From Japanese Embodiment,
We Shape A New Society.
KiQ is a Physical AI studio that takes embodied intelligence as its
starting point, designing and implementing everything from brand and
experience design to the behaviors of Physical AI.
Design for
Humanity
In an Age of Efficiency, What Is True Richness?
We design the respect, ma, and subtle presence
embodied in shosa as experiences and AI behaviors,
creating trust between people, brands, and technology.
Empathy Design
Our Approach
Empathy Design is an approach that reads unspoken emotions, gestures, and subtle
signals, and translates them into experiences and AI behaviors.
We design and implement not only efficiency and functionality, but also experiences and
intelligence that make people feel understood.
Listen
Sense Even the Signs
That Words Cannot Express.
Understand
Understand What People Value
and How They Feel.
Respond
Design Behaviors and Interactions
That Reach the Heart.
What It Means
Empathy Design perceives what lies beyond words, creating deeper relationships between people, society, space, and technology.
Our Service
From Concept to Implementation.
We accompany projects through social implementation,
moving them toward commercialization.
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Brand & Identity
Define the direction of the business and make it ready to be shared both internally and externally.
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Experience Design
Design the customer experience and shape it into a viable service.
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Physical AI
Implement AI that behaves in human-aware ways, bringing it to a level where it can function in real-world environments.
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R&D / Co-Creation
Validate concepts and develop them into a state ready for commercialization.
Works
Capture human behavior,
and implement it to work in real-world environments.
Our Value
Beginning with a Question (Q),
We Give It Form Through Shosa.
Why KiQ
Multidisciplinary
by Design
KiQ is not a team built around a single area of expertise. We integrate diverse specializations and take responsibility for the entire process, from concept to implementation.
Composed of members from Switzerland, the United States, and Japan, our team designs from a global perspective, moving across differences in culture and industry.
By defining our own unique roles, such as Shosa Director and Physical AI Engineer, we continue to create new fields of practice.
Projects
Employees
Akane Kikuchi
Creative Director / Etiquette Designer
Takehisa Hida
business designer
Kenya Mori
assistant designer
Toshiki Miyauchi
strategic partner
Yurino Sato
project manager
Kou Hirai
project manager
Maki Akai
manager
Peter McAdams
business designer
Masayasu Nakamori
chief designer
Nick Jay Hill
chief designer
Imaizumi kei
designer
Matilde Dorn
designer
Shiori Ito
Cultural Designer
Lee Hye Ji
Cultural Designer
Sarah Mulligan
Cultural Designer
Hiroshi Furuhashi
Design Strategist
Takahiro Imagawa
web marketer
Takahiko Inoue
context director