emmanuelle moureaux: toge architectural module

‘toge’ in the form of a wedding dress by emmanuelle moureaux all photos by daisuke shimokawa / nacasa & partners inc.

french-born japan-based designer architect emmanuelle moureaux has developed ‘toge’ (which means ‘thorn’ in japanese), a modular product that can be interlocked to each other, allowing one to freely create a variety of textural spaces. its use as an architectural module can be applied in the formation of walls or partitions, or for creating free-standing sculptural pieces. to demonstrate its structural potential and adaptability, moureaux created a wedding dress composed of 500 of the colorful thorn-like bulbs at designtide tokyo 2011.

‘toge’ comes in 14 color varieties as well as white. the main materials it is composed of is piano wire and epoxy resin. each individual module weighs 2 grams and measures 147 mm in diameter.

installation view of ‘toge’ at designtide tokyo 2011

upper section of the wedding dress

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front view details

back view details

‘toge’ modules

each individual module weighs 2 grams and measures 147 mm in diameter

‘toge’ is available in 14 color varieties plus white