creative studio maruto ○＋: A "Creative Village" Where Creators Gather and Projects Are Born
G.K. maruto's "creative studio maruto ○＋" is fully launching project-based activities as a "creative village" where creators gather and various projects are born. Through initiatives like the children's creative school "ASOMANABO," the women's membership "co-maruto," and the regional market "marutoto market," it has fostered a space where diverse people and expressions intersect. The studio aims to be a new creative hub where creators' activities flourish and connect with local communities, businesses, children, and daily life.
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creative studio maruto
G.K. maruto (Location: Shimouma, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo; Representative: Mai Osawa) operates "creative studio maruto ○＋," which is fully launching project-based activities as a "creative village" where creators gather and various projects are born.
Through initiatives such as the children's creative school "ASOMANABO," the membership "co-maruto" that nurtures women's activities, and "marutoto market" where local communities and creators meet, creative studio maruto ○＋ has fostered a space where diverse people and expressions intersect.
Currently, in collaboration with creators from various fields—including not only those gathered in co-maruto, but also artists, engineers, designers, video producers who teach at ASOMANABO, and writers and vendors participating in marutoto market—the studio is developing art production, workshops, event planning, character creation, media planning, and regional co-creation projects.
By having a "place" like a studio, ideas are born, tested, people connect, and projects take shape. creative studio maruto ○＋ aims to be a new creative hub that goes beyond being a mere rental space or school, where creators' activities flourish and connect with local communities, businesses, children, and daily life.
Main projects emerging from creative studio maruto ○＋
Creator Project
These are projects that create new works and content with creators from diverse fields such as art, design, digital, characters, video, and media.
Representative initiatives include "Otooto Graffiti," a participatory art project combining art, digital, and sound, and "nyartist→," a character creation project.
Examples:
Otooto Graffiti
https://maruto.co/project/otooto/
nyartist→
https://maruto.co/project/nyartist/
Otooto Graffiti nyartist→
Kids Project
We plan and operate workshops, schools, and experiential programs that expand children's curiosity and expressive power. This includes operating schools at ASOMANABO, as well as planning kids' content, program development, and providing workshops in collaboration with companies, local governments, and regional events.
Examples:
ASOMANABO
https://maruto.co/project/asomanabo/
Collaboration School
https://maruto.co/project/collaboration-school/
ASOMANABO Workshop
https://maruto.co/project/asomanabo-workshop/
ASOMANABO ASOMANABO Workshop
ASOMANABO Workshop Collaboration School
Community Project
These are community-based projects where local communities and creators, and people, connect loosely.
Through events and projects born from the membership "co-maruto," the creators' market "marutoto market," learning and dialogue spaces for adults, and media planning, we are nurturing places where new encounters and expressions emerge in daily life.
A place where creators not only "gather" but also "start moving"
What creative studio maruto ○＋ values is not just showcasing finished content.
It values giving shape to small ideas, the "I want to try" feelings within individuals, and possibilities expanded through encounters with others, as actual projects.
Memberships, schools, markets, workshops, and collaborations with companies and regions. By traversing these activities, the individuality and strengths of each creator overlap with the activities of others and local spaces, fostering new plans and expressions.
creative studio maruto ○＋ will continue to actively develop cross-genre projects in art, design, education, community, media, product planning, events, and more.
We welcome co-creation with individuals and companies like these.
crea
G.K. maruto (Location: Shimouma, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo; Representative: Mai Osawa) operates "creative studio maruto ○＋," which is fully launching project-based activities as a "creative village" where creators gather and various projects are born.
Through initiatives such as the children's creative school "ASOMANABO," the membership "co-maruto" that nurtures women's activities, and "marutoto market" where local communities and creators meet, creative studio maruto ○＋ has fostered a space where diverse people and expressions intersect.
Currently, in collaboration with creators from various fields—including not only those gathered in co-maruto, but also artists, engineers, designers, video producers who teach at ASOMANABO, and writers and vendors participating in marutoto market—the studio is developing art production, workshops, event planning, character creation, media planning, and regional co-creation projects.
By having a "place" like a studio, ideas are born, tested, people connect, and projects take shape. creative studio maruto ○＋ aims to be a new creative hub that goes beyond being a mere rental space or school, where creators' activities flourish and connect with local communities, businesses, children, and daily life.
Main projects emerging from creative studio maruto ○＋
Creator Project
These are projects that create new works and content with creators from diverse fields such as art, design, digital, characters, video, and media.
Representative initiatives include "Otooto Graffiti," a participatory art project combining art, digital, and sound, and "nyartist→," a character creation project.
Examples:
Otooto Graffiti
https://maruto.co/project/otooto/
nyartist→
https://maruto.co/project/nyartist/
Otooto Graffiti nyartist→
Kids Project
We plan and operate workshops, schools, and experiential programs that expand children's curiosity and expressive power. This includes operating schools at ASOMANABO, as well as planning kids' content, program development, and providing workshops in collaboration with companies, local governments, and regional events.
Examples:
ASOMANABO
https://maruto.co/project/asomanabo/
Collaboration School
https://maruto.co/project/collaboration-school/
ASOMANABO Workshop
https://maruto.co/project/asomanabo-workshop/
ASOMANABO ASOMANABO Workshop
ASOMANABO Workshop Collaboration School
Community Project
These are community-based projects where local communities and creators, and people, connect loosely.
Through events and projects born from the membership "co-maruto," the creators' market "marutoto market," learning and dialogue spaces for adults, and media planning, we are nurturing places where new encounters and expressions emerge in daily life.
A place where creators not only "gather" but also "start moving"
What creative studio maruto ○＋ values is not just showcasing finished content.
It values giving shape to small ideas, the "I want to try" feelings within individuals, and possibilities expanded through encounters with others, as actual projects.
Memberships, schools, markets, workshops, and collaborations with companies and regions. By traversing these activities, the individuality and strengths of each creator overlap with the activities of others and local spaces, fostering new plans and expressions.
creative studio maruto ○＋ will continue to actively develop cross-genre projects in art, design, education, community, media, product planning, events, and more.
We welcome co-creation with individuals and companies like these.
crea