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Artist Takashi Murakami on Hublot team-up, virtual reality and geeking out over Star Wars

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Japanese contemporary artist Takashi Murakami (left) and Swiss luxury watchmaker Hublot have created the Hublot Classic Fusion Takashi Murakami All Black (right).

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The world of Takashi Murakami is a vibrantly psychedelic one, inhabited by - among other characters - flowers with smiling faces, anthropomorphised mushrooms, cute aliens, jellyfish and other trippy creatures.
But, for his first collaboration with Swiss luxury watchmaker Hublot, the Japanese contemporary artist has gone pitch black.
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