One studio, one reason to exist.

Ikigai (生き甲斐) is a Japanese concept that refers to what gives meaning to someone's life — the intersection of what you love, what you do well, what the world needs, and what you can be paid for.

This studio was born from the conviction that an app can be something other than an attention channel. Not an object of capture, but a tool — you pick it up, you use it, you put it down. Without guilt, without forced retention, without dark patterns.

Every app from the studio tackles a precise subject with a clear intention. No hidden subscriptions, no superfluous notifications, no telemetry beyond what is strictly necessary to make the app work.

Approach

I design and develop alone, which forces choices: do less, but better. One app at a time. Clean code, considered UI, reasoned decisions rather than followed trends.

First app: Kanzen

Kanzen is a mobile app for learning the kanji of the JLPT. It's also a manifesto: a tool with no ads, no disguised subscription, that respects the time and attention of whoever uses it.