Music, design, places, objects, and the culture that shapes how I think about strategy and craft. This isn't a portfolio. It's a window into the references that inform the work.
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Playlist
Focus Hours
Ambient, downtempo, and Japanese city pop for deep work sessions.
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Tokyo Walks
Neighborhood explorations, street culture, and the rhythm of the city.
Design & Cultureデザインと文化
Design
Visual References
6 picks
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Dieter Rams: Ten Principles
Design philosophy that's survived sixty years because the thinking was right.
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Magazine
Popeye Magazine
The editorial blueprint for everything this site is trying to be.
ポパイ
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Architecture
Tadao Ando: Light & Concrete
Restraint as a creative act. Every Ando building teaches you something about what to leave out.
安藤忠雄
Featured Video
Kenya Hara: Designing Emptiness
MUJI's art director on ma (negative space) as communication.
This talk changed how I think about the Tokonoma Process: the idea that what you don't put into a strategy is as important as what you include.
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Craft
Kintsugi
The art of golden repair. Breakage and repair as part of the history, not something to disguise.
金継ぎ
Places場所
Places
Tokyo & Beyond
3 picks
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Coffee
Onibus Coffee, Nakameguro
Where I do my best morning thinking. The pour-over ritual is its own form of strategy.
中目黒
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Bookshop
Tsutaya Books, Daikanyama
The best-curated retail space in the world. Every visit is a masterclass in editorial thinking.
代官山蔦屋書店
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Walk
Shimokitazawa Evening Walk
The kind of neighborhood that makes you understand why context is everything.
下北沢
Currently Reading / Watching / Listening
Reading
Story · Robert McKee
The best book about structure ever written. Not just for screenwriters. For anyone who builds narratives.