Company Name
Hosoo Archive / ULTRA FACTORY Kyoto University of Art and Design Hosoo Archive / ULTRA FACTORY Kyoto University of Art and Design
Area
Kyoto
Profile
Hosoo is a Kyoto-based textile company founded in 1688. Its history can be traced back to the Kyoto silk industry of the sixth century and today the company is widely acknowledged for its exceptional skills within traditional Japanese three-dimensional weaving techniques and for applying richly textured Nishijin weaving into contemporary design. Their fabrics are designed and developed in a close collaboration with world-acclaimed designers and use only premium materials made by artisan craftspeople from Kyoto. It owns a massive database of old textile motifs and patterns from Edo era and has embarked on the digitalization of around 20,000 archives in collaboration with ULTRA FACTORY Kyoto University of Art and Design.
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Hosoo Archive / ULTRA FACTORY Kyoto University of Art and Design
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