A b o u t

• https://www.instagram.com/hana.mitsui/
• https://www.facebook.com/hana.mitsui.3
• hanasmitsui@gmail.com
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A brief work history 
1990年 アメリカ、コネチカット州生まれ。多摩美術大学生産デザイン学科テキスタイルデザイン専攻卒業。イギリスにある大学院 Royal College of Art、テキスタイル領域修士課程修了。Alexander McQueenに修了製作が採用され、2015SS パリコレクションにて自身の手掛けたテキスタイルを発表。帰国後は、株式会社イッセイミヤケにてテキスタイルのデザイン、バッグのデザインに7年程携わる。その後The North Faceの日本企画のデザインに携わりながら、フリーランスのテキスタイデザイナーとして活動を開始。2023年にクライアントの要望に沿ったデザインを行うHana Textile Design Studioを設立し、2024年9月にはマテリアルの研究や実験の中での面白い気付きをデザインに落とし込み商品化するHANA LAB (Hana Material Design Laboratory) 株式会社を設立。商品は2024冬ごろより順次商品発売開始予定。
現在は多摩美術大学生産デザイン学科テキスタイルデザイン専攻にて非常勤講師を務めながら服地だけではなく建築のアートワークなども手掛け、テキスタイルを軸に幅広く活動を行う。

Born in 1990 in Connecticut, USA. She completed her master’s degree at the Royal College of Art 2014 in London, England. While she was at Royal College of Art, the fabric she designed won the favor of Alexander McQueen and was used in their 2015SS collection. After returning to Japan, she was involved in textile designs and bag designs at ISSEY MIYAKE for 7 years, and then established Hana Textile Design Studio in Tokyo, Japan in 2023.　In order to actually produce the products, she has established Hana Material Design Laboratory, Inc. in addition to the Studio,In the firm she has been studying and testing the potentials of many different materials and making all her inspirations into the actual designs and products. Around the end of 2024 the new product lines are scheduled to be released progressively. 
Currently she is working as a visiting lecturer at Tama Art University’s Textile Design Department in addition to her own practice. She creates textile designs not only for garments industries but also for interior and architecture design fields.

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Hana Mitsui’s Career

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Awards

• メッセフランクフルトよりInterior Lifestyle展にてYoung Designer Award受賞　(2024年/日本)
  Young Designer Award, Interior Lifestyle Tokyo 2024
  Issued by Messe Frankfurt, 2024 Germany and Tokyo
• Royal College of ArtよりSUSTAIN RCA展にてVisionary Process Winner受賞　(2014年/イギリス)
  Visionary Process Winner ,SUSTAIN RCA SHOW
  Issued by Royal College of Art, 2014 London,U.K
• The Bradford Textile Society Design CompetitionにてCommendation award-woven fabric in any Fibre or Blend受賞　(2013年/イギリス)
  Commendation award-woven fabric in any Fibre or Blend ,The Bradford Textile Society Design Competition
  Issued by The Bradford Textile Society, 2013 London,U.K
• 多摩美術大学校友会より優秀学生に贈られる奨学金授与　(2011年/日本)
  Scholarship for outstanding students
  Issued by Tama Art University, 2011 Tokyo,Japan

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Exhibition

• Interior Lifestyle Tokyo / 2024 June
  in Tokyo, Japan
  TALENTS category, stand name: HANA TEXTILE DESIGN STUDIO
• Milano Salone Satellite / 2024 April
  in Milan, Italy
  stand no.B16 HANA MITSUI TEXTILE at Milan Design week
• Premiere Vision / 2024 February
  in Paris, France
  Exhibited textile collection in collaboration with SHIMOGAWA
• SUSTAIN RCA SHOW
  in London, U.K
  at Royal College of Art , 2014

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Lectures and Workshops

• Lectures about my experience in Guangzhou and Shenzhen, China sponsored by Mutual Threads / August 2024
• Lectures about my experience at TOKYO ZOKEI UNIVERSITY / June 2024
• Lectures about my experience at TOKYO INTERNATIONAL FASHION UNIVERSITY / June 2024
• Workshop ” Creating the Textiles that illuminate healing light” at Tokyo Association of Architects Youth Committee / May 2024

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