This year's event was held at LIFORK Harajuku, just like in previous years!
LIFORK Harajuku is just a few minutes' walk from Harajuku station. Located on the 3rd floor of WITH HARAJUKU, it's the perfect rental space for a creative festival.
Daytime Session | DAY SUMMIT ~The forefront of digital creativity in 2025~
The event started at 14:00 PM with the venue almost completely full!
The daytime session began with opening remarks from Mr. Manabe (Shiftbrain).
Shiftbrain CEO Kato positioned this event, the sixth in the iDID series, as "the most serious event yet," and addressed the participants, saying, "I hope you will use this as a hint for your future creative activities."
14:10 - From mount: Introduction to the production process of KOKUYO and Daimaru
Right: Daimaru Team - Hidekazu Hayashi (Art Director) / Kenji Okabe (Technical Director)
Mount reflected on the process of how they came to represent Daimaru Matsuzakaya Department Store's visual identity "Hyakuyozu" and Kokuyo Co., Ltd.'s "Pop-Up Picture Books" on their website, describing how "the more I worked, the more I felt the distance between the goal and where I was, and it was painful," illustrating his emotional curve at the time. Explaining the difficulties of the production process with an emotional curve is truly impressive, Mount.
The website for "Hyakuyōzu" by Daimaru Matsuzakaya Department Store
KOKUYO Co., Ltd. website
【mount inc.】
https://mount.jp/
15:00 - From Melt Interface: Behind the scenes of the production of their first product, "Melt Mouse"
Right: Ryohei Kamada (Design Director/Designer, Paraph)
How did the unprecedented "Melt Mouse" come into being? Sakoda explained that human interface devices (HIDs) greatly influence the quality of human experience, and that the idea of "making people's daily lives happier by improving the quality of their experience" is at the root of the product's conception.
【Melt Mouse】
https://www.melt-interface.com/melt-mouse
[Diver-X Co., Ltd.]
https://diver-x.jp/
15:25 - FunTech presents ANRI and Neu's production process.
Center: Junpei Horino (Designer)
Right: Yoshitaka Ota (CEO / Creative Director)
This article introduces two projects: ANRI's corporate website, which was built from scratch, and Neu's website, which was developed using no-code. Surprisingly, Neu's website was developed using no-code by designer Horino. The goal was to take on a challenge that only a designer could undertake, and as a result, they succeeded in brilliantly expressing the client's characteristic "eccentricity" in the web design. In particular, the story of how they built the implementation by trial and error using Framer was a truly "eccentric" level of dedication, and it was a behind-the-scenes story that strongly demonstrated the potential of no-code development.
[FunTech Inc.]
https://www.funtech.inc/ja
16:05 - From the Studio: The Cutting Edge of Web Production Using AI
CEO Yoshioka unveiled "Studio.Assistant," a new feature for web creators. It allows for the intuitive creation of client work-related documents such as interview sheets and wireframes. The demonstration of the "Magic Rewrite" feature elicited gasps of amazement from the audience. While I sensed that the industry will continue to change significantly, I felt that the company hoped that innovative services would be utilized not as threats but as partners, allowing creators to focus more on their creative activities.
[Studio, Inc.]
https://studio.design/ja
16:30 - Introduction to CREATIVE CLASS
Graduates Sugawara and Iwasawa, who recently completed the online school "CREATIVE CLASS," shared their real-life experiences with instructor Utsunomiya and Nakamura from Wav Design. While their reasons for taking the course varied, they all seemed to share the commonality of having some kind of challenge they were facing.
[CREATIVE CLASS supported by iDID]
https://creative-class.site/
16:55 - "Websites of Interest" Year-End Roundup
We looked back at "websites that were talked about this year" from January to October and asked people to talk about the sites that caught their attention. Every month, iDID Media picks out and introduces websites that were published the previous month. Websites that were talked about included "Nagoya Tachibana High School Marching Band" in January and "Japanese Flash Web Design Archives" in March. Overall, the trend for 2025 was that "the feelings of the production team towards the client are important" and that "the line between traditional websites and no-code websites is blurring."
Evening Session | NIGHT FLEA MARKET 19:00 – 22:00
The setup for the stall is complete, and we toast with beer provided by Studio,Inc.!
The venue opens at 19:00 and it's incredibly crowded.
Let us introduce our vendors!
01. PARK® | Craft Hiking Food
We'll introduce delicious hiking foods that will make your mountain climbing even more enjoyable, complete with tasting samples!
02. iDID・Rarezon・Studio, Inc. | Food & Drink
Amenities and brochures from past events, plus an introduction to the latest cat litter box!
03. Melt Interface | Exhibition
There was a booth where you could try out the Melt Mouse, which was also introduced during the daytime session. Seeing and touching it up close allowed me to experience its beautiful visuals and the pleasant vibration.
04. Studio, Inc. | Original Goods
We sell posters and creative books created using AI.
05. SHIFTBRAIN | Original Goods
T-shirts and card games designed by SHIFTBRAIN's designers were on sale.
06. CINRA | Artworks, miscellaneous goods, etc.
The shop features stickers and artwork created by their in-house designers, cherished figurines, and even a raccoon dog skull!
07. Wab Design | Sneakers, accessories, and more
The penguin that stood out the most was successfully adopted. (Perhaps it was the first penguin to be adopted?)
08. UNIEL | Sneakers, accessories, and more
UNIEL, which has an office and cafe in Inokashira Park, sells stickers (which are also sold at the cafe), as well as stylish caps, socks, and other items.
09. Tom Ishikawa and His Merry Friends | Entertainment
People, landscapes, dogs, cats... I'm sharing the moments I captured through the lens, together with my supporters, Marugao and Akito.
10. Muraken | Apparel & General Merchandise
Postcards, stickers, and more featuring Double Quotation Girl (#DQGirl). Cute girls who look like they could be invincible.
11. ium | General Goods
They were selling "favorite element merchandise" that was selling at an incredible speed, as well as illustrations and goods by Ie, who made a guest appearance.
12. NSSG | Sample books, calendars
Merchandise from "Mainichi Record," a project that features drawings of records that the artist carries with them every day. Apparently, the bear and cat don't have names yet.
13. Kiiroi Store by banana | Original Goods
These banana-themed goods from banana-san are so yellow! There are other yellow fruits, but this particular shade of yellow is unique to bananas.
14. UNITBASE | General Goods
The event showcased hand creams and room shoes made with natural essential oils, created with the creator's moment of relaxation in mind. A room spray still in the prototype stage before release was also featured.
Finally
Thank you so much to everyone who participated and to all the speakers! I feel that it was especially meaningful for creators to gather and share this time together in these rapidly changing times.
I'm sure that new advancements will have occurred at the event a year from now. I hope that the lessons learned at this event will contribute to the growth of each and every one of you, and that the connections forged from meeting people will continue to expand.
This concludes our summary report, but we plan to publish a more in-depth article about this event in January 2026. In that article, we will provide a more detailed and creative perspective on the talks and exhibits. Please look forward to it!
Wishing everyone a Happy New Year!
