POOL, a brand created by interior design brand IDEE, will open its first pop-up shop in Japan from September 6th to 12th at Center Park/The Stage #5 on the 5th floor of the main building of Isetan Shinjuku.

Based on the theme of "accumulating and connecting manufacturing," POOL is a project that stores scraps, offcuts, and unsellable products generated during the manufacturing process, connecting with various companies and creators to recycle them into products with new value. Supervised by Akira Minagawa of mina perhonen, the project offers everything from apparel to tableware and interior accessories.

The pop-up shop will offer special Isetan-exclusive items featuring dot patchwork from the "Iroiro no Fuku" series, which was created to make full use of fabrics produced by MUJI without waste. Items with different textures, such as a polka dot coat (¥20,000), a polka dot dress (¥19,000), and a polka dot stole (¥9,000), will be available in four autumnal colors: blue, gray, beige, and mustard, with only six pieces of each color available. From the limited-edition series featuring artwork by artists from Kagoshima Prefecture's Shobu Gakuen, a cotton Atelier Coat (¥18,000) and a stole (¥7,000) will be available for pre-sale at an exhibition to be held at IDEE Shop Jiyugaoka, Umeda, and Shibuya stores in October. From the "Korokoro no Mono" collection, which uses second-hand items from MUJI's white porcelain series, a set of five small plates (¥2,750) featuring designs by three artists: Parisian artist Paul Cox, dyeing craftsman Samiro Yunoki, and Milan-based ceramicist Guido de Zan will be available. The collection will feature designs with motifs of nature and vegetables, as well as line drawings inspired by Japanese culture and Zen philosophy. Additionally, the "Everyday" series, which uses scraps from the MUJI bed linen production process, will feature handkerchiefs (450 yen each) embroidered with Minagawa's original illustrations, as well as lighting items, garment-dyed tote bags, shoe boxes, and more.