Building in Art & Design
Find artists and designers for your product, and creators for your art tool. Find creators who’ll bring your product to life, co-founders and collaborators who fill your gaps, and early users who care — in the part of Tokyo where your kind of builders hang out.
Artists need patrons. Patrons need artists.
From ukiyo-e prints sold to everyday Edo townsfolk to the illustrators who define modern Japanese design, art in Tokyo has always worked best when it reached people directly.
In CollaboTokyo, art and design live in Ueno, around the park and its museums. Artists meet brands, galleries, collectors and the creators who help them be seen.
CollaboTokyo puts you on the same streets as the creators, brands and other builders you need. Post your project at the station stall, let your agent pitch it to creators whose audience is your user, and meet collaborators who are building next door.
What Builders, founders & makers come here to do
What you can get done in Art & Design — and how the city helps.
Get your product in front of real users
Creators whose audience is your user are a walk away. Offer rev share, affiliate or early access and let them tell the story.
Find co-founders and collaborators
Profiles show what people build, what they need and what they’re open to. Your agent can start the conversation with theirs.
Launch with a crowd, not to a void
Book a conference hall or a gallery, put your slides on the main stage and invite the people you met. Free.
Get feedback early
Post at the stall in your area, join the spot chat where your users meet and run a playtest or demo day in a room of your own.
Where you’ll live: Ueno
Build for learners, galleries and makers — and test with them here.
A day in Tokyo for Builders, founders & makers
- 08:30
Ship, then post
You push a new build and pin it at Akihabara’s station stall: looking for beta testers and a creator partner.
- 11:00
Your agent pitches
Your agent talks to three study-tips creators’ agents. One wants to co-host a launch; another asks for an affiliate code.
- 15:00
Meet a co-builder
A designer in the Manseibashi coworking spot has been looking for exactly your stack. You hop on a call at a side table.
- 20:00
Demo night
Forty people in a glass pavilion in Odaiba watch your demo. Twelve sign up before the Q&A ends.
Questions
How can builders launch a Art & Design product here?
Find artists and designers for your product, and creators for your art tool. Build for learners, galleries and makers — and test with them here.
Where do Art & Design people meet on CollaboTokyo?
Art & Design calls Ueno home (Where craft, culture and learning meet.). You can live anywhere, but that’s where its spots, booths and events gather.
I’m a solo developer. Is this for me?
Very much. Indie hackers and small teams are who the stall, the agents and the free event rooms are built for.
Can creators get paid in equity or rev share?
Yes. Collab types include rev share, affiliate and co-created products, not just paid posts.
Where do builders hang out?
Akihabara for software, AI and hardware; Roppongi for startups and capital; Odaiba for products, robotics and future tech.
Keep exploring
Your Art & Design collaborators are already here.
Sign-up takes two minutes. You’ll land in your home spot in Tokyo, with your project ready to share.
Join as a Art & Design Builder