Everyone knows and loves jeans. Denim, once a workwear fabric produced in a southern French city, is now known worldwide and worn by almost everyone. Its familiar blue color stands for freedom and life. Such an important piece of fashion history deserves to be presented accordingly. Architect Ayako Maruta created the impressive light installation "Figure suspended" for the Diesel Denim Gallery in Aoyama, Tokyo. The play of light and shadow gives the project a distinctive character. Here is a look at this installation for the global denim and fashion brand Diesel.
Light installation "Figure suspended" in Aoyama
The unusual composition of cables, bulbs, and shades floods the room with warm light. The arched forms extend in all directions and recall branches and twigs. Initially, the light installation seems to defy gravity; it floats beautifully in the air. With its pleasing structure of curves and lines, the installation creates an elegant setting for fashion. Here, jeans are treated almost like works of art.
Light installation as modern art
Ayako Maruta was part of Japanese architect Jun Aoki’s team in 2006 and later opened a private architecture office. Maruta’s creations stage unconventional materials with a wild beauty. Let yourself be inspired.
Tokyo art gallery presents denim as art
Lighting design by Ayako Maruta
Suspended lighting design
Playing with light
Diesel Denim Gallery Aoyama
The arched light installation is supported by columns
Anna Lohan
Peter Dark
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