tokidoki creator and one of our favorite artists Simone Legno is bringing cute back when he visits Manila again after six long years. Simone was the guest of honor at the tokidoki in the City Event at the SM North EDSA, as well as the headlining artist in an exhibition at Makati’s Vinyl on Vinyl gallery.

Simone is an internationally-renowned illustrator and the creator of the tokidoki line of toys, t-shirts, bags, and other lifestyle accessories. Simone is originally from Rome, has lived in Tokyo, and is currently based in LA where his flagship tokidoki store is located.

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Simone signed autographs for thirty lucky fans, who queued as early as 10AM for his 3PM autograph session. He also did a live-painting session where he showed his fans and other budding artists his personal aesthetics and techniques.

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After the event at SM North, the internationally renowned artist was quickly shuttled off to his Makati appointment, where more fans particularly from the south were waiting eagerly for a glimpse of him and his stellar artwork.