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About This Event

Spectrum Tokyo is all about new design trends and digging into broader perspectives in technology and design.

This meetup is where designers (and non-designers) gather to talk randomly about design, share ideas, and casually connect. We feel that the local designers have little chance to speak English and interact with international talents, which is such a loss of opportunity in many ways.

The theme of this Meetup is “Tell us about your latest passion in Design.”
When it comes to business, everything is design—this is one of the guiding principles of Spectrum Tokyo since its inception.

From organizational and service design to UI design that shapes user touchpoints, to branding design that crafts a company’s image—nine passionate speakers will take the stage to share the designs they are currently immersed in.

This event is usually conducted in both Japanese and English to encourage interaction among a diverse group of participants. However, for this session, all lightning talks (LTs) will be in Japanese, so the event will primarily proceed in Japanese. Since there will be attendees who are currently learning Japanese, we hope everyone can support each other and enjoy some language exchange through conversations about design.

* Our next Meetup will be in English only!!

Basic Info

Date: April 22, 2025 (Tue)
Time: 19:00-21:30 (18:45 open)
Place: note place – 2 Bancho Kojimachi Building, 6-6 Kojimachi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 102-0083, Japan (Google Maps)
Closest Station: Yotsuya Station
Language: Both Japanese / English *The presentations will be conducted in Japanese only, but we plan to release archived videos with English subtitles at a later date.
Tickets: 1,000 yen
*Drinks and snacks will be served at the venue

Lightning Talks (5 min each)

Talk Theme

“Tell us about your latest passion in Design.”

Speakers

[JP] Rebranding of the pet IoT brand “miruto”
Art Director
Akihiro Yamaguchi | X

[JP] Service design started with fieldwork at Timee
Timee, Inc. | Design Manager
Kenichi Ota | X

[JP] Exploring the potential of video in service design
Concent, Inc. | Video Producer
Akihide Kanai | X

[JP] From “telling” to “guiding” — Exploring the new role of design
Assured, Inc. | Communication Designer
Soyoko Konda | X

[JP] My key points for evaluating designers in interviews after hiring over 20 in 5 years (Tentative)
Yumemi Inc. | Executive Officer / Playing Director
Shusuke Toda | X

[JP] How to contribute to a business division with a small design team
GMO MakeShop Co., Ltd. | Designer
Yuri Ohashi | X

[JP] Sustaining disconnected real-life communities through design
Tsukulink, Inc. | Product Designer
SUGIRYU | X

[JP] TBA
note, Inc.

Facilitators

三瓶 亮｜Spectrum Tokyo Producer / Design Matters Tokyo ｜Linkedin

Program

Tickets

At this event, we are using the external event platform ‘Tito’ for registration, and credit card payments are processed through ‘Stripe’.

Notes

• The event will be conducted in both English and Japanese. However, the facilitation may place more emphasis on Japanese. Please don’t hesitate to inform our staff if you have any difficulties understanding the content.
• We will open the venue from 18:45. You cannot enter before that time.
• The office is non-smoking.

Call for Speakers

We’re looking for speakers for our upcoming events! Anyone from any industry, job role, or experience level is welcome, as long as your talk is about design and fits the monthly theme. Since we’re a design community in IT, the topic should be somewhat related to technology.
If you’re interested in speaking or want to see the theme for the next event, visit our portal for more details.

• We do not accept if your talk is going to be mainly about recruiting designers or selling your products.

Social Media

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Special Thanks

Thank you note, Inc. for letting us use the venue, and supporting us run the event

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