Academic Experience
- MFA, University of Tokyo: Interactive Digital Media, 1996-1998
- BFA, Art Center Colege of Design: Painting & Drawing, 1992-1996
Professional Activities
Web Sites (selected URLs)
- http://www.cool-site.edu/
- The Cool site was built using HTML5 and CSS. The site managed thousands of visitors a day and incorporated interactive features such as consumer comments and a contact form.
- http://www.wow-site.org/
- The Wow site was built with a back-end database that was designed to create pages on the flyin response to viewer queries. The front end was designed using dreamweaver. This is an example of a fluid design that maintains its shape in all browser windows.
- http://www.fab-site.net/
- The Fab site was a music downloading site that incorporated elements of ecommerce, database technology and interactivity. The site was designed to handle large amounts of traffic and downloads simultaneously.
Publications
- Will the Web Be the End of Us? Pearson Publishing, 2006.
- "How Blogging changed the World." Published at Technorati, 2008.
- The Digital Condition. New London Books, 2003.
Professional Experience
Interactive Multimedia Designer/Creative Director, Itointeractive.com
September, 2002-Present
I currently am head designer at an up and coming media design firm. Projects include both traditional and digital design, ecommerce development, and both mobile and tv applications. I manage a cohort of twenty employees.
Web Designer, Education Outreach, Tokyo Museum of Modern Art
November, 1998-September, 2002
I was head web designer at Education Outreach--a non-profit organization that worked closely with the Tokyo Museum of Art that developed educational resources for K-12 schools in both the United States and Japan.
Storyboard Artist, Freelance
August, 1996-November, 1998
As a young storyboard artist, I cut my teeth selling freelance work for advertising agencies, newspapers, and local businesses. In addition to my education, this experience helped build the many skills that I would carry into the professional world of web design.