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A small global gathering for designers, founders, and builders. Tokyo · Feb 2026
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📣 We're giving away one in-person pass to TDF ($799 value)!! To enter: - Follow @forum_tokyo - RT this tweet - Tag someone who should be there One random winner announced on Nov 20th! Join us. Feb 16-18, Tokyo. https://t.co/As1NMKKSLZ
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Tag someone who taught you something about design without realizing it. <3
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This February in Tokyo, we've already got designers and builders coming from: SF, NY, Tokyo, Singapore, Hong Kong, Denmark, Austria, Nigeria, and more! If you've been thinking about it, now's the time!
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Where human creativity meets intelligent systems. Tokyo. February 2026.
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Brian Lovin (@brian_lovin) will be speaking at TDF! Product Designer at Notion. Founded Campsite. Hosted Design Details podcast. Previously GitHub, Facebook. One of the most thoughtful voices in product design. Feb 16-18, Tokyo. https://t.co/As1NMKKSLZ
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Google homepage vs Yahoo Japan homepage. One hides everything but search. The other packs every possible action into view. Both solve for clarity. Neither is wrong. That's the tension we're exploring in Tokyo. Feb 16-18. 50 seats, going fast. https://t.co/As1NMKKkWr
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Tag the friend you’re convincing to take you to Tokyo for a design + product conference this February 👀🇯🇵 https://t.co/As1NMKKkWr
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Where human creativity meets intelligent systems. Tokyo. February 2026.
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What's the last design decision you made that felt more like craft than process? (Asking because this is what TDF is about—getting back to that feeling)
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Rogie King (@rogie) joins TDF for a panel! Product Designer at Figma. An OG in the scene. Design educator. Artist, design engineer, and tool builder. Feb 16-18, Tokyo. 50 spots. Seats are filling quickly! https://t.co/As1NMKKSLZ
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Most designers are tool users. A few are tool builders. @darasoba builds tools used by 50K+ designers—using LLMs to create the infrastructure that makes design scale. Designing from Nigeria for a global community. Feb 16-18. Tokyo. https://t.co/As1NMKKSLZ
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https://t.co/XsRcAw6y4t samples your avatar color to create custom gradients in the nav. Most users won't notice consciously. But it makes the app feel uniquely yours. A beautiful detail by TDF speaker, @kurtvarner. Craft is caring about details people won't see.
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Figma Sites launched with inaccessible code. Designers pushed back immediately. The problem: AI generates fast but can't understand consequence. Speed vs standards. Automation vs craft. Feb 16-18. Tokyo.
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Where human creativity meets intelligent systems. Tokyo. February 2026.
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Most designers are panicking about AI. "Will it replace us?" "How do I even start?" @maheen_sohail leads design for Meta's Generative AI (LLAMA). Built Facebook Horizon, Spaces. Now teaches designers how to actually build with AI. Feb 16-18. Tokyo. https://t.co/As1NMKKSLZ
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Designing for Seoul is different than designing for Manila. Different than Hong Kong. Different than Tokyo. Clara Aparisi lives between Tokyo and HK, running research across APAC markets—understanding what works where and why. Feb 16-18. https://t.co/As1NMKKkWr
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Interested in supporting TDF? We're looking for sponsors who align with the future we're building—designers, builders, and tools shaping what's next. DM or email hello [at] tokyodesignforum com More info: https://t.co/belhW0hJnB
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Co-founder & CEO of Contra—building the future of independent work. As more designers go independent, the infrastructure for how we work is being rebuilt. @_benhq's at the center of that. Tokyo. Feb 16-18. https://t.co/As1NMKKkWr
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Early Dropbox, Google. Co-founder of Shift. @morganknutson's been building products at the intersection of design and engineering for well over a decade. Craft at scale. Feb 16-18, Tokyo. https://t.co/As1NMKKkWr
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The most impactful design conversations always happen in person, often serendipitously. Hallway chats. Late night dinners. Walking between sessions. You can't replicate that async. 50 people. One room. February 16 in Tokyo. https://t.co/As1NMKKSLZ
tokyodesignforum.com
Where human creativity meets intelligent systems. Tokyo. February 2026.
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He shipped 37+ products before focusing on one: Plasso (acquired by GoDaddy). @drewwilson's pattern: build fast, see what has momentum, double down on what works. Tokyo. Feb 2026. https://t.co/As1NMKKSLZ
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"Make ideas infectious so people think they're their own. If it's only one person's vision, they check out." - TDF Speaker, @gabrielvaldivia. The gap between great design and shipped design is often just politics. https://t.co/As1NMKKSLZ
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Design systems optimized for consistency killed playfulness. Every app looks the same now. @flarup's work proves otherwise: vibrant, distinctive, unmistakably his. Tokyo. Feb 2026. https://t.co/As1NMKKSLZ
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