We are proud to announce “Spectrum Tokyo Design Fest 2023“, a design festival happening December 2, 3 in Tokyo. This event will be held in person, with no live stream.

About the conference

Spectrum Tokyo Design Fest is a two-day design festival by Spectrum Tokyo, a design community broadening the perspectives in digital design.

Various presentations and workshops related to design will be held on multiple tracks, and there will be an open space for mingling with booths, snacks and drinks (details may change due to pandemic situations). Participants can meet, discuss and connect with design practitioners regardless of field, occupation, or nationality.

As the name suggests, Spectrum Tokyo Design Fest is a festival of design, and we want to make it a casual but fruitful event where everyone can meet new people, perspectives, and ideas; Break out of their own shells and find new motivations for design.

Most content by local speakers will be in Japanese, but we will provide English to Japanese / Japanese to English translations.

The Venue

The conference will be held at an open space at DMM.com‘s Office in Roppongi, Tokyo. The photos you are seeing now are from last year’s event, at the same venue.

Their office has a great open space which matches the image we have for Spectrum Tokyo Design Fest. We hope to make this space comfortable for many discussions to spur and spark, making an extraordinary experience for all.

The Theme

“Diversity and Possibilities of Design”

The term “design” has become so broad and expansive that it’s hard to know what’s being discussed when used alone. Nowadays, design methods and areas of design are diverse, and design is expanding from its narrow industry into a wider world.

There may be many people who think that design is spreading too much and becoming unmanageable. However, we feel that this expansion is the value and potential of design. We believe that design is not only for designers but for all creative kinds. We want to be excited about the fact that design is becoming more and more mainstream and important, and that’s what this festival is all about.

We, at Spectrum Tokyo believe that there are as many ways of design as there are people. The same goes for this festival, as we will have many speakers and participants from various areas talking about their diverse perspectives and possibilities in design.

Want to Give a Talk / Workshop?

We are looking for some speakers that will be interested in giving talks based on our theme above.

If you’re interested, please check the page below for further details.

Speaker Application Deadline: July 31, Mon. 10:00 JST

Want to Sponsor?

We are also looking for sponsors that will help us carry out the event.

Spectrum Tokyo is a design community that aims to bridge Japan and the world. Although we have just launched, we are already gaining large attention from many local design practitioners because of our unique stance of being broad, inclusive and universal. We have many talents that are interested in going global as well.

If you want to gain presence in Japanese design, tech, and business scene, maybe we can help.

Please send a request for our sponsor deck below.

*Some menus are limited in numbers, so please consider soon.

Request Deadline: July 12, Wed. 18:00 JST

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We look forward to seeing you in December.

Ryo Sampei
Producer of Spectrum Tokyo