GLOBAL LAUNCH SET FOR APRIL 11, 2025, MARKING CASETiFY'S LARGEST ARTIST COLLABORATION TO DATE
LOS ANGELES, March 19, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Global tech accessories leader CASETiFY and contemporary art icon Takashi Murakami today announced their most ambitious partnership to date, marking a historic fusion of art and technology. The collaboration, titled "TAKASHI MURAKAMI x CASETiFY: MR. DOB", is set to launch globally on April 11, 2025.
Paying tribute to Takashi Murakami's legacy, the collaboration celebrates Murakami's profound influence on contemporary art and pop culture, introducing his distinctive visual language to a new generation of collectors and enthusiasts. At its center is MR. DOB, the iconic character that has become synonymous with Murakami's artistic vision.
"MR. DOB has been my artistic companion since the beginning of my career, representing both my evolution as an artist and my commentary on contemporary culture… Through this collaboration with CASETiFY, I'm excited to bring MR. DOB into people's everyday lives in an entirely new way," said Takashi Murakami.
The collaboration, which began at CASETiFY's Hong Kong headquarters, has evolved into CASETiFY's most significant artist partnership to date. "When Takashi- san and I first met, we talked for hours about making art part of everyone's daily digital life," said Wes Ng, CEO and Co-founder of CASETiFY. "What followed was months of close collaboration, pushing the boundaries of what's possible when you merge iconic art with everyday tech. This collection is the result of that shared vision."
The beginning of Murakami's career set the foundation of his practice. The collaboration celebrates MR. DOB, the artist's very own 'Avatar' and a cornerstone in Murakami's visual language.
Beginning April 3, 2025, select pieces from the collection will be revealed during a limited preview period. Collectors and enthusiasts can join the waitlist at casetify.com/co-lab/takashi-murakami.
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ABOUT CASETiFY
CASETiFY is a global tech and lifestyle brand with double headquarters in LA and Hong Kong, known as the home to the first and largest platform for customized tech accessories. Created with the highest-quality materials and most cutting-edge designs, CASETiFY's products empower self-expression by turning your personal electronics into highly designed, stylishly slim, drop-proof accessories. Known for tapping top artists, big celebrities and creatives for its Co-Lab program, CASETiFY gives brands and individuals the opportunity to share their unique visions with the world. With 50+ retail shops, CASETiFY Studio provides a one-stop, visual retail experience where customers can customize their accessories on the spot. For more information on CASETiFY, please visit CASETiFY.com.
ABOUT TAKASHI MURAKAMI
The originator and proponent of Superflat theory, which reconstructs Japanese traditional paintings and the origin of Japanese contemporary art through visual premises of anime and manga. Murakami has created numerous characters including Miss Ko2 and Mr. DOB that reflect the otaku culture and presents them in the forms of intentionally kitsch sculptures and acutely two-dimensional paintings antithetical to the Western perspective techniques. His first retrospective, ©MURAKAMI (2007 - 2009) toured four cities in North America and Europe, starting with the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles. He has since been holding major solo exhibitions around the world, including at the Palace of Versailles (2010), Al RiwaqExhibition Hall (Doha, 2012), the Mori Art Museum (Tokyo, 2015), the Garage Museum of Contemporary Art (Moscow, 2017), Tai Kwun Contemporary (Hong Kong, 2019), The Broad (Los Angeles, 2022), Asian Art Museum of San Francisco (San Francisco, 2023), and Kyoto City KYOCERA Museum of Art (Kyoto, 2024).
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CASETiFY TAPS TAKASHI MURAKAMI FOR MONUMENTAL ARTISTIC PARTNERSHIP
Altair, supported by NVIDIA technology, will further drive innovation in simulation-driven design, AI-powered engineering, and computational intelligence
TROY, Mich., March 19, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Altair (Nasdaq: ALTR), a global leader in computational intelligence, has announced a technical integration between the NVIDIA Omniverse Blueprint for Real Time Digital Twins and the Altair One® cloud innovation gateway. The integration takes advantage of GPU acceleration, NVIDIA NIM microservices, and NVIDIA Omniverse technologies to give customers an unparalleled ability to visualize, build, edit, and interact with complex simulations and digital twins in a shared turnkey environment. More broadly, it helps organizations leverage the full potential of Altair's simulation, artificial intelligence (AI), data analytics, and high-performance computing (HPC) solutions to drive groundbreaking innovation.
"Integrating NVIDIA Blackwell acceleration, AI and Omniverse technologies into Altair One will allow Altair users to take another leap forward in their digital engineering and digital transformation efforts," said Sam Mahalingam, chief technology officer, Altair. "Integrating the Omniverse Blueprint for Real-Time Digital Twins with Altair One gives users a powerful new way to operationalize and innovate with digital twins, data, and AI in real time. Moreover, it is yet another example of how Altair is continuing to lead in all things digital engineering and digital twin."
By leveraging NVIDIA Omniverse Blueprint for Real-Time Digital Twins in Altair One, users can collaborate and simulate in a shared virtual environment in real time. The technology combines 3D design, AI, and ray tracing to create immersive digital environments that function as a next-level digital workspace for professionals in all industries. Users benefit from high-end rendering and streaming capabilities on the cloud that simplifies how software components work together in large systems, especially those used for AI, data processing, and graphics computing. The integration will open new avenues for innovation and collaboration in areas like crash and drop test simulations.
"Digital twin technology is reshaping industries and giving engineers and designers the tools to enable real-time design, optimize faster, and more," said Timothy Costa, senior director of CAE and CUDA-X at NVIDIA. "Now, Altair users can leverage NVIDIA's best-in-class technology to operationalize digital engineering and streamline their digital engineering workflows."
Overall, the integration empowers users by giving them seamless, turnkey access to the Omniverse Blueprint with minimal effort. Meaning, if users have built digital twins with the Omniverse Blueprint in Altair One, they can easily deploy them in any cloud or on-premises environment. By systematically cataloging all data with essential metadata, Altair One enables datasets to expand through multiple design iterations. This supports the development of models in tools like Altair® PhysicsAIâ„¢, which can slash analysis time from hours or days to just seconds or minutes.
In addition to the enhancements above, Altair is leveraging NVIDIA technology elsewhere to supercharge performance. For example, Altair® OptiStruct® now features the cuDSS GPU-accelerated Direct Sparse Solver library to improve performance on CPU and GPU-accelerated architectures and Altair® EDEMâ„¢ will soon support the NVIDIA Grace architecture.
Altair is also pleased to announce performance on NVIDIA Blackwell for Altair® ultraFluidX®, Altair® nanoFluidX®, and EDEM, demonstrating up to 1.6x improvement on NVIDIA DGX B200. For EDEM, this represents a 40x speed increase when compared to 32 CPUs.
To learn more, visit Altair at GTC at Booth #125, Hall 1 in the Design and Simulation pavilion.
About Altair
Altair is a global leader in computational intelligence that provides software and cloud solutions in simulation, high-performance computing (HPC), data analytics, and AI. Altair enables organizations across all industries to compete more effectively and drive smarter decisions in an increasingly connected world – all while creating a greener, more sustainable future. To learn more, please visit www.altair.com.
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