L'eau d'issey - that's old school!

This is a crap snap of the super charismatic designer Issey Miyake at the opening of the '21_21 Design Sight' space in Tokyo.
The museum, part of the designers global empire, is only partially visible to the naked eye due to it being submerged in the soil surrounding the newly developed mixed use complex. The building was designed by the highly respected Japanese architect Tadao Ando (if you don't know, you better get to know). In contrast to the towering structure of glass, currently the tallest in town, next to which it is situated, the museum only briefly interjects with the rolling green grounds and cherry trees that outline the Tokyo Midtown plot. Beneath the grassy surface and down in to the belly of this beauty of a building is where things really open out. Looking and feeling very much like a bunker, it is minimal in it's make up; stripped to the bone, smooth, angular and simplistic in it's function. With the very least possible electric lighting installed, the interior relies heavily on a single triangular atria, that bleeds light from above, deep down into the interlinking concrete chambers that make up the body of this understated design piece. Definately worth a visit, and the selection of retail in the main development is pretty sweetG, with everthing catered for; PUMA 'Black Store' to 'DogDays' doggy deli. Google it and see for yourself....