Groke

Groke

Designing a situational awareness system for safer seafaring

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Foundational research, Concept design
Groke

Designing a situational awareness system for safer seafaring

Foundational research, Concept design
MY ASICS

MY ASICS

A suite of training tools to help runners reach their performance goals

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iOS, Android, Wearables, Web
MY ASICS

A suite of training tools to help runners reach their performance goals

iOS, Android, Wearables, Web
Doorkeeper

Doorkeeper

Designing organizer tools to promote professional and community events in Japan

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Web, Community
Doorkeeper

Designing organizer tools to promote professional and community events in Japan

Web, Community
Medium

Medium

Improving Medium’s typography for Japanese readers and writers

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Localization, Typography, Web
Medium

Improving Medium’s typography for Japanese readers and writers

Localization, Typography, Web
Yohana

Yohana

We designed the Japan member experience of Panasonic Well's digital concierge service for busy families.

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Product design and UX research
Yohana

We designed the Japan member experience of Panasonic Well's digital concierge service for busy families.

Product design and UX research
Repro

Repro

Designing brand, acquisition and onboarding UX for a Japanese startup

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B2B, Web, Identity design
Repro

Designing brand, acquisition and onboarding UX for a Japanese startup

B2B, Web, Identity design
Airbnb

Airbnb

Interviewing hosts in Airbnb's two biggest cities to inform tool design

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Contextual inquiry, Group interviews
Airbnb

Interviewing hosts in Airbnb's two biggest cities to inform tool design

Contextual inquiry, Group interviews
Bidgely

Bidgely

Designing home energy analytics for Japan’s utility market

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Market entry, Smart home, Analytics
Bidgely

Designing home energy analytics for Japan’s utility market

Market entry, Smart home, Analytics
Gengo Translation UI

Gengo Translation UI

A translation workflow design that reduces clicks and speeds job turnover.

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Web, Prototyping, Productivity
Gengo Translation UI

A translation workflow design that reduces clicks and speeds job turnover.

Web, Prototyping, Productivity
Moodstone with Google

Moodstone with Google

An emotional object beyond the smartphone

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Hardware, Exploratory design
Moodstone with Google

An emotional object beyond the smartphone

Hardware, Exploratory design
Tokyo Art Beat

Tokyo Art Beat

Designing an accessible guide to Tokyo’s art and design

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iOS, Android, Web, Service design
Tokyo Art Beat

Designing an accessible guide to Tokyo’s art and design

iOS, Android, Web, Service design
MuPon

MuPon

A simple app to nudge casual art goers to Tokyo's museums.

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Service design, O2O, Identity design
MuPon

A simple app to nudge casual art goers to Tokyo's museums.

Service design, O2O, Identity design
Art Setouchi

Art Setouchi

Designing the digital presence of an art festival across Japan’s Inland Sea

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Web, O2O, Multilingual design
Art Setouchi

Designing the digital presence of an art festival across Japan’s Inland Sea

Web, O2O, Multilingual design
Google Multiscreen World

Google Multiscreen World

Turning Google research into an interactive data storytelling tool

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Web, Data visualization, Multilingual design
Google Multiscreen World

Turning Google research into an interactive data storytelling tool

Web, Data visualization, Multilingual design
Tokyo Illustrators Society

Tokyo Illustrators Society

Redesigning the digital home of Japan’s leading illustration society

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Web, Custom CMS, Multilingual design
Tokyo Illustrators Society

Redesigning the digital home of Japan’s leading illustration society

Web, Custom CMS, Multilingual design
Meekee, the Slack bot

Meekee, the Slack bot

Our first bot for distributed teams sends just-in-time meeting notifications from Google Calendar.

Bot, Productivity, Product
Suiren, a Kanji Explorer

Suiren, a Kanji Explorer

An interactive learning and exploration tool to show relationships between the thousands of characters that make up the Japanese language. Made by Marion Kamoike-Bouguet with AQ.

Learning, Web, Data Visualization, Product
Kawakura

Kawakura

We designed and operated a speciality coffee service to learn about building customer relationships within a subscription business.

Service design, Identity design
Postcard Kit

Postcard Kit

A tool to send postcards while you travel. Born in a service design workshop, we produced 100 kits. As featured on Spoon & Tamago.

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Product, Service design
Japan Map Kit

Japan Map Kit

Editable data maps to help people create infographics and visual content on the topics of 311

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Data visualization, Open source
311 Creative Industry Survey

311 Creative Industry Survey

A research project on how people in the creative industries were affected by events following March 11th, 2011.

Survey ResultsSurvey Results
Quantitative research, Community

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