Louis Vuitton and Takashi Murakami Remaster ‘Superflat’ Films [Video]

For the re-edition of the seminal Louis Vuitton x Takashi Murakami collection, the French luxury house is celebrating with remastered versions of Murakami’s anime short films, Superflat Monogram (2003) and Superflat First Love (2009). The 20th anniversary projects takes a look back on two works that helped define their creative partnership, highlighting the artist’s surrealist signature and the playful visual world that emerged from the collaboration.

In Monogram, a young girl is swallowed by a whimsical panda and transported into a vibrant LV universe as she searches for her lost cellphone –  similar to the pink flip phone featured in a recent Zendaya promo. Six years later, First Love revisits the protagonist as she re-enters this fantastical world, this time, encountering Louis Vuitton as a young designer.

The first film adopts a classic anime quality, while the second is rendered through a more 3D, video game-like style. United by a kaleidoscope of colors and cast …