Rei Inamoto Is Starting His Own Business 2 Weeks After Leaving AKQA

Partnering again with Rem Reynolds

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Less than two weeks after former AKQA worldwide chief creative officer Rei Inamoto and New York general manager Rem Reynolds parted ways with the agency, the two announced they're getting back into business together.

While Reynolds and Inamoto only decided to team up recently, Inamoto said he's been mulling the idea of opening his own shop for quite some time—especially after noticing how technology has pushed the industry to change over the last 10 years. 

As soon as news broke that Inamoto was leaving AKQA after 11 years, he teased to the new shop on Twitter.

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