David Rondel Cambou and Nathalie Melato are Hellohikimori, or “HKI.” David just got home from a Paris hospital an hour ago after tests. He was sounding pretty drugged up, and he hadn’t eaten anything in three days. This should be good.
"Hikikomori" is a modern Japanese trend towards solitude and isolation. Sort of like the anti-Facebook. David and Natalie feel marketing and design is suffering from the same trend, and they're here to send friend requests to all the hermits out there. In this case, they're sharing some doughnuts.
Another great volley, not a dud in the bunch today, The narcotics paid off, this is pretty much exactly what I saw when I had my wisdom teeth out and I was watching Gilligan's Island. HKI has taken up the Twitterista's demands to bring back the duck, and they've worked in a little from every previous volley, yet kept it entirely their own. It's nice to see such a different style in each volley, but I suppose that's what you get when you have ten different players.
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That guy on the right looks like one of Pucca's noodle-making uncles, but with doughnuts, and shards of glass or metal.
Today's live "Layer by Layer" commentary is by Bryan Bedell of Coudal Partners.
Naz and Sam Peeling Back the Layers on last Friday's amazing photographic and musical live Layer Tennis Match. No Tennis this week by the way, we'll be back live on the 19th
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RT @LayerTennis: Peeling back the layers on last week's #lyt. http://weightshift.com/memo/peeling-back-the-layers By owenbarrett (Owen Barrett)
Every week we say "let's keep the #lyt coin flip simple this week." and then we don't. By lytREF (lytREF)
@HeyKacey I thought I missed #lyt today too until I saw your post. #whew :] By fray (Matt Widmann)
I was just freaking out, thinking I forgot layer tennis today. ...but there wasn't a match today #lyt#goodnewsbadnews By HeyKacey (Karen Clark)
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one hour till layer tennis, wonder what tricks they have up there sleaves this week #lyt By steinkampjohn (John Steinkamp)
I really enjoyed last week's #lyt. #sam is the clear winner. Just gorgeous shot after gorgeous shot, excepting his last! By owenbarrett (Owen Barrett)
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