INDEX offers a more dimensional view of the design landscape across Asia by introducing design studios and companies that demonstrate clear design philosophies and notable achievements. Spanning graphic design, branding, spatial design, product, digital, and motion, INDEX focuses on emerging practices and looks beyond portfolios to examine how they work, where their ideas come from, and what they stand for. Rather than cataloguing projects, INDEX documents the design language and attitudes shaped by local identity, industry, and cultural environments across Asia.

Japan

Studio: TAKT PROJECT

URL: https://taktproject.com/

Profile: TAKT PROJECT is a Tokyo based design studio founded in 2013 and led by principal designer Satoshi Yoshiizumi. Describing itself as a design think and do tank, the studio combines independent research with collaborative projects for companies, research institutions, educational organizations, and public bodies. Its work moves across products, materials, exhibitions, spaces, graphics, and technological experiments without being confined to a single discipline. Ideas developed through self initiated research are tested, refined, and brought into social and industrial contexts through collaboration. By moving continuously between speculation and realization, TAKT PROJECT uses design to propose new concepts that may eventually influence broader culture.

Singapore

Studio: Trigger Design

URL: https://www.triggerdesignstudio.com/

Profile: Trigger Design is a Singapore based product and experience design consultancy founded in 2015 by Chan Wai Lim. The studio works across technology, consumer products, furniture, lifestyle objects, cultural projects, and identity, translating complex technical and business conditions into clear and engaging solutions. Research, craftsmanship, storytelling, and emotional connection are central to its approach. Rather than pursuing novelty for its own sake, Trigger Design develops products that improve everyday experiences while supporting sustainable business and brand growth. Its multidisciplinary team combines industrial design, product development, and experience design to create solutions that are practical, memorable, and capable of generating positive social impact.

India

Studio: Studio Carbon

URL: https://www.studiocarbon.com/

Profile: Studio Carbon is a Gandhinagar based multidisciplinary design company founded in 2018 by a group of designers from the National Institute of Design. Working across industrial design, engineering, digital products, communication, research, and systems design, the studio helps organizations transform complex technologies and ideas into tangible experiences. Its projects engage with fields including deep technology, robotics, healthcare, consumer innovation, and public systems. Rather than treating design as a final layer applied to a completed product, Studio Carbon integrates it throughout the development process. By combining technological understanding, systems thinking, storytelling, and careful execution, the studio creates products and experiences designed to make emerging possibilities understandable and relevant to everyday life.