特殊美感和設計成果。兩位新秀設計師如同開心玩剪紙遊戲的小孩一般，剪出新鮮亮眼的花樣也玩出玲瑯滿目的童趣，造就了有別於一般時尚的青春絢麗風格。他們認為，允許「不經意」介入設計過程或甚至工廠的生產流程中，反而有可能超越歷來時尚設計的思維框架和操作習慣，而有利於產出更多元、開創、有趣的成果，進而開啟了人們對於設計與生活之關聯的新視野。 Collaborating since 2001 as mint designs, Japanese designers Hokuto Katsui and Nao Yagi have been making refreshing, pure and refined garment creations. Both graduates from the prestigious Central Saint Martins School of Design in London, mint designs are winners of the 2005 Moet & Chandon New Designers’ Award and obtained the Mainichi Fashion Award in 2010, placing them side-to-side with the winners of previous years, among which are Japanese influential designers Issey Miyake, Rei Kawakubo and Yohji Yamamoto. Such achievement established them as the most talk-about new fashion talents in the Asian scene. Their unique creative approach is focused on pattern innovation achieved through‘fortuitous errors’ and ‘accidental’ aesthetics emerging during the processes of conception. By allowing ‘mistakes’ to guide their pattern designs, or even manufacture, they believe it is possible to transcend the traditional framework of fashion design. Drawing inspiration from these processes, the exhibition ‘Happy Mistake!–Pattern on Pattern’ explores the achievements of mint designs over the past decade, and in particular their contribution towards producing diversity, innovation and entertainment in contemporary fashion.