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About

Designer x Engineer
[ + reformed investor ]
EN | JP
I'm an artist, designer, programmer, and mechanical engineer. Originally from Osaka, Japan, I am now based in the Bay Area, focusing on creating immersive experiences for augmented, mixed, and virtual reality.
My current focus is designing [and removing] interfaces that connect people with technology both in the physical and digital worlds. Bloom, for example, uses geometric logic to create an intimate pavilion using an interlocking collapsible frame whereas digiPop's virtual bubbles connect our physical and digital spaces through sound. I'm passionate about kinetic sculptures, human-computer interactions, sustainability, and designs that seamlessly integrate technological efficiency with aesthetics while working across scales ranging from architectural installations to hand-held objects.
I'm currently a UX Engineer at Google's AR/VR team. I received both my Master of Science degree in Architecture [2015] and Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering [2009] along with minors in Management and Economics from MIT followed by a four year stint at a hedge fund.
メディアアーティスト、デザイナー、プログラマー、メカニカルエンジニア。京都生まれの大阪・シアトル育ちでベイエリアにて活動中。主にオーグメンテッド、ミックスド、バーチュアル・リアリティ[AR/MR/VR]を使った作品を手掛ける。
現在GoogleのUX Engineer。マサチューセッツ工科大学(MIT)機械工学科を卒業後、同大学で建築学科サステイナブル・デザイン修士課程を修了。主にインタラク ティブアートをパブリックアート、プロダクトデザイン、ソフトウェアとして幅広いスケールで作品制作を行う。従来のウェブデザインや建築といった枠を超 え、コンピュータ・スマートフォンのスクリーン上の世界と物質的な空間の境界線を解放するような表現で鑑賞者が実際に体験できるインタフェースづくりを目 指している。
機械工学を学びつつマネージメントと経済学の副専攻を経て、4年間ヘッジファンドと投資銀行にての勤務経験もある。
Awards + Exhibitions + Publications
Design & Art Direction Awards, Graphite Pencil [Diffusion Choir] | 2017
Art Directors Club Awards, Silver Cube [Diffusion Choir] | 2017 Creative Review Annual, Featured Work for Craft and Technical Innovation [Diffusion Choir] | 2017Better World Museum Artist of the Month [December] | 2017
Mpls Center for Digital Art INTER:CONNECTED Contemporary Art Exhibit | 2016
WIRED, The Creators Project [Diffusion Choir] | 2016
Lawn on D Public Art, Massachusetts Convention Center Authority | 2016
Harvard Magazine, Philips Future of Light [Swing Time] | 2016
MIT Council for the Arts Grant | 2014
designboom [Bloom] | 2015
GSD Platform 7 [Bloom] | 2014
Lean Career, MIT Think.Inspire.Motivate Talks Closing Keynote Speaker | 2019
AWS Loft demo & workshop [Amazon Sumerian] | 2018
MIT Museum, Shortlisted for exhibition | 2015
MIT $100K Pitch Contest, Finalist | 2014
MIT Center for Environmental Sensing & Modeling Poster Competition, Third Prize | 2014
US Dept. of Energy Clean Energy National Poster Competition, Finalist | 2014
Published on International Building Performance Simulation Association | 2015
Published on International Conference on Urban Climate | 2015
Presidential Fellow, Full scholarship for MS degree | 2013 - 2015
Tau Beta Pi Engineering Honor Society | 2008
Pi Tau Sigma Mechanical Engineering Honor Society | 2008