Fashion brand 45R has been creating its own unique shades of indigo and recipes for denim since 1999. They have expressed their history of over 20 years of challenges through a single scroll painting.

Suzuki Shouten Co., Ltd. is responsible for the development of corporate DX, focusing on system development. We are in charge of creating the logo, corporate website, and original characters. The planning and design are done by Shift Brain, while the implementation and photography are handled by the clients. This project embodies the “collaborative creation” that they value, where two parties work together like a three-legged race.

Interoffice is a place where experts in space design and world-class office furniture sales gather. This time, in addition to the corporate site, we also designed the message card mailed from the president to all employees at the beginning of the year as an internal measure, and the template design of the “policy presentation material” shared throughout the company.

The corporate brand renewal of LayerX, a company that aims to digitize all economic activities.
SHIFTBRAIN collaborated with Park Co., Ltd., which was responsible for concept development and copywriting, and SHIFTBRAIN was in charge of designing and producing the logo, logo animation, corporate website, and various tools.

The Earth & Space Exploration Center (ESEC) at Ritsumeikan University is Japan’s first research organization dedicated to expanding human habitation to the Moon and planets, and to building space exploration infrastructure that will serve as exploration bases ahead of the construction of habitats and living spaces in the future. Shiftbrain was tasked with creating ESEC’s logo, logo motion, website, original type face, stickers, and other tools.
The website was created in collaboration with gaz Inc. using the no-code tool “STUDIO”.

A renewal of the service site for “CREATIVE SURVEY,” an online survey and communication platform operated by Creative Survey Inc. In collaboration with baigie Inc., who was responsible for planning and information architecture, SHIFTBRAIN handled the design, frontend and backend work.

For 40 years since its launch, the magazine “BRUTUS” has been a patchwork compilation of the times, so as to become a textbook for pop culture.
We have worked at renewing the web version of “BRUTUS.jp”, in order to turn the editing power that has been built up in the pages of the magazine so far, into a medium that allows us to experience new things, by making full use of methods of expression that could not be achieved using paper.

The Nihon Keizai Shimbun (Nikkei) serves as the Japan representative office of the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity, which is held every June.
Due to the impact of the COVID-19, 2020’s festival was canceled.
We collaborated in the creation of the “LIONS GOOD NEWS 2020” website, which introduces creative examples from the COVID-19 pandemic in relation to the 10 years of Cannes PR Lions awards.

We revamped Recruit Co.’s corporate website and created a set of design guidelines for the website.
Since its establishment, Recruit has continued to provide new value to the work styles, lifestyles, and ways of life of many. We revamped the design and content of the website with the aim of not only clearly conveying Recruit’s projects and activities, which are updated on a daily basis, but also its fundamental “thoughts” and “passion”.
We also created website design guidelines to accompany Recruit’s evolution, with the goal of creating a website that can be updated while remaining firm to its principles.

Morght Co., Ltd. is known for its “NELL” bedding brand, which delivers a premium sleep experience at an affordable price. As the company entered its second phase, we were tasked with the total branding of the company, including CI and various tools.

A new attempt to combine virtual space and 3DCG models.
We were in charge of the web design and front-end implementation of the “SUPER MODEL ROOM” virtual space for “The Park House,” a new condominium for sale by Mitsubishi Jisho Residence Co. This is a special site for a new attempt, in which Ms. Ai Tominaga, a digital twin (*), gives a room tour in a digitalized space.
*Digital Twin is a service provided by CyberAgent, Inc. to create and manage official 3DCG models of celebrities as their “alter egos” and cast celebrity digital twins.

We renewed the top page and some of the lower pages on the website for Panasonic Design, a design organization of Panasonic Corporation. In addition, we were in charge of the renewal of the website of the organization’s design consulting division, “Future Creation Laboratory.

The Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity is one of the world’s most significant advertising awards, for which Nikkei, Inc. serves as the Japan office. We helped create their LIONS GOOD NEWS 2023 website. We identify communication issues arising from the rapid advancement of digitalization over the past few years and provide hints for solving them.

We renewed the corporate website of 45R, a fashion brand which celebrated its 45th anniversary in 2022. Although its main purpose is to make prospective employees or business partners think, “I want to work at (or with) 45R,” we also aimed to make it a site which could function for the internal communication that raises employee morale during a turning point for a company.

We created a brand site and EC site for 45R, a fashion brand which celebrated its 45th anniversary in 2022. As an EC site obviously it contributes to business, but we also aimed to fully understand the brand identity which has been built up over their long history, and to express this in all its detail.

We created the website and logo for the “JIKORIKAI Program,” a three-month coaching program to live one’s entire life passionately, as well as its operating company, “JIKORIKAI.” We provided total support, from information design as well as working and writing direction in order to convey the characteristics of this service to more people in an easy-to-understand manner to art direction that allows users to clearly understand the content while appealing to their emotions.

We undertook the branding for NEWh Co., Ltd., an innovation design consulting & studio that accompanies the development of new businesses and services of large companies.
We provided the overall art direction by creating the logo, corporate website design, visual assets and design guides for documents, and the website for the company’s design x management magazine “Question & Design.”

SHIFTBRAIN’s 20th-anniversary project. We created an anniversary logo, slogan, special website, showreel, VR office, corporate font, and original merchandise.This is a project for SHIFTBRAIN’s 20th anniversary. We created the anniversary logo and slogan, special website, showreel, VR office, corporate font, and original goods.

We have partnered with Terada Knit Co., Ltd., a textile factory in Yamanashi, to launch our original knitwear brand, “cucumu”. We will be involved in the project’s product development, which encompasses naming, concept copywriting, visual media production, and consultation on the form and fabric selection. We use natural materials and manufacturing methods that minimize waste to make products that are gentle both on the skin and the environment. We also aim to create high-quality, durable, and affordable knitwear.

We created a corporate website for Terada Knitwear, Inc. with whom we developed the “cucumu” knitwear brand. Their passion for creation is reflected in cucumu. And also their solid technology and performance that support this. We strived to create a website where you can experience all of these in one place.

“Towards a Sustainable Society from Benesse” is a website that provides information on the ongoing endeavors of the Benesse Group towards the development of a sustainable society.

We carried out a complete overhaul of the site. We were in charge of concept design, copywriting, art direction, and design, with the aim of creating a site that not only communicates all their endeavors in an easy-to-understand manner, but also allows the visitor to intuitively sense the overall passion in their activities.

We have created a website for the investment fund “AQM²”, whose main service is investing in the stock market and private equity. We were in charge of everything from defining the personality of the brand and the design principles based on it, to CG production, and the design and implementation of the site.

Executed planning, design, and development of the corporate website for Basco, a Fukuoka-based company founded in 1989 that operates five fashion brands. By clarifying the concept and essence of not only the company but also each of the five brands, we aimed to set a cornerstone for the company’s continued development over the coming decades.

Automatic driving has been developed in various countries all over the world in recent years. Among them is TIER IV, Inc., which is garnering attention for its advanced technology and innovative platform. We were in charge of renewing its corporate site and creating two product sites called “Web.Auto” and “Pilot.Auto.”

Largo, Inc., an interior finishing, store design, and design company, launched a new brand’s secondary line, and we were in charge of creating the brand’s naming, logo, and service website.

We were in charge of creating the corporate website for “GEO GROUP”, a company mainly engaged in surveying and infrastructure projects that support our day-to-day lives. At that time, production was under the visionary guidance of TSDO Inc. led by Taku Satoh, who was in charge of the branding department, which included the logo and corporate message.

Established in 1950, Nishiyama Seimen lay the foundation for Sapporo ramen and boasts a track record of doing business with 3,000 ramen restaurants in Japan. We create the corporate website of the German corporation that was established by this company in 2014 to bring genuine ramen to Europe.

Operation Factory, Inc, operates more than 50 restaurants in Japan. We completely remade their corporate website, including reinterpretations of their “Mission” and “Values,” creating a website concept that could endure the sweeping changes in the restaurant industry due to the pandemic.

We built the logo, brand guidelines, and service website for “delico,” a centralized management tool for delivery services by FoodTech Capital, Inc.

When interior design company DRAFT launched a new office furniture brand, we were in charge of the brand name, logo, and website. We designed and animated the brand name, logo, and website to make the brand’s philosophy and products easy to understand and appealing.

We directed the renewal of Holding’s site to express the Fujibo HD innovation spirit which has been passed down since their founding, as well as to express their “now” and “future” as a global company. At the same time we redesigned their company information materials, and created tabloids used for recruitment activities.

LARGO designs spaces for beauty salons, restaurants, and offices. With the renewal of their corporate site, we took the opportunity to renew their logo, business cards, envelopes, files, receipts, company pamphlets, and other tools, as well as the video used on the site.

Misato Town in Shimane Prefecture is a small town with a population of 4600. This is a rebranding project to promote the town to the outside world. The project started with a request to create the world’s best website in order to increase the number of people who are interested in the town, and in addition to the website, we supported various activities such as renewing the business cards of the town office staff, distributing tabloids throughout the town, and holding a photo exhibition.

We created an installation based on the concept of ‘HELLO SYNCHRONICITY’, which is the theme of JAPAN FACTORY@SXSW 2017. Express the boundary between ‘digital and real’ with Kinect, a projector, a contactable screen, and minimal equipment. It was set up as interactive content.

Since 2017, we have supported Denso Corporation in the production of their website and digital signage. We provide creativity that maximizes the company’s brand elements while further expanding its worldview.

We created Study Sapuri’s brand site. We wanted to express the strengths and thoughts of the brand, so the entire team, including the client, worked on its production together.

We were in charge of brand design for PATHFINDER, an R&D team that exists within AOI TYO Holdings. As expressed in the name “PATHFINDER,” we devised a brand image inspired by the image of activities like space exploration, where there is a mission with no known answers.
The logomark took its motif from the mission patch, and the logotype was created using a custom font. Although no specific visuals exist, the logomark, logotype, and coloring express the brand’s worldview, and have expanded to be used on a variety of equipment, including business cards, stickers, letterheads, and websites.

We have renewed the corporate website and recruitment website of MERPAY Corporation. Based on the payment service, MERPAY is expanding its business field to various financial services, which is expressed by the slogan “MERPAY’s money will change the futur” and CG animation.
On the recruitment website, the tone of the visuals and copy is unified, with the slogan “Let’s change Japan’s money together” and visuals of MERPAY staff members to show the real MERPAY today, struggling to change the world.

DRAFT Inc. is an architecture and space design company. They recently teamed up with a general real estate company, Sun Frontier Fudousan Co., Ltd., and we created a service website for their new office building brand “+SHIFT”.

In an effort to change the industrial structure of small business, Branu is developing digital solutions and an industry cloud specialized for the construction industry.
The company has undergone a major business transformation over the past few years, and wanted to refresh its brand. Based on the innovation and vitality that has remained unchanged since the company’s founding, we created the logo, tagline, and original fonts that form the foundation of the company. We collaborated with Paul van Excite, a Dutch lettering designer, for the logo design and Mr. Morita of SONICJAM for the illustrations, and developed business cards, envelopes, paper bags, and the corporate website.

We conducted a rebranding for Welleg, a 95-year-old footwear manufacturer in Kagawa Prefecture. SHIFTBRAIN produced for Welleg its new logo, corporate statement, brand page for E-commerce sites, business cards, cartons, flyers, posters, credo, and corporate website.

The corporate website of Goodpatch Corporation went public in June 2020. We aimed for a unique renewal that was appropriate for the IPO of an unparalleled design company in the world.

We have created the brand website for “FACT FASHION”, a project to create new clothes, based on the truth (FACT) that for various reasons there are people who have, until this point, been unable to enjoy fashion. On this brand website, we also presented a collection born out of the FACTs about a patient with psoriasis, a non-infectious skin disease.

We were in charge of the renewal of the corporate site for REALGATE INC, which develops projects for restoring old real estate.
REALGATE turns old, small and medium-sized real estate that tends to lose its competitive edge and individuality due to deterioration from aging, back into real estate that is highly profitable, by finding the individuality of each building, and providing a workplace with various specifications that fits the working style of recent years. The theme of “being reborn” has become appropriate branding for such a business as REALGATE.

THE GINZA “THE COTTON”, delivers high quality, comfortable moisture.
We were in charge of UX design and arrangement of the store for “THE COTTON” section in Shiseido’s THE GINZA store on the 8th floor of Ginza Mitsukoshi.
This is a new type of cotton that has been achieved through the use of carefully selected raw cotton from all over the world and blended using expert techniques, and through the use of carefully selected materials and manufacturing methods. We designed the entire space to experience the brand story of the product.

We were in charge of the corporate website renewal of RICHKA Inc., which runs a creative agency business that is digitally strong and cloud services such as “RICHKA Cloud Studio,” which boasts a track record of being implemented by more than 2000 companies that are mainly major operating companies and advertising agencies. We took their company name change in 2021 as an opportunity to aim to create a website that conveys once again “what sort of organization” this company is, “what it is thinking,” and “what sort of activities it carries out” both within and outside the company.

Under the slogan “AMAZING IN MOTION,” LEXUS continues to express, “surprises beyond expectations and the excitement that lies ahead”, in a variety of areas beyond the automotive sector. We were in charge of the direction, design, and development of the global website for “BEYOND BY LEXUS,” a magazine for ideas on lifestyle bringing together a wide range of information on travel, architecture, and art, etc., published as part of these activities. Making use of all kinds of arrangements, like parallax and other scrolling transitions, and a presentation that actively incorporate 3D, we created a rich experience that can only be had from a website and cannot be achieved with pages in a magazine.

We rebranded Tokyo Systems Development Inc. We were in charge of the CI, logo, corporate website, workshops, and magazine.What will be the “reliance” of employees

As part of the branding process for Livesense Corporation, we were in charge of creating the corporate site, recruitment site, and company brochure. The corporate site and the recruitment site have different tones, while fostering a relevant brand image.

JAL STEAM SCHOOL is one of the new educational programs of ‘SORAIKU®’ that thinks about the future through the sky, centered around STEAM education conducted by Japan Airlines Co., Ltd. This time, we have created a promotion website to recruit participants for this program. In the website’s background, the model airplane that is actually used in the program is expressed using WebGL. We were aiming to create a website where you can feel the program’s atmosphere even from the website, by scattering in designs and animations that match SCHOOL’s policy and stance.

Good Life Co., Ltd. does all kinds of business project management related to offices such as relocation and design. By focusing appeal on the one point of ‘partnership with customers’, we aimed to clearly differentiate ourselves from other companies in the same industry that claim to have the best design. We have applied this policy to everything, such as CI, website content, and production.

This is a rebranding project for BitStar, a company engaged in creative (influential) production, advertising, and content business. The primary objective is to organize the businesses that have been developed in different tones and manners, and to bring a sense of unity to the way they are perceived by the public. To achieve this, we first formulated a logo and tagline. The logo and tagline are based on the company’s stance of shining a light on all kinds of creators and accelerating their brilliance, and are incorporated into the design, content, and animation.

We were in charge of creating a brand website for “PLAY/UP,” a line of colored contact lenses featuring BTS (Bulletproof Youth Group) members as the image characters. In order to best express the individuality of each of the 14 lenses, we have incorporated a different arrangement for each on the site. We also aimed to create a site that directly expresses the words “PLAY/UP” by making those arrangements move to the rhythm of BTS’s songs.

We were in charge of creating a website for ‘Soup Stock Tokyo’, a store that specializes in soup with the concept of ‘eating soup’. We did ‘website design based on user trends seen from the website analysis’, and ‘Component-oriented design and development”, etc.

We have created a special website and short drama consisting of 6 episodes, that puts the spotlight on people working in the mobile game industry, showing them devoting themselves to game development every day, and aiming to launch as a team. The setting of the drama is the game developer company ‘gloops’, and the members that work there who have various backgrounds and ideas are struggling with passion every day, to make a game that nobody has ever seen before and is ‘one step ahead of the times,’ and a work that leaves its mark on the industry.

Launched in 1965 as a sister brand of Panasonic, the Technics brand of high-end home audio equipment has to this day, garnered numerous fans, and continues to create products that have changed the history of the music industry. In 2015, at IFA, the world’s largest consumer electronics trade show in Germany, Technics marked its 50th anniversary, by delivering a message about the past 50 years of its history and the future to come, whilst at the same time announcing new products. For this event, we helped Technics present its illustrious history spanning 50 years, through a rich web and video experience.

We created the 2021 website for the open campus of the interior design school ICS COLLEGE OF ARTS (below, “ICS”).

We were in charge of producing a special website commemorating the 20th anniversary since the foundation of FOURDIGIT, and an in-house commemorative booklet connected to it. After that, the transcripts and images made here branched out into other various measures such as in setting up electronic billboards for offices, holding events, and producing original goods, etc.

EggForward is the world’s only human resource development company that provides management, business, organizational, and human resource strategy consulting as well as human resource development. For the renewal of their corporate website, we helped them redesign their logo and tagline. We visualized and verbalized the core idea of “creating a starting point for maximizing the potential of people, organizations, and society, and making it ripple outward,” and integrated it into the information design, design, and animation of the corporate site.

Signage to be installed in Toppan Printing’s newly opened exhibition hall was created. This program combines various social issues (Market) and technology (Technology), and shares the direction of solutions that have been considered.

We created the website for the Awwwards Conference Tokyo 2020, which was held in Asia for the first time in January 2020. The site deals with Japanese cultural content such as anime and manga, which we incorporated into the world view to bring across a Japanese feel that has red as its central color.
Furthermore, the website was created in collaboration with Garden Eight, who worked with us as our official partner for the conference.

We renewed “Good Morning Sunshine”, a media site geared towards women launched in 2015 by New Balance Japan . Based on analysis of past access, we completely reviewed the UI/UX, and aimed to create a structure and design that allows users to navigate the site comfortably.

Under the creative direction of monogoto, a design firm based in Portland, OR,USA, we created an LP for the international launch of the new “Kumu” KUUM building blocks. The site is designed to present the product in a simple way, with a scroll-and-slide interface, and visuals that focus on the product, for overseas users.The coloring, shapes, and detailed animations based on the products also express the worldview of the products themselves, which have a high degree of design perfection.

We were in charge of branding and promotion in the digital domain for SHISEIDO”MAQuillAGE”. The renewal of the brand website combines the high quality appearance like that of a top brand, with the convenience of updating through a CMS. We also worked throughout the year creating the “LOOKBOOK”, which is content that offers advice on everything makeup and fashion, creating a new asset for the brand that can be expanded into a variety of areas, such as SNS and advertisements, etc.

We were in charge of branding and various communications for the launch of “Hassyadai Resort”, a service provided by HASSYADAI FACTORY, a DMM Group company. We provided consistent brand building services from the formulation of the communication strategy, various VIs, photography and video materials, copywriting, and website production.

PIXEING is a tool that allows you to catch the little creatures that hide around us and are usually invisible to the naked eye. You can even collect the creatures you catch by connecting them to your iOS device. We planned and designed a device that allows you to experience the feeling of chasing insects when you were a child, even digitally.

We have created the logo, business cards, and corporate website for showdot, which has welcomed a new start, making a success of Japan’s biggest events.

The School of Earth and Environmental Sciences at Rissho University has a particularly niche field of study, and its biggest challenge is that people think it is “unfamiliar” or “uninteresting”. However, “everything in the world is a subject of research,” the professor said with a smile. The trivial events of our daily lives are overlaid with various circumstances, such as the natural environment, social structure, international relations, history, culture, urban structure, and economic conditions. The site design is divided into five parts of the “?” symbol, which always comes to mind when studying, and colors are used to associate the departments. Our goal was to create a website that communicates to students in an easy-to-understand manner the fun of learning, which can be transformed into a different discipline depending on the combination of different parts.

We have renewed the corporate website of Nikken Housing System Corporation, which celebrated its 50th anniversary in 2020, to embody the principle of fluidity and immutability, as in Haiku poetry. Due to COVID-19, there is a renewed interest in the way “housing” ought to be, and as a design company with a long history and high level of expertise, we are looking at what we should and should not change. This project, which lasted about eight months, aimed to express the new Nikken Housing System by taking a hard look at its corporate DNA.

In order to express the company’s commitment to “not only creating buildings but also enriching people’s lives,” we created a visual in which the word “Living” appears as a collection of abstract buildings. By combining organic objects and shadows, we created a sense of air and warmth, and designed the entire website to be a single space.

MasterVisions Inc. provides technology for 360° free-viewpoint video. We were in charge of creating the corporate website and designing the logo, when the company changed to their new name.

Create a site for our brand ‘hair make ONE’ which is a hair salon that has expanded to have many stores, mainly around Kanagawa.
In addition to having the identity of a salon that is close with its customers, which is also expressed in the newly developed concept of our brand ‘ONE ON ONE STYLING’, we have realized a design that makes you feel the elegance and boldness that the brand is aiming for.
In addition, a new recruitment page has been set up. We have tried to provide content that would encourage job seekers, by communicating about the substantial benefits and welfare for employees, and the actual atmosphere for the stylists that work here.

In 2012 and 2016, we created websites to introduce the brand concept and history of Panasonic’s Ramdash men’s shaver, as well as interviews with its developers. Both sites were based on the concept of “expressing DNA using points and lines as a motif. three.js was used to represent the product in 3D, creating a 3D space on the site that floats along with the DNA spirals created in Canvas, We aimed to create a site that can be optimally viewed on smartphones.

We have created a promotion site for the matching app ‘CROSS ME’ that turns passing someone into love. We explain how to use this app through a story beginning from when a man and a woman pass each other in the city, to when they meet. In addition, the concept of this application, ‘passing one another’, has also been incorporated into the production of the website, providing different experiences for each user so if it’s a male part there are vertical transitions, and for female parts, horizontal transitions. Please come and experience the wonderful encounters born out of ‘passing one another’.

We renewed the corporate website of Asobrock, a creative group that addresses issues in all fields through “manufacturing with change and stimulation,” and faces the growth of people.
For asoblock, which is like a company but is not a company, and is like a family but is not a family, we defined “relationships that cannot be defined” as “relationships of drama”. We created a website that clearly expresses the “playing” part that is unique to asoblock, as well as its “sincerity”, by creating visuals of all staff members that made them seem like actors.

We have created an LP for Felissimo’s renewed “500 Colored Pencils”, showing the fun that comes with using 500 colored pencils, with parallax effects and color schemes that change every time you look at them.

We created a website to introduce the new job type called “Technical Creator”, put forward by CyberAgent. This site advocates a new way of working, and is geared towards designers and engineers who are aiming to become technical creators, providing information on the latest technology trends, CyberAgent’s project stories and tips, etc.

We created the global VI and website for the ideathon, “CHACKATHON” organized by Ito En. The global VI visualizes the tea ceremony teaching of “MU” (nothing,emptiness) encompasses everything. Therefore, it is all-powerful”, so that foreign people can understand it. The website was designed to report on the activities of the “Chakkathon” for users in Japan.

Based on the concept of “Thinking about new ways of working and new ways of playing,” the goodLOOPS editorial team was organized to produce a magazine in which gloops would think together with its readers about how “future fun” and “future ways of working” would change. With the goal of mid- to long-term employment branding, the site was used to continuously develop content as a monthly magazine.

We created the 2014 website for the MVA (SPACE SHOWER MUSIC VIDEO AWARDS), Space Shower TV’s annual music video awards.
From the site users can post messages of support for works and artists. The messages submitted will be selected by draw, and engraved into a commemorative objet d’art to be delivered to the artist who receives the award for the popular vote category, “BEST YOUR CHOICE”. The form of the objet d’art grew randomly in response to fan submissions, which can be seen on the top page, and after a period of time, the final shape was cut out from an aluminum ingot using CNC (Computer Numerical Control).

We were involved in the branding of the newly established creative team “MAGIC”, at OBORA Printing Co., Ltd. We were in charge of the VI, the website, and the brand book, starting from the concept of “creating an emotional experience together, that moves the heart”, presented by F-inc, who designed the overall brand. In addition, in order to deliver a more tangible “emotional experience” to users, we planned output ideas that were not restricted by any medium, and created mock-ups that were close to the actual product.