hi, i’m yuto! nice to see you here!

i love taking products from 0 to 1, when figuring out what’s worth making is still part of the job. i move between research, design, code, from talking to users and deciding what belongs in the first release to sweating the details and writing the code. my favorite projects let me stay with an idea long enough to put it in someone’s hands.

i’m insatiably curious. you’ll usually find me asking about what i don’t understand yet and poking at assumptions that have gone unquestioned for a while. i’m drawn to projects that help people make sense of the world or feel a little closer to each other.

if you’re building something that brings some good into the world, let’s chat!

outside of design...

i find joy in music ♫ and conversations that wander into life’s ⊹ big philosophical questions ;-)

otherwise i’m running the bay trail, on bike rides with two designated friends, or happily being everyone’s unofficial strava and beli influencer.

solo hiking in Yosemite
18mi solo hike @ yosemite!
my first backpacking trip
first backpacking trip!!
two hikers reflected in a pair of sunglasses held up on the trail
epic shot on the trail
finishing my first half marathon
sub2 half marathon .ᐟ
biking with friends
sat bike day
in Hawaii
post-hike hawaii sunset

currently listening

Xtal — Aphex Twin
Take It Back — Pink Floyd
Chances — The Strokes
In Dark Trees — Brian Eno
季候風 — Faye Wong
Impromptus, D. 899 — Schubert
ict — Oklou
I Might Be Wrong — Radiohead

experience

  • Product · WindBorne Systems2024 – present
  • HCI Research · Human-Computer Interaction Institute @ CMU2024
  • HCI Research · The Design Lab @ UCSD2022 – 2023
  • Experience Design · San Diego Supercomputer Center2022
  • Growth Design · Kuaishou Technology (Kwai)2021

education

  • Carnegie Mellon University2024

    Masters of Human-Computer Interaction

  • University of California, San Diego2023

    B.S. Cognitive Science — Design & Interaction

    B.A. Visual Arts – Studio (Highest Distinction)

    Minors: Business; Music Computing & the Arts