Best Design Agencies in Jakarta (2026)

Introduction

Jakarta’s design scene is built mostly on independent studios, and the seven below show its range: long-running multidisciplinary practices, packaging and identity shops serving FMCG and property clients, and studios that specialise in reports and publications. Each one was chosen for recent work, the breadth of what it designs and the clients it holds.

The last two years kept these studios busy. Indonesia’s 80th independence anniversary in August 2025 brought a wave of supergraphics and commemorative identities, and the Ramadan and Lebaran season still drives a large share of packaging and retail work each year. NOW! Jakarta described Indonesia Design Week 2026, held across the Indonesia Design District at PIK2, as its biggest edition yet, and ADGI, the national association of graphic designers, ran its Grafis’26 design week in October 2026.

Every studio here has an active office in Greater Jakarta in 2026. The list is unranked, since the right choice depends on the brief, the budget and how you like to work. Studios that lead with brand strategy and naming are covered on our branding page, and product and digital specialists on the UX page.

The best design agencies in Jakarta

1. Thinking*Room

Independent · Sudirman · thinkingroominc.com

Thinking*Room has worked out of Jakarta and Bandung since 2005 and describes itself as a comprehensive branding and design company. In September 2025 it published TRADEMARKS, an archive of 20 years of its logo work, and in October 2026 it made a sculptural piece with Nouv for ADGI’s Grafis’26 design week. The same month it announced a new arm, Thinking*Room Partners.

Its output covers identity, print, packaging, motion and environmental design, from Indonesia’s 80th anniversary supergraphics to work for adidas’s Jakarta office, Mangkunegaran and Ideafest 2025. Food and drink clients include Two Blocks, Instinct Roastery and Mogul Burger, and the studio has also published a book of its work, “We Refuse To Grow Up”.

2. Studio 1212

Independent · Kemang · studio-1212.com

Studio 1212 is a creative consultancy in Kemang that has served clients since 2007. It works across brand identity, experiential design, content and digital development, and it runs its own retail and editorial brands alongside client work.

Recent projects include ASICS’s Skyhand OG launch at ROW 9 and a Gel Cumulus 16 pop-up, Whiteboard Journal’s Direktori and Joyland 2024 zine, and work for ASTRA IISF 2025 and Indo Defence 2024. The experiential side makes it a sensible choice for launches and events where the identity has to work in a physical space.

3. Kamarupa Design Group

Independent · Palmerah · kamarupa.co.id

Kamarupa is a West Jakarta studio that calls its offer a one-stop creative solution. It combines branding and graphic design with website design and development, and it also takes on architectural and interior projects, which is unusual for a graphic-led studio.

Clients include MRT Jakarta, L’Oréal Paris Indonesia, Bank OCBC NISP and TBS Group, for whom it created the Luley hotel identity. Its portfolio also lists the Lippo Karawaci website and work for Extra Joss, Flimty and Vivere.

4. Okular

Independent · Meruya Utara · okular.co.id

Okular (PT Okular Kreasi Artaguna) has worked from West Jakarta since 2013, with a focus on identity, layout and digital work. Its Kita Beli branding won Silver at the Indigo Design Awards 2023, as did its book design for Handrawina Adiboga Nusantara.

The client list leans towards property, food and government: Ciputra, Summarecon, Intiland, Indofood and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs among them. Recent projects include identities for the U.S. Graduate Fair 2024 and Urban Mills.

5. JED Creative

Independent · Jakarta · jedcreative.com

JED Creative (PT JED Kreasi) has run as a branding and graphic design studio in Jakarta since 2008. Its work spans strategy, identity, packaging and brand guidelines, often for brands it helps build from an early stage.

Projects include the identity for Universitas Prasetiya Mulya, development work for the Erha skincare brand, packaging for Diamond Food, and identity and packaging for LapisLapis. It also produced work marking 75 years of Swiss-Indonesian relations.

6. Garam Collective

Independent · Jatinegara · garamcollective.com

Garam Collective is an East Jakarta studio covering identity, packaging, web design, social media, events and production. That spread suits clients who want one team to carry a brand from logo to shelf to launch.

Its work runs from FMCG packaging for Me-O Gold, Pronas and Sania Royale to the website for law firm SSEK and branding for BNI Syariah’s Hasanah Prioritas. Hospitality clients include Rumours Beach Club and Andaru Villas, and Osram is among its industrial clients.

7. iMiTYWORKS

Independent, women-owned · South Jakarta · imityworks.com

iMiTYWORKS (PT Imaji Inti Kreasi) is a women-owned studio founded in 2021 and based at Centennial Tower on Jalan Gatot Subroto. It specialises in turning research and data into annual and impact reports, infographics and presentations, with branding, UI and motion work alongside.

Clients include the Ford Foundation, Women’s World Banking, Telkom Indonesia and BNI, for which it designed the 76th anniversary logo. It has also produced annual reports for the TIFA Foundation and Kurawal Foundation, and a website for Lotte Mart.

What to look for in a Jakarta design agency

Start with the shape of the studio. Most of Jakarta’s design studios are small independents, often led by founders who stay close to the work. A larger multidisciplinary studio can handle identity, packaging and signage in one programme, while a specialist will often go deeper on a single format such as annual reports or books.

Ask about bilingual work early. Most Jakarta projects need Bahasa Indonesia and English versions, and type, layout and packaging copy have to work in both. Studios with experience of regulated categories, such as food, cosmetics and banking, will also know the local labelling and approval steps.

Plan around the calendar. Ramadan and Lebaran packaging, retail and campaign work is booked months ahead, and the best studios fill up early. Briefing in the last quarter of the year, or earlier, gives you a better choice of team.

Finally, agree how files and feedback will move. A packaging or identity project produces large artwork files, many rounds of comments and a final set of print-ready assets that the client team, printers and other agencies all need. A shared place for the latest versions, with feedback tracked against each file, saves a lot of chasing by email and WhatsApp.

How Fabric helps design agency teams

Fabric gives a design studio one workspace for its files, client feedback and reference material, with AI search across all of it. The agency setup suits the way Jakarta studios run several clients at once, with one space per client holding briefs, artwork, decks and meeting notes.

Large artwork and packaging files sit in Fabric’s cloud drive, which streams files on demand so they take no local disk space, and the built-in viewer opens them without a full download. Search works by meaning across documents, images and PDFs, and colour search finds visual assets by shade. Similar search surfaces related work from an image, which helps when a designer remembers a past layout but not its file name.

For review, a studio can share a file or folder with the client as a commenter, and the link works without sign-up. With annotations, clients highlight and comment on PDFs, draw on images and attach a comment to the drawing, or leave timestamped comments on motion work. The team marks each comment completed as it is handled, so a round of feedback works like a checklist. Final assets can then be published as a web page for view-only delivery, with password protection where needed.

Identity and packaging studios can also keep brand guidelines in one place for the client and its other agencies, and build moodboards on the Canvas. Fabric uses AES-256 encryption, holds CASA Tier 2, and does not use customer data to train AI models.

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Frequently asked questions

What is the best design agency in Jakarta?

There is no single answer, as it depends on the brief. Thinking*Room, founded in 2005, is the longest-established studio here and published a 20-year archive of its logo work in 2025, Studio 1212 is strong on experiential and launch work, and iMiTYWORKS focuses on reports and publications.

How is a design agency different from a branding agency in Jakarta?

The line is loose, and many studios do both. This page favours studios that design across formats, such as packaging, print, signage and publications. Studios that lead with brand strategy and naming are on our list of branding agencies in Jakarta.

Do Jakarta design studios work in English?

Many do, and bilingual artwork in Bahasa Indonesia and English is a normal part of the job. Confirm at the first meeting which language the team will present and write in.

When should I brief a studio for Ramadan and Lebaran work?

As early as you can. Packaging and retail work for the season is often briefed in the last quarter of the previous year, because print and production timelines are long and the best studios book up quickly.

Which Jakarta studios design annual and impact reports?

iMiTYWORKS specialises in reports, data visualisation and presentations for foundations, NGOs and companies. Okular also has a strong layout and book design record, including its Indigo Design Award winning work for Handrawina Adiboga Nusantara.

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