&design

Name

&design

Website

https://anddesign.jp

Company type

Private

Founded year

2007

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

&design is a Tokyo-based private creative agency founded in 2007 that offers consulting, brand, and product design services. It operates with a small team of 1-10 employees and serves clients via its Japanese-language website.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Tokyo

HQ country

Japan

HQ region

Asia

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales

Core offering

&design is a Tokyo-based creative agency that delivers consulting, brand, and product design services to clients. The firm combines strategic consulting with brand identity work and product design as an integrated service offering for organizations seeking design-led support.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Consulting Services Consulting services offered by &design as part of its creative agency practice. Specific client use cases and deliverables are not described in the available source material.
• Brand Design Services Brand design services delivered by &design as part of its creative agency practice. Specific deliverables, brand identity outputs, or client examples are not described in the available source material.
• Product Design Services Product design services delivered by &design as part of its creative agency practice. Specific product categories, deliverables, or client examples are not described in the available source material.

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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Core technology

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App detail

Broad incumbents

• frog (Capgemini Engineering): Global design and engineering firm offering brand, product, and experience design. Comparable to &design across the consulting + brand + product design stack, but operating at much greater scale post-Capgemini acquisition.
• Dentsu: Global advertising and marketing services group headquartered in Tokyo, with extensive brand, creative, and design capabilities. Comparable to &design as a Japan-headquartered competitor across brand and creative services, operating at significantly larger scale.
• IDEO: Global design and innovation consultancy offering strategy, branding, and product design. Comparable to &design in the multi-disciplinary consulting-plus-product-design stack, though materially larger and serving broader enterprise clients.
• Hakuhodo: One of Japan's largest advertising and creative agencies, offering integrated branding, marketing, and design services. Comparable to &design as a Japan-based competitor for brand and product design engagements, though at vastly greater scale and breadth.

Direct peers

• Pentagram: Independent design agency structured as a partnership of principals delivering branding, product, and graphic design. Comparable to &design in operating model (small, principal-led) and overlapping brand/product service mix.
• Nendo: Tokyo-headquartered multi-disciplinary design studio offering product, brand, and spatial/interior design. Closely comparable to &design on geography, multi-disciplinary scope (consulting through product), and boutique studio positioning.
• Interbrand: Global brand consultancy offering brand strategy, identity design, and brand experience work. Comparable to &design on the brand/identity side of its multi-disciplinary offering, though at substantially larger scale.
• Landor & Fitch: Global branding and design consultancy offering brand strategy, identity, and product/packaging design. Comparable to &design specifically on the brand design component of its service mix.
• Takram: Japan-based design and innovation firm working at the intersection of branding, product design, and design strategy. Comparable to &design as a Tokyo-rooted boutique offering consulting + brand + product design services.
• Whatever Co. Tokyo creative studio that produces brand identity, product, and graphic design work. Comparable to &design on Japanese boutique positioning and overlap across brand and product design deliverables.

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Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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Investments

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