Toki

A bar at The Leela and a headphone box, from one brand world. Two pieces for Suntory’s Toki, made with Extento. In both, I used AI to explore and visualise directions quickly, then drew the final artwork myself.

Client / Studio: Suntory Toki · NU RepublicExtento
Role: Art direction · Packaging · Bar artwork
Year: 2026
Tools: ChatGPT · Illustrator · Photoshop

01The Leela

The bar

Turn the whole corner into a night in Tokyo.

The space, before. Toki’s existing bar at The Leela, and the collage wall beside it.

Final artwork for the left wall — The left wall. A grid of izakaya posters, cut through with a red diagonal and a round mirror.

Artwork for the back panel, one long strip — The back panel. One long strip behind the bar.

The front of the bar, with a Tokyo skyline drawn along the counter — The front of the bar. A line drawing of the Tokyo skyline along the counter, under the bottles.

AI visual of the finished Toki bar at The Leela — What the bar became. AI placed my artwork into the real space before anything was printed.

02Toki × NU Republic

The explorations

A Toki box for NU Republic’s Starboy 3 headphones. These were the four directions I explored with AI. The Toki team chose option 2, the red box with the round window.

Option 1: cream box, red side panel, street illustration — Option 1

Option 2: red box with the street scene in a round window — Option 2 · approved

Option 3: cream grid box with a photo collage — Option 3

Option 4: cream box with a red sun — Option 4

03Toki × NU Republic

The final file

The final file, built from the direction I generated with AI. I drew the artwork myself on the real Starboy 3 dieline.

AI render of the approved Toki box — The approved direction, generated with AI

Final print-ready artwork on the Starboy 3 dieline — The final artwork on the dieline

Brand & Identity

Spaces & Experiences

Communication

Exploration

Toki

The bar

The explorations

The final file