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BRAND & MOTION STUDIO — KŌENJI, TOKYO

We build identities, films and websites for brands that come alive at night, and want to stay lit by day.

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35°42′N 139°38′E

Tokyo --:--

OPEN 18:00 — LATE

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12 years after dark140 signs lit9 design awards38 clients in TokyoOpen 18:00 — lateKōenji Design Week · Best Sign 2025

看板

Every alley in Tokyo is a stack of vertical signs, each one promising something different. Ours too. Hover a sign to switch it on.

Every alley in Tokyo is a stack of vertical signs, each one promising something different. Ours too. Tap a sign to switch it on.

Positioning, naming and the story you tell before anyone sees a logo.

Brand platform
Naming
Audience workshops
Launch roadmap

Explore strategy

Marks, type and colour systems that read at 2 a.m. across a wet street.

Logo & wordmark
Type system
Signage
Brand guidelines

Explore identity

Title sequences, product films and loops that move like a city at night.

Brand films
Logo animation
Social loops
3D & compositing

Explore motion

Websites and launches built in Framer, fast to edit long after we hand over the keys.

Websites
Campaign pages
Interactive pieces
Design systems

Explore digital

Shopfronts, pop-ups and wayfinding: the brand you can walk into.

Retail & pop-ups
Wayfinding
Light installations
Event identity

Explore spatial

Positioning, naming and the story you tell before anyone sees a logo.

Brand platform
Naming
Audience workshops
Launch roadmap

Explore strategy

Marks, type and colour systems that read at 2 a.m. across a wet street.

Logo & wordmark
Type system
Signage
Brand guidelines

Explore identity

Title sequences, product films and loops that move like a city at night.

Brand films
Logo animation
Social loops
3D & compositing

Explore motion

Websites and launches built in Framer, fast to edit long after we hand over the keys.

Websites
Campaign pages
Interactive pieces
Design systems

Explore digital

Shopfronts, pop-ups and wayfinding: the brand you can walk into.

Retail & pop-ups
Wayfinding
Light installations
Event identity

Explore spatial

Positioning, naming and the story you tell before anyone sees a logo.

Brand platform
Naming
Audience workshops
Launch roadmap

Explore strategy

Marks, type and colour systems that read at 2 a.m. across a wet street.

Logo & wordmark
Type system
Signage
Brand guidelines

Explore identity

Title sequences, product films and loops that move like a city at night.

Brand films
Logo animation
Social loops
3D & compositing

Explore motion

Websites and launches built in Framer, fast to edit long after we hand over the keys.

Websites
Campaign pages
Interactive pieces
Design systems

Explore digital

Shopfronts, pop-ups and wayfinding: the brand you can walk into.

Retail & pop-ups
Wayfinding
Light installations
Event identity

Explore spatial

Positioning, naming and the story you tell before anyone sees a logo.

Brand platform
Naming
Audience workshops
Launch roadmap

Explore strategy

Marks, type and colour systems that read at 2 a.m. across a wet street.

Logo & wordmark
Type system
Signage
Brand guidelines

Explore identity

Title sequences, product films and loops that move like a city at night.

Brand films
Logo animation
Social loops
3D & compositing

Explore motion

Websites and launches built in Framer, fast to edit long after we hand over the keys.

Websites
Campaign pages
Interactive pieces
Design systems

Explore digital

Shopfronts, pop-ups and wayfinding: the brand you can walk into.

Retail & pop-ups
Wayfinding
Light installations
Event identity

Explore spatial

作品

Five storefronts, five clients. Walk past them one by one.

Five storefronts, five clients. Swipe to walk past them.

Kuro Coffee

No.01

CLIENT

Kuro Coffee, Shimokitazawa

WORK

Identity, signage

YEAR

2026

Raijin Records

No.02

CLIENT

Raijin Records

WORK

Album campaign, motion

YEAR

2025

Hoshi Cycle

No.03

CLIENT

Hoshi Cycle Works

WORK

Brand, website

YEAR

2025

Tsuki Hotel

No.04

CLIENT

Tsuki Hotel, Asakusa

WORK

Wayfinding, spatial

YEAR

2024

Kaze Footwear

No.05

CLIENT

Kaze Footwear

WORK

Campaign film

YEAR

2024

次

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声

Three clients, three signs still switched on. Here is what they say about working late with us.

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黒

People find the shop by the sign now. That was the whole brief, and AKARI got it in one walk down the street.

Haruka Mori

Owner, Kuro Coffee

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雷

Twelve loops, one storm. Our anniversary looked like it had always been planned that way.

Daichi Sato

Label manager, Raijin Records

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月

Guests arriving at 1 a.m. stopped calling the front desk. Quiet signs, clear paths, no fuss.

Emi Kobayashi

General manager, Tsuki Hotel