
Design Consultant (web, corporate, UI)
Greater Seattle Area

Design Consultant (web, corporate, UI)
Greater Seattle Area
I began doing web design on Ashbury street in San Francisco back in 1995. I started my design career in Tokyo in 1989 working for an art agency. My expertise is in corporate branding and experience designing (user interface). I studied communications and art at Lewis & Clark College.
I have worked on a wide variety of identity packages and websites for retail, non-profits, communications, corporate, and gaming companies. For three and a half years I was the lead designer for Amazon International based in Seattle. I helped launch and maintain the Amazon Japan and Amazon Canada sites.
Through good design, the sites become translations of the identity of the corporation and/or of the customers using those sites. In some cases I worked with existing identity systems, others I developed for the client. I focus on elegant, simple, and robust sites that will last for years.
- Experience Designing (User interface)
- Basic CSS
- Web and print design in Japanese (speaking, writing, character manipulation, pre-press, client interface)
- Photo retouching
- Illustration
• American Graphic Design Award 1997
• USA Track & Field Natl Masters 1st Place 800m