Kaikai

My friend Stella just turned me on to Aya Takano, another one of the young Japanese illustrators in Takashi Murakami's Kaikai Kiki artist collective.

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His name has long been at the top of a most-wanted list for their Blue Sky Gallery series of balloons, which was introduced in 2005 and has featured inflatable designs by Tom Otterness, Jeff Koons, Keith Haring and Takashi Murakami whose characters Kaikai and Kiki made their Macy's parade debut last year.

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In a telephone interview Mr. Pinchuk said he created the competition after serving on the jury of Geisai (art festival in Japanese), a semiannual contest for young Japanese artists sponsored by Takashi Murakami and his company, Kaikai

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Rogers filed a report on a local station, Radio Democracy 98.1, on Feb. 25 alleging that Kaikai had visited Lugbu, Bo District in the run-up to the recent local council by-election.

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By the very nature of cosmetics, Kaikai builds relationships with her clients.

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By the very nature of cosmetics, Kaikai builds relationships with her clients.

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Other examples are the sympathetic characters Kaikai and Kiki.

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Before getting into Mary Kay, Kaikai talked to another saleswoman, the one who became her own team leader, about the products and the process.

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Just as Kano Eitoku's work embodies elements of gutsiness and energy, as well as a keen sensitivity, Kaikai and Kiki personify diametrically opposite complex dispositions.

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In addition, Kaikai said it was a good fit for a bad economy because while the Caribbean cruise may be on hold, a woman still may splurge for the affordable luxury of a $13 lipstick.

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