white wave
white wave
Tokyo, Japan
Color was the inspiration for white wave, a store-within-a-store created for Dover Street Market Ginza, the shop founded by Rei Kawakubo of Comme des Garçons. The installation drew upon an enduring dosa influence: the purity and unpretentiousness of the white ceramic ware of Korea’s Yi dynasty. white wave echoed the palette
of Yi “moon jars” with its subtle interplay across a spectrum of white, leading to in-between places, where white becomes an inexact, imperfect shade, neither fully here nor there, always becoming something slightly other.
The installation was infused with references to the work of American painter Cy Twombly. Passages from Cy Twombly: The Sculpture (2000) were transcribed and hand-embroidered in graphite, charcoal, and red threads onto pieces from our Standard Issue collection. Each quote was particular to its garment.
dosa clothing hung on a handmade whitewashed structure designed and made by architect Lindon Schultz. Comprised of a long rack, a low platform, and a photo wall, it was constructed using salvaged wood evoking Twombly’s rough-hewn, found-object sculptures.
A collage of 700 photographs in tones and shades of white, made up the backdrop to the clothing display. Individually, the photos reveal very little – simple snapshots taken over the years, the floor of an artist’s workshop, the ceiling of a hotel room. Arranged collectively and in larger scale, they form a story and bring context to a larger vision.
![Dover Street Market Ginza announcement](https://dosainc.com/sites/default/files/specialprojects/whitewave_web_01.jpg)
Dover Street Market Ginza announcement
![dosa invitation](https://dosainc.com/sites/default/files/specialprojects/whitewave_web_02.jpg)
dosa invitation
![dyeing with neel](https://dosainc.com/sites/default/files/specialprojects/whitewave_web_03.jpg)
dyeing with neel
![rabari jackets in shades of white](https://dosainc.com/sites/default/files/specialprojects/whitewave_web_04.jpg)
rabari jackets in shades of white
![stack of shawls](https://dosainc.com/sites/default/files/specialprojects/whitewave_web_05.jpg)
stack of shawls
![floor plan and elevation](https://dosainc.com/sites/default/files/specialprojects/whitewave_web_06-1.jpg)
floor plan and elevation
![salvaged wood from the lumberyard](https://dosainc.com/sites/default/files/specialprojects/whitewave_web_07.jpg)
salvaged wood from the lumberyard
![José helps construct wooden frames in LA](https://dosainc.com/sites/default/files/specialprojects/whitewave_web_08.jpg)
José helps construct wooden frames in LA
![assembling walls and frames at DSMG](https://dosainc.com/sites/default/files/specialprojects/whitewave_web_09.jpg)
assembling walls and frames at DSMG
![DSMG employees touching up details with white-out](https://dosainc.com/sites/default/files/specialprojects/whitewave_web_10.jpg)
DSMG employees touching up details with white-out
![](https://dosainc.com/sites/default/files/specialprojects/whitewave_web_11.jpg)
![initial layout of photos](https://dosainc.com/sites/default/files/specialprojects/whitewave_web_12.jpg)
initial layout of photos
![organizing photos by subject matter, color, and scale](https://dosainc.com/sites/default/files/specialprojects/whitewave_web_13.jpg)
organizing photos by subject matter, color, and scale
![](https://dosainc.com/sites/default/files/specialprojects/whitewave_web_14.jpg)
![checking for color cast on site](https://dosainc.com/sites/default/files/specialprojects/whitewave_web_15.jpg)
checking for color cast on site
![Francesca helps Christina mount photos](https://dosainc.com/sites/default/files/specialprojects/whitewave_web_16.jpg)
Francesca helps Christina mount photos
![pinning of the last photo](https://dosainc.com/sites/default/files/specialprojects/whitewave_web_17.jpg)
pinning of the last photo
![the photo wall, 4ft x 22ft](https://dosainc.com/sites/default/files/specialprojects/whitewave_web_18.jpg)
the photo wall, 4ft x 22ft
![](https://dosainc.com/sites/default/files/specialprojects/whitewave_web_19.jpg)
![](https://dosainc.com/sites/default/files/specialprojects/whitewave_web_20.jpg)