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『This Space Is Intentionally Left Blank to Breathe』

Shaping tomorrow’s diverse cultures.

Art Direction
Web Development
Engagement & Strategies

We strike the balance of:

Form
Content
Design
Client
Preservation
Archival
Marketing
Branding
Emotion
Logic
Mediation
Facilitation

We transform ideas into compelling visuals and experiences. Rooted in graphic design, typography, and web development, we champion content, craft, and purposefulness through strategic activations and narrative development.

We always say

  • Extract everything from a client by listening.
  • Pay close attention to nuances & subtleties.
  • Make something that makes clients feel a little uncomfortable.
  • Challenge clients' briefs and expand parameters as much as possible.
  • Always tackle a project as if this is our last one, we never know when the music stops.
  • Anywhere can be a workspace.
  • An ideal project is a state of mind.
  • You and I share more similarities than differences.

What We Do

Technical Skills

Image-making

Typesetting

Custom Typeface

Lettering

Motion Graphics

Book & Poster Design

Web Design & Development

Conceptual Skills

Brand Narrative + Structure

Identity: Research + Development

Collaborative Thinking with Curators, Writers & Editors

Co-Founders

Karen Nakada — LinkedIn

Masato Nakada — LinkedIn

Office Location

【Los Angeles】

10761 Northgate Street

California 90230

USA

Previous Cities We Worked In

【Tokyo】

3-10-12 Kichijoji Higashi-Machi, Musashino-city

180-0002

Japan

【Zurich】

Tischenloostrasse 19

8800 Thalwil

Switzerland

Clients

Government Agencies

Los Angeles Mayor's Office

NASA Ames Research Center

Education & Cultural Institutions

Armenian Image Archive

Art Center College of Design

CJA Creative Collaborations

CalArts/Redcat

Carlthorp School

Color Factory

Historic Resources Group

J Paul Getty

LACMA

Laurence School

Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago

Machine Projects

Museum of Contemporary Art SD

Orange County Museum of Art

Otis College of Art & Design

Sage Hill School

SoCal Museums

Sundance Film Festival

UCLA The Promise Institute

Whitney Museum

Windward School

Woodbury School of Architecture

Zurich International School

Studios & Agencies

72&Sunny

Amplify

Jack Morton

Polymode

Roger

TBWA\Chiat\Day

WK Tokyo

enso

Corporations

Apple

Google

Just Energy Japan

Mattel

Nike

Patreon

Youtube

Startups

Coinbase

Intrinsic

Ritual

SportsLex

Activities

Workshop CalArts GD Winter Practicum, 2026 Faculty UCLA Design Media Arts, Present Faculty Otis College of Art & Design, Present Workshop College of the Canyons, 2025 Workshop &
Lecture
RISD Graphic Design Spring Visiting Designer, 2025 Workshop USC MFA Graphic Design, 2024 Practicum CalArts MFA Graphic Design, 2024 Lecture CalArts Graphic Design Program, 2023 Lecture University of Southampton, 2022 Panelist Google VISD Summit, 2022 Award Society of Typographic Arts (STA) 100 Winner, 2022 Mention Brand Identity, 2022 Panelist Museum Next: Growing Audiences Summit, 2022 Mention It's Nice That, 2022 Award STA 100 Winner, 2021 Panelist San Diego Design Week, 2021 Workshop Southland Institute, 2020 Award STA 100 Winner, 2020 Mention Slanted #35-LA, 2020 Award TDC 66 Certificate of Typographic Excellence, 2020 Faculty CalArts Graphic Design Program, 2019, 2017 Award STA 100 Judge's Choice, 2019 Mention Communication Arts, 2019 Acquisition LACMA Collection, 2018 Mention AIGA Eye On Design, 2018 Mention Commarts, 2018 Attendance I Never Read Art Basel Book Fair, 2018 Mention IDEA Magazine No. 368, 2015 Mention It's Nice That, 2015 Interview VCFA Perpetual Beta, 2015 Lecture Temple University Japan, 2015

An Independent Design Studio Since 2014

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