Circadian Rhythm explores the relationship between everyday motion and the clothing that enables it. Created in partnership with Issey Miyake A-POC ABLE, this editorial examines the natural choreography of pedestrian movement, walking, pausing, shifting weight, turning, flowing through space and how A-POC ABLE’s engineered textiles are designed to support, expand and liberate the body within these rhythms.

 

Rather than presenting movement as performance, the editorial focuses on the subtle mechanics of the everyday: the micro-gestures that form our constant dialogue with the ground beneath us. A-POC ABLE’s knit structures respond directly to these motions, stretching, contracting and reshaping with precision. The garments behave like extensions of the wearer, expressing a kind of adaptive intelligence that mirrors the concept of circadian cycles, continuous, instinctive, always in motion.

 

Shot within a stripped-back studio environment, the imagery removes external noise so the form, movement and material behaviour become the narrative. The clean white space allows the silhouettes to shift freely, creating sculptural lines as the body moves through the frame. Shadows, folds and distortions become active participants in the composition, transforming everyday gestures into a study of fluidity and form.

 

This visual approach aligns with the ethos of A-POC ABLE, where clothing is conceived as a single, uninterrupted thread structure engineered for flexibility, breathability and readiness for motion. The editorial magnifies these qualities, analysing how fabric can guide movement and how movement can, in turn, give fabric purpose. The interplay between body and textile becomes a quiet conversation, free-flowing, rhythmic and deeply human.

 

In parallel with the theme of the issue, the editorial incorporates Sohei Nishino’s Diorama Map London (2010) as a conceptual anchor, referencing the layered ways humans navigate cities. Just as Nishino builds maps through accumulated fragments of movement, Circadian Rhythm considers how clothing accumulates the memory of daily motion: steps taken, pauses held, directions changed.

 

Ultimately, this editorial reflects a shared philosophy between Orienteer and Issey Miyake, a belief that design should enhance the body’s natural freedom rather than restrict it. Circadian Rhythm is a study of modern movement: clothing that flexes with the environment, responds to pace, and gives form to the rhythms that carry us through each day.