Takashi Murakami is in a recent Times article stuck in the art/commerce funk: “I want to keep on creating but my fear is, how long can I continue? I’ve survived for ten years, but I’m not sure I can survive the next ten years.” All that tells us to beware of technocolor pandas and shopping! In Murakami’s Superflat First Love ad for Louis Vuitton, they can suck you into a time warp and make you lose your cell phone. If you’re not afraid, purchase a panda plush. Our favorite part is at the end where it kicks the logo and it turns into bamboo! But if Nadia Plesner had done it, would LV be feeling sue happy?

