does takashi murakami know about the connection between takashi murakami and payless?

Payless Shoe Source advertising poster, detail 1Artist, Takashi Murakami 'posterizing' his signature eyeball in Superflat,a show in 2001 that Murakami curated and exhibitedPayless, Evolution of a Logo, (my title, not theirs), detail 2Takashi Murakami, Jellyfish Eyes - Black 4, Offset Lithograph, edition of 300[image from Blind Angle]I don't know about you, but I see a clear similarity between