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Introducing Rimo, Tokyo’s retro-futurist graphic designer. Airbrush. Acid colours. Characters that look a bit like Fido Dido. There’s no denying that Rimo’s palette is firmly rooted in the 1980’s. Yet his work goes beyond simple pastiche. Rimo is a versatile, mature graphic designer with a wealth of skills and expertise at his disposal. Blending elements of street culture with glossy, cartoonish characters, his work feels like a contemporary Japanese take on 80’s American consumerism and excess. (...)

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Haroshi

One man’s waste is another man’s treasure. The originality of Haroshi’s work is undeniable. Working exclusively with used skateboards, his creations are born through styles such as wooden mosaic, dots, and pixels. The resulting works are astounding. His sculptures feel polished and assured, a far cry from the roughness of his raw materials. (...)

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A glance into Tokyo’s underground dance scene. Leading in fashion and sectors of technology, i t ’s no surprise that Japan also breeds the most progressive DJs and producers. As its only natural for the Japanese people to be fully absorbed in their craft, these masters commit their lives to an unrelenting work ethic, developing unique creative visions in an environment where the esoteric is embraced. This is a purist culture. With more record stores than 7 Elevens, physical digging eclipses the files movement (...)

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