More than Skin Deep: Legacy of Horiyoshi III

The art of Irezumi (入墨), Japanese term for “tattooing”, also literally meaning injection of ink, can be traced back to Japan’s Jōmon period (approximately 10,000 B.C.). The craft of body branding with ink by hand had since then segued through countless social stratas and donned numerous cultural…

FIGHT! - An Interview with Caol Uno

As the evening dissipates in to a light filled day at Cologne, Germany, Caol Uno wouldn’t even notice it at all since he’s been locked away the last few days. It is an incarceration by choice, a temporary sentence of necessities as he mounts his return to the Octagon…

An Interview with Kikuo Ibe - The Founding Father Of Casio G-Shock

It started out as a typical story of lost and found, a tale of need and creation. However, since the legend began back in 1983, the story had panned out into something much greater than that. The story of G-Shock had become a global phenomenon, a new perception on time piece, and most importantly, an almost…