Business Profile and Business Units

DESIGN IT!, LLC (herein after DESIGN IT!) aims to support corporate and organizational reform and innovation in products and services by integrating design and IT. DESIGN IT! is comprised of the following business units.

• UX Media Business Unit
  (Editorial Division for DESIGN IT! magazine and Website, DESIGN IT! Event Management Division, etc.)
  
  By infusing design- and IT-related expertise and know-how into companies and organizations, we aim to foster innovation in products and services. Improving user experience holds an important key for successful reform and brings innovation to companies and organizations.
• IT Start-Up Media Business Unit
  (Editorial Division of TechCrunch Japan, Teclosion Office, etc.)
  
  By managing the Japanese version of the largest U.S. technology blog media "TechCrunch," we introduce IT business trends, start-up company profiles, and investor trends. We also plan and run events that aim to support start-up companies from Japan and Asia as well as provide a forum of exchange for them.
• Start-Up Support Business Unit
  
  We provide technology start-ups with various supports for establishment and growth, management, globalization and culturisation of technology and services, and ways for improving UI and UX. We also take part in the cultivation and matching of engineers and designers as well as provide solution support for design and technology-related problems.

Business Outline

• Web Media Site Planning and Operations
  
  • DESIGN IT! Website
  • TechCrunch Japan
  • Teclosion Website
  • Tokyo-camp Website
• Event Planning and Operations
  
  • DESIGN IT! Conference / Forum
  • Teclosion Conference
  • Tokyo-camp
• Magazine Planning and Production
  
  • DESIGN IT! Magazine
• Book Planning, Translation and Production
  
  • DESIGN IT! BOOK
  • Assorted works
• Investigative Research of IT Companies and information

Company Details

• English Name: DESIGN IT!, LLC.
• Date of Establishment: June, 2008
• Japan Office Address
  Ichigaya Green Plaza 032 3-4-2 Ichigayasadohara-cho, Shinjuku-ku,
  Tokyo 162-0842 JAPAN
  TEL +81-3-5206-6787
  FAX +81-5206-6823