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…

The Market Makers - A Conversation with Fraser Cooke and Hiroshi Fujiwara

“Influencers” worked within the perimeters of a market, setting trends based on predetermined standards. “Market makers”, on the other hand, established new markets with ease. Breaching against tested trend formulas and creating genres unlike others in the marketplace. One example is Fujiwara’s Fragment…