Monster Attack at the Samsung Booth CES 2014

Live paintings are awesome. Too bad you can’t see them at an electronics show like CES 2014, right? NOT! At the Samsung booth you can. At the CES 2014, there was a guy who was painting enthusiastically on a five-foot figurine in deep concentration surrounded by group of people at the Samsung booth. Ladies and gentlemen we introduce, Buff Monster!

Couple days ago, we shared news that Samsung will be collaborating with Kidrobot, the world’s premier creator and dealer of limited edition art toys, signature apparel and lifestyle accessories, to showcase Galaxy mobile devices with unique designs. Buff Monster was one of the artists to join the collaboration. So what did we do about it? Of course we went after him and asked some monster-ish questions!

Samsung Tomorrow: What’s up with the cartoonish monsters?

Buff Monster: Have you heard of the Garbage Pail Kids? It’s a collection of trading cards that came out back in 1985. You could say that I and my works have been heavily inspired by Garbage Pail Kids.

ST: How did you end up in the Samsung booth?

Buff Monster: I’ve been working with Kidrobot for a while and they told me that they will be collaborating with Samsung at the CES 2014. It knew it was going to be an awesome opportunity to emerge something analog like my work with advanced technology of Samsung. In some way, I believe it is the most complete form of reality.

ST: How was designing on the Samsung Galaxy Gear and the Galaxy Note 3 book cover?

Buff Monster: When I first took a look at the Galaxy Gear, it felt like it really didn’t need anything fancy or heavy design on it. Design-wise Galaxy Gear is very simple and clean. So I tried to not overwhelm the overall design of it. What I tried to do is add a little character and my passion to it.

As far as the book cover goes, I had some fun with it, metaphorically. When you see the book cover, you can see patterns of eyes. I knew that this book cover was going to be displayed at the CES 2014 and I knew many people were going to look at it. Therefore, I wanted the book cover to look at people too, thus the eyeball patterns. (chuckle)

Buff Monster has worked with Standard Hotel, Coke, Converse, Hello Kitty, MTV to name a few. Buff Monster was also in the Banksy Film – Exit Through The Gift Shop.