Takuma

I Define It.

Design It.

Ship It.

Design that works on people.

From Strategy to Execution
Clear, Decisive, Intentional
Product & Interaction Design

Built. Shipped. Used.

Startups to enterprise. B2C to B2B. Across more industries than most designers pick one of.

Product Design

Where business logic becomes something people can actually use.

Relevant Projects

Translate business rules, constraints, and data into clear user decisions

Insurance claims systems, competitive benchmarking dashboards

Design system behavior, state, and feedback—not just screens

Regulated workflows, AI-assisted decision tools

Design consumer-facing experiences that build trust, confidence, and long-term engagement

Subscription products, onboarding, retention and habit-forming systems

Create conversational and AI-mediated experiences that guide users through complexity

AI chat, agent-like flows, progressive disclosure through dialogue

Physical Experiences

Design for public space, at scale, with no room for confusion.

Relevant Projects

Design physical-digital systems deployed at scale in public

Touchscreen vending machines across 1,000+ locations

Account for hardware constraints, maintenance, and real-world failure modes

On-site servicing, restocking, and system recovery workflows

Create interfaces that must work unattended and under imperfect conditions

Public kiosks, transit-adjacent installations

Bring clarity and resilience to software embedded in the physical world

Custom hardware-software systems, large-scale deployments

Tangible Experiments

Prototypes that ship the idea before the product does. Hours, not weeks.

Relevant Projects

Translate abstract systems, data, and workflows into interactive prototypes teams can reason about

System simulations, workflow and state modeling, data interaction prototypes

Use color, contrast, and visual encoding to surface meaning—not decoration

Data-heavy visualization platform projects

Apply user psychology and perception principles to make complex data easier to interpret and trust

Cognitive load, uncertainty signaling, attention hierarchy, risk perception

Prototype not just flows, but how users think and decide under pressure

Analytical dashboards, operational tools, expert-facing systems

Tools of the Trade

The tools I use to turn complex problems into clear, testable, and shippable systems.

Product Mngt.
& Design

I use product and design tools to translate ambiguous business goals, user needs, and constraints into structured workflows and decision-ready designs. These tools support research synthesis, system modeling, and collaboration across product, design, and engineering.

Prototype
& Build

I prototype to understand system behavior, validate assumptions, and align teams. These tools let me explore interaction, data flow, and edge cases in ways that static mockups can’t—often close to real implementation.

Visual, Motion,
& 3D

I use visual design, motion, and 3D not just to explain systems, but to make software feel more alive, responsive, and human. When used intentionally, these tools improve comprehension, reinforce feedback, and add moments of delight that help users feel confident and engaged.