心地とインターフェース

Hello. I work as a digital product designer at a design and innovation firm in Tokyo. Much of my work involves thinking about the experience of websites and applications, then shaping the interfaces through which those experiences take form. But the things I consider design do not end at the edge of a screen.

Sometimes I move back and forth between the digital and physical, working on tangible products and services—like a chair designed for robots and people to live with together. A screen, a piece of furniture, a service: each can be understood, in a broad sense, as interface design. Each creates a point of contact between people and things, or between people and experiences.

I once wrote an article about emotional UI design, but my interest is not limited to function or ease of use. What kind of presence allows a product or service to offer its clearest value? At what distance should it meet us, and what sort of relationship might grow from there? What posture or behavior lets people feel at ease?

Generative AI will make creating digital products easier and faster than ever. That may be precisely why it is becoming more important for us to return to the beginning—not only to ask how we make something, but why we make it at all.

I like AI. Not only as a tool that makes work and daily life more convenient, but as something that can help extend a thought or simply keep me company. At times it feels like a dependable partner; at others, like a familiar friend. At the same time, I wonder what a healthy distance from AI and other technologies might look like. What might we be giving up in exchange for convenience? How might we step back and design the relationship between people and technology itself?

I do not have a clear answer yet. I hope Feel & Interface can become a place to keep thinking through these questions, guided by the small discoveries and moments of unease I encounter in products, services, work, and everyday life.