+ Bilingual, former Gensler Design Strategist, graduating with a master's degree in Curating Contemporary Design.
+ Record of curating five exhibitions addressing societal issues and the designers' responses in Tokyo and London.
+ Excited by the possibility of drawing from theatrical approaches - uncovered during my research thesis - to engage audience in both an online and offline setting.
+ Currently curating an online film festival in collaboration with the Design Museum and Institut Français London.
Projects credited in
- TownAct!TownHouse collaborative project with MA Fashion, led by Jana Scholze and Richard Sorger. The group project saw the development of TownAct!, a proposal for a 3-phase Public Programme aiming at building and enhancing sense of community amongst Kingston University students, staff and Kingston local participants. The proposal focused on developing a programme on the topic of Fashion Sustainability.
Work history
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StrategistGensler
- Tokyo, JapanFull Time
- Conducted secondary research to understand clients' industries and help identify their most pressing issues.
- Created research reports, using Adobe InDesign, Adobe Illustration, and Adobe Photoshop.
- Presented research results to executives and facilitated workshops to help clients establish project goals.
- Developed the workshop tool to help to facilitate workshops with clients to establish project goals.
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Ethnographic ResearchLoftwork inc.
- Tokyo, JapanInternship
- Conducted ethnographic research commissioned by the Japanese Government - METI (Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry).
- Interviewed seventy-one local citizens in the process of understanding retired country-life in three unique Japanese towns.
- Conceptualized and exhibited research findings in one of the towns in a way that opened a discussion with local citizens.
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Skills
- Adobe Creative Suite
- Html CSS
Education
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MA Curating Contemporary Design, in conjunction with the Design Museum, LondonKingston University
London, United Kingdom
- Reimagined an introductory film of 'London Underground Map' for the Design Museum's permanent exhibition in collaboration with
the Head of Collection and Research at the Design Museum.
- Curated a hypothetical public program, titled 'Design Exercise: Rethinking dis/ability in cinema' with the Design Museum's Senior
Learning Producer.
- Led a team that structured the format of 'The Design Film Festival' - an online festival in partnership with the Design Museum and
Institut Français du Royaume Uni - in order to streamline the programme to be as accessible as possible to a wide audience.
- Published and edited online articles and podcasts on course media platforms. (Instagram: @curatingdesign / Medium: medium.com/
curating-contemporary-design)
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BA Design ResearchKeio University
- Tokyo, Japan
- Curated 'Design Inquiry' at IID, Tokyo. My role was designing the exhibition space, installing the objects, and
giving tours to visitors.
- Published a book named 'Mundane Design' to summarize the three years long research outcome for the project 'Design for the Mundane World'.
- One year studying at University at Albany, New York, majoring in Sociology and Psychology.