Remarkable advances in digital technology have made creative se lf-expression a much closer part of everyone’ s life, while sharing information and communicating via SNS are now pretty much a given. In this issue, we introduc e 44 talented, up-and-coming creators we think likely to lead the coming er a that 30 or under and thus members of the so-called “millennial generation” that grew up alongside all of this. This installment of +81touches upon the unique sen se and aesthetics of the new wave of artistic minds and in doing so take a look a t the future of the creative scene.

 

The entire issue i s dedicated to presenting these creators of all genres like art, design, fashion, photography, film, and digital selected from a round the world with that perspective you will only find at +81. Kicking things off is a feature focusing on five creators with find particularly worthy of atte ntion. With greater volume than other creators, we hope that you will enjoy perusin g their innovative and fresh creations, along with the individualistic answers the y provided to our original questions. Our second feature lists t he remaining 39 artists, including not only their representative works, but also some shared questions exploring the vision for the future and points of interest. So, this isn ’ t so much a simple introduction o f y oung talents as a look at the differences in their philosophies and ideas that will give a sense of what is in store for the cr eative scene.