Project Inquiry
You want to make a poster, take good photographs, design a logo.Tell us what you have in mind, and we will shape it together.We would especially like departments and offices without communications resources of their own to make use of us.
What UTokyo Brand Studio Can Do
From posters and websites to video and logos, we take on a wide range of communications and branding work.Beyond production, we also provide official visual assets and run workshops.
Social Media
From planning to posting, we support your social media presence.
Interviews & Writing
We interview people and initiatives across the University and turn them into articles.
Events
We help plan and run events.
The Value We Provide
01
Students, faculty, and outside professionals, working together
We connect faculty and students inside the University with a network of specialists outside it, working as one team from consultation through production. For each project we bring together the expertise it needs and see it through from planning to completion.
02
Shaped with the University's direction in mind
We take on consultation and production with the University of Tokyo's Visual Identity (VI) guidelines in mind as well.
Process
Whatever your starting point, that's fine — whether you already have something in mind or don't know where to begin, just tell us. Production, for example, tends to go like this.
01
Inquiry
We start by hearing your goals and situation in detail.
02
Planning
We organise what you need and propose an approach, a schedule, and costs. Production starts after you confirm.
03
Production
Design, shooting, development. We share progress along the way.
04
Review
You review the result, and we adjust until it's ready.
FAQ
Yes. It's completely fine if you don't yet know what to make, or where to start. We'll hear what you're aiming for and any concerns you have, and think through the approach together.
Consultations are open to UTokyo faculty and staff, and to student organizations.
Our production work is, as a rule, chargeable. A price list is available on the internal UTokyo Portal (Benricho). Tell us your budget and we will propose an approach that fits within it — feel free to ask for a rough estimate first.
As UTokyo Brand Studio is an internal University unit, we mainly take on projects connected to the University of Tokyo. We generally do not accept external commissions, but depending on what you have in mind there may be room to talk — please get in touch first.
Feel free to get in touch
Or reach us by email: brandstudio.adm@gs.mail.u-tokyo.ac.jp
- During busy periods it may take some time before we can take on your request, and depending on the content we may not be able to take it on at all.
- Looking for logo or photo data? See Brand Assets.
- Students who want to join the studio: see Join the team.