It’s not bad to look back at the past once in a while. It gives us an idea of what we should do tomorrow. For Japanese, doing business in the U.S. requires vague ambitions and energy. You have to build new relationships and conduct daily operations in a place where the culture is different. I don’t feel any hardship because I love what I do, but still, it was a reckless gamble when I think back on it. Reckless is a shortcut. If you have the punk spirit of selflessness, you can shortcut and accomplish almost anything. Recklessness, no plan, and a punk mindset. I believe these are the only ingredients that support me.

P.S. The gallery photo is from the DTLA days when the company was founded. It has now moved to Santa Monica.

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I have been a marketer for many years, working with global companies such as P&G, Coca-Cola and Nike. In particular, I specialized in digital marketing before the mobile internet became popular in the U.S. (2001); when social networking started to take off (2016), I had 100 million social friends and was honored by Cartier and Warner Bros. as Best Marketer! (he was also awarded by Cartier and Warner Bros. as the best marketer). Ehren!

Marketing is considered to be about design thinking. Design always has a solution. There is a client and there is a goal.

However, it appears to me that digital marketing has come to a standstill in recent years.

Presenting to customers with efficient methods no longer resonates. I think we are shifting from a logic-driven “design thinking” to a freewheeling “art thinking. We have more opportunities to propose content and stories to clients that cannot be resolved in a single season.

After discovering the power of art through client proposals, I decided to open an art gallery in Los Angeles, one of the most sensitive cities in the world. Art does not need to be accepted by everyone. Art needs only one person who understands it. we have moved from the era of mass production and mass consumption in the 20th century to a society of diversity, where everyone benefits from having their own individuality and tastes.

In line with this historical background, I myself left my marketing company (Sony Digital Entertainment) in 2017 and founded Speedy, Inc. in 2018 as a company specializing in art and entertainment. In Los Angeles, I make my living from art itself, and in Tokyo, I work as a brand consultant for companies that utilize art.

We rejoice that the pandemic is over and it is time for people to travel and love art again.

Speedy Gallery is committed to providing fresh and inspiring artwork created by emerging artists.

Jun Fukuda

I have been a marketer for many years and have worked with global companies such as P&G, Coca-Cola and Nike based in Asia. In particular, I have specialized in digital marketing since before mobile internet became popular in the U.S. (2001), when social networking became popular (2016), I got 1 million social friends and was honored as the best marketer by Cartier and Warner Bros.

Marketing is considered to be about design thinking. Design always has a solution. There is a client, and there is a goal.

However, in recent years, digital marketing seems to have reached a dead end.

Efficient methods of presentation to customers no longer resonate. I think there is a shift from a logic-driven design mindset to a freewheeling artistic mindset. I have more opportunities to make content and story proposals to clients that cannot be resolved in a single season.

Through client proposals, I learned the power of art and decided to open an art gallery in Los Angeles, a city that has a strong feeling of being in the world. Art does not have to be for everyone. Art needs only one person who understands it. We have moved from the era of mass production and mass consumption of the 20th century to a society of diversity, where everyone has their own individuality and tastes to gain from.

In keeping with this historical background, I myself left my marketing company (Sony Digital Entertainment) and founded Speedy, Inc. as a company specializing in art. In Los Angeles, I make my living from art itself, and in Tokyo, I work as a brand consultant for companies that utilize art.

I am delighted that the pandemic is over and the time has come for people to love art again.

Speedy Gallery will continue to offer fresh and inspiring artwork created by emerging artists.

Archie Fukuda