Interview with Takashi Murakami

Takashi Murakami, artist and designer, founder of Kaikai-kiki:
"I have a long relationship with design, a good example is my collaboration with Louis Vuitton. However this is the first time Ive made a public presentation at a design fair and Design Miami is a very good place to present my pieces but for me the background is the same. In the Western world there is a clear division between Art and Design but in Japan they are the same, it's part of Japanese philosophy."

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[IAMUNiCORNxx]

@boogiebuddy01 smh

[javoutube1]

@rictit thank you.

[javoutube1]

@boogiebuddy01 you're stupid

[javoutube1]

@lcabosa you're old and you're an idiot

[ryukXsayu27]

@lcabosa I was about to explain to you that Murakami does that all intentionally, to make a point, but I don't think you'd care.

[dewmuffins]

@tordre1 Thank you for clarifying this. It was very helpful. Our western culture loves to label and categorize all aspects of life.

[ahdeedas]

He is legend... Bravo "Superflat" movement!

[lcabosa]

the world goes BAD hem we start to call to every now and them new trend art, this is childish at best, doing stuff to entertain pre-adolescent minds, in the near future we would be doing ART for the fetos.

[tordre1]

I think your paraphrasing of his statement is a bit misleading. Murakami is saying, basically that in Japan art and design are traditionally part of the same realm--but he is not saying it is part of 'Japanese philosophy' (which doesn't really make sense). He is making a connection to his own philosophy of the 'Superflat,' which describes his attitude toward Japanese culture. He himself has written an essay on this so-called philosophy (Superflat, by Murakami, published 2000, Madra Pub Co.)

[uareri27]

he already is! =)