Born and raised in Los Angeles, I spent summers visiting relatives in Japan and the differences in American and Japanese lifestyles and conveniences stimulated my interest in design.  To expand my scope, I studied Danish design in Copenhagen in 2011 and developed my enthusiasm for 'the everyday' in interior design, product design, urban planning, and community development. My degree in "International Literary & Visual Studies" at Tufts University allowed me to explore the U.S., Japan, and Denmark through the frame of design and cultural studies and to complete a thesis on "timelessness" in Japanese and Danish design.

 

 

 

experience

 

J.H. Snyder Co.

Interior Design & Creative Consultant

December 2017 ~

 

SIMPLICITY Co. Ltd.

Editorial & Graphic Design; Branding & Art Direction

August 2014 - March 2018

 

CURADEN AG

Brand Identity Japan Representative

August 2014 ~

 

HOTEL JAPAN

Writer, Products

May 2014 - March 2015

 

Just Another Agency Inc.

Design & Branding Manager

June 2014 - October 2014

 

Empire Entertainment Japan

Assistant Producer

June 2013 - May 2014

 

Park Hyatt Tokyo - New York Bar & Grill

Receptionist

January 2013 - June 2013

 

TOMODACHI Initiative (U.S. Embassy in Tokyo)

Branding & UI Design

August 2012 - January 2013

 

Designed From the Heart (Beit T'Shuvah Rehabilitation Center)

Interior Design Assistant

May 2012 - July 2012

 

Tufts Observer

Production Designer (December 2011 - May 2012)

Photography Director (September 2010 - December 2011)

Contributing Writer (2008 - 2009)

 

Tufts Experimental College

Instructor for two semester-long courses (and student advisor):

1/ Identity & Culture in America (Fall 2010)

2/ Food in Film (Fall 2011)

 

Eleven Arts Film

Script Translator

May 2010 - July 2010

 

The Jerde Partnership

Sustainability Researcher

2006 - 2007

中島 キャサリン 美友紀（ナカジマ キャサリン ミユキ）

2017 - present   LOS ANGELES      2012 - 2017   TOKYO      2011   COPENHAGEN      2008 - 2012   BOSTON      1990 - 2008   LOS ANGELES