Masamichi Katayama

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Masamichi Katayama

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Tokyo-based Masamichi Katayama, 42, has created everything from furniture and lighting to TV-studio sets, but it's his shops for clients such as Fred Perry and A Bathing Ape that have cemented his reputation as uncommonly clever. In Uniqlo's NYC store, he deployed an army of motorized mannequins -- a never-tiring band of runway models to beckon passersby. A Katayama store isn't mere retail; it's consumertainment. -- by Danielle Sacks

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Bape LA | Photo by Kozo Takayama
Bape LA | Photo by Kozo Takayama
Colette | Photo by Kozo Takayama
Colette | Photo by Kozo Takayama
Colette | Photo by Kozo Takayama
Colette | Photo by Kozo Takayama
Kafka | Photo by Kozo Takayama
Kafka | Photo by Kozo Takayama
Kafka | Photo by Kozo Takayama
Kafka | Photo by Kozo Takayama
Tokyo Towers | Photo by Kozo Takayama
Tokyo Towers | Photo by Kozo Takayama
Tokyo Towers | Photo by Kozo Takayama
Tokyo Towers | Photo by Kozo Takayama
Uniqlo - 311 Oxford, UK | Photo by Kozo Takayama
Uniqlo - 311 Oxford, UK | Photo by Kozo Takayama
Uniqlo - 311 Oxford, UK | Photo by Kozo Takayama
Uniqlo - 311 Oxford, UK | Photo by Kozo Takayama
Uniqlo - Soho, NY | Photo by Kozo Takayama
Uniqlo - Soho, NY | Photo by Kozo Takayama

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