About:
The Rainbowmonkey represents the personal playground of designer, musician and artist Markus Hofko.

Contact:
info@rainbowmonkey.de

Location:
Born and grown up in Augburg, Germany the Rainbowmonkey is currently living and freelancing in Auckland, New Zealand.

Booking:
The Rainbowmonkey is always keen on fresh and exciting projects. Feel free to get in contact by email or phone (+64) 211 078 054.

Philosophy:
Do it!

Sideprojects:
The curious Paper:
Pie

The main music project:
okyo

The musical monkey:
The Rainbowmonkey

The musical fake:
The Fake

NEWS //////////////////////////

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11.2008
Interstate Artist Longboards
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The nice guys from Inhouse Design organised this Artist-Longboards series and invited me to design one of the decks. They are currently being sold at Webb´s. Great hands-on boards with a nice finish and unique shape.

If you want one check: Interstate.

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08.2008
The birth of a curious paper
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Pie has been launched at this years Semi Permanent in Auckland. We gave away 1500 copies for free and got a nice shot in return:

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07.2008
New Studio
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The Rainbowmonkey moved into the sometimes weird building of the Auckland Sunday School right on Queen Street. Fun!

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04.2008
Yurie Nagashima Prize at UTGP
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Even one step further: My design for the Uniqlo T-Shirt Grand Prix won the silver medal as one of the 8 Judge´s choice prizes. Uniqlo invited me to be part of the final ceremony in Tokyo which was an impressive event. And Tokyo rules, indeed.

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01.2008
The Rainbowmonkey featured in IDN V14#06
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IDN´s latest issue covers design in the music industry. The Rainbowmonkey is featured in the magazine aswell as on the DVD with okyo´s "Monster" video-clip.

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12.2007
The Rainbowmonkey is finalist at the UNIQLO T-Shirt GRANDPRIX08
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The Rainbowmonkey´s design for UNIQLO´s T-Shirt competition has been selected out of 13.206 submissions and is now in the final round with 29 other finalists. The winning announcement will take place in Tokyo in April 08.

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10.2007
The Rainbowmonkey is setting up Laptop Battle New Zealand
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The Laptop Battle is a competitive event for musicians of all genres. It´s a fusion of sound design, composition and stage performance, and a chance for musicians to prove their skills on stage with a handy little computer and some knobs.

The Laptop Battle was invented in Seattle but became quite popular all over the world. Several shows were played in the USA, GERMANY, JAPAN and the UK. Now the time has come for a New Zealand battle.

If you know anyone around Australia/New Zealand who might be keen to be part of the show, please forward the link: www.laptopbattle.co.nz

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08.2007
okyo homepage finally launched
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The Rainbowmonkey´s collaborative music-project with Kir Royal got finally its official homepage.
okyo.de

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07.2007
Hello world again!
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After quite some time The Rainbowmonkey is finally back online. After the move to Auckland, New Zealand there were enough reasons to get this done. So welcome back and enjoy your time in the rainbow.