Linen

Linen's "full-body" design.

Linen is a character design by Osamu Sato. It first appeared during the promotion of LSD: Dream Emulator and has continued to be used in most of Sato's modern-day work, even as the face of the independent label Linen Records.

Meaning

"Linen" (リネン,りねん) has the same pronunciation as the Japanese words "philosophy" (理念) and "reason" (理ねん). One theory is that Linen has come to represent Sato's artistic philosophy.

Appearances

Please note that this list is incomplete.

Albums

• Linen Sampler
• LSD and Remixes
• All Things Must Be Equal (TYO Edition)
• All Things Must Be Equal (BLN Edition)
• Mono
• Objectless (2017)
• All Things Must Be Equal (808 Mono Edition)
• LSD Revamped
• Grateful in All Things
• I Dub You (Single)
• Collected Ambient Grooves 1993-2001
• Done (Single)
• Extra Sunrise/ 808 Ambient Mix (Single)
• Transformed Collection
• Bonus (Single)
• Daimonji Espresso (Single)
• Experimental Demo Tapes

Game(s)

• LSD: Dream Emulator
  • Cover art
  • Cutscenes
  • The Upper texture for the windmill in Monument Park.

Books

• Lovely Sweet Dream
• The 2020 edition of The Art of Computer Designing