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This edition is both simultaneously: \u003cstrong\u003egrained calf leather\u003c\/strong\u003e that carries the tactile register of a premium material, and \u003cstrong\u003eMurakami signature print\u003c\/strong\u003e applied to that textured surface — the print now reading through the grain of the leather rather than over a flat ground. And the choice of \u003cstrong\u003eBlack\u003c\/strong\u003e as the base changes everything. Murakami’s visual language was built on flat colour and maximum saturation — the smiling flowers and cartoon motifs were designed to be seen against white, against light, against the LV canvas. 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