Mini EVE & ADAM Tower

Designer : Yuki Matsuoka

　Eighteen years ago, I made the first d-torso prototype for my wife’s knitwear exhibition. The first five handmade prototypes were created at that time. Since I didn’t have a laser cutter or even a computer, I designed the pieces directly on the paper and cut them with the scissors, which required an extraordinary amount of time. The current d-torso EVE is the 6th generation, but the basic structure has never changed since then.
Seven years after those first prototypes, the d-torso “tower” model was born. I was asked to create a mannequin for displaying the chimageogori—a traditional Korean dress—for an exhibition held by fabric dye artist Fukumi Shimura and designer Lee Young-hee. It was my pleasure to support a pair of the most talented artists and designers.
Then, in 2013, we erected an enormous 12-foot EVE Tower at Saks Fifth Avenue in NY. It was an amazing experience for me to gaze up at the massive entasis of that giant EVE Tower. It seems that somebody or some new order is always inspiring the idea and innovation of the d-torso.
The mini ADAM and EVE are miniature versions of the mannequin ADAM and EVE. They bring me memories of good old days, and they are still popular products among our d-torso line. I still believe in this as the origin and base of our concept.

Yuki Matsuoka / Aki Co., Ltd.