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©Studio99 Photographed in Kamakura, 2025.

MIRR sees in Luna Minote a rare synthesis of softness and structural thinking. Her creative language emerges from the sensitivity of the body, the discipline of form, and a quiet insistence on intimacy as a design principle. Her work moves fluidly between lingerie design, visual direction, and spatial mood-making—always rooted in a kind of architectural clarity: measured, intentional, and unafraid of silence. This issue explores the internal architecture of Luna's creative life—her practice, her habits, her obsessions, and the unfinished ideas that continue to shape her work.

Luna Minote

Luna Minote

Founder of Re:veil

CreatorLingerie Designer

Skills

Full-stack Creative production

Designs interfaces using Figma from wireframes and design systems...

Brand Development

Web Development

Designs interfaces using Figma from wireframes and design systems...

FigmaNext.js

Timeline

1999
Born in
Osaka
2012
Graduate from
E.S Ogu
2018
Graduate from
Shinden High School
2022
Graduate from
University of Kansei
2023
Moved to
Tokyo
2025
Founded Re:veil

Creation Tools

Luna Minote portrait 1
Luna Minote portrait 2

©Studio99 Photographed in Kamakura, 2025.

Distance and emotion are the core themes of Luna's work. Through her lens, she captures the subtle interplay between presence and absence, creating visual narratives that speak to the quiet moments of human experience. Her photographs, like her designs, invite viewers to pause and reflect on the spaces between—between light and shadow, between the seen and the unseen, between the intimate and the universal.

01.

Experience — The Path That Formed Them

The path that formed her sensitivity

Luna Minote's path is not marked by dramatic turns, but by quiet shifts that shaped her sensitivity.

Luna Minote

"I've always noticed small things." she says.

Luna Minote

"Light moving across a room, the way someone hesitates before speaking... I didn't think it meant anything when I was younger. But now I realize that's the beginning of everything I make."

Growing up between Osaka and Tokyo, noise overwhelmed her. In crowded spaces, she learned to retreat inward, finding clarity in silence.

A childhood shaped by silence

That sensitivity became the foundation of her creative identity. From body-conscious lingerie design, to visual direction and photography,

to intimate filmmaking. Each choice was a response—attempts to understand why certain moments pulled her more strongly than others.

Luna is moved by what people don't say. She watches for quietness, their hesitation, the way emotion appears and disappears. These experiences didn't just bring her to creation. They became her creation.

02.

Current Creation — What She Makes and How She Sees

Luna's work is defined by stillness, proximity, and emotional honesty. She works slowly, observing the world around her, guided by tiny shifts: A breath held too long, a shoulder dropping when someone relaxes. Her photography is intimate but respectful, close but never intrusive.

Luna Minote

"I can't create in noisy places," she admits. "If the air is loud, I lose all my senses. I need silence to see clearly."

Luna Minote

"I like the softness people show when they stop trying to hold themselves together."

Luna Minote

"That's the part I want to capture."

Her brand Re:veil emerged from this impulse. It protects the parts of people they don't know how to talk about. The warmth of skin, the lines of the body... Those unspoken, instinctive places are where the truth is.

In filmmaking, her approach is rooted in observation. She avoids theatricality, edits lightly, and preserves the texture of each moment. Her aim across all mediums is not to impress but to clarify. To raise the resolution of subtle human experiences that are often ignored.

03.

Future Direction — Where She Hopes to Go

Luna does not speak about scale or ambition, but about alignment—about remaining honest with herself.

Luna Minote

"I want to create from a place that feels real, even if it's small," she says.

Luna Minote

"I don't want to lose my softness. I want to stay sensitive without breaking."

She is exploring letting go—not as defeat, but as beauty. When someone releases something properly, they become softer. Not empty—just lighter. You can move on while still carrying what mattered.

Within MIRR, she hopes to shape a practice that grows without hardening, where she can share her inner world at her own pace.

Luna Minote

"I want to build work that feels honest, quietly but unmistakably true. If someone resonates with it, I want it to be because they felt seen, not because I tried to be loud."

Her direction is inward, toward deeper clarity, and toward becoming the kind of creator who transforms her sensitivity into lasting work.

Luna Minote portrait final 1
Luna Minote portrait final 2