Reiko Sudo Textile Designer Representing Toyama Prefecture, Oyabe City
Reiko Sudo was born in Ishioka City, Ibaraki Prefecture. After serving as a textile laboratory assistant in the Department of Industrial, Interior, and Craft Design at Musashino Art University, she helped found the textile studio Nuno Corporation, now recognized as one of the world’s most innovative textile companies. As Nuno's Design Director and CEO, she combines Japanese traditions of dyeing and weaving with cutting- edge technology to create a wide range of new textiles. Since 2008, she has been serving as a textile design advisor for Ryohin Keikaku (Mujirushi Ryōhin , or MUJI), the Tsuruoka Textile Industry Cooperative in Yamagata Prefecture, and AZU corporation among others. She has been an active member of MUJI’s Advisory Board since 2016. Sudo’s honors include the prestigious Mainichi Design Award, the Roscoe Award from the Japan Interior Designers Association, and most recently the 11th Enku Grand Prize in 2023. Wielding a vast array of techniques and technologies, Reiko Sudo continues to pursue the possibilities of textile design, focusing not only on natural and synthetic fibers, but also on a variety of materials such as Japanese paper and biodegradable plastic, and working with artisans and dyers from all over Japan. Her works are highlighted in the permanent collections of institutions worldwide including MoMA and the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, the Victoria & Albert Museum, London; and the National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo.
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