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'I want to be proud of what I'm designing' | Risa Hiyama

Interview, kūpono, Video1 min read

Risa Hiyama is a bilingual product designer who left a job with Yahoo Japan to design AR applications with the startup GRAFFITY. While she enjoyed working in a large corporation, she found greater reward going outside her comfort zone working with a small team as its only designer.

Check out her work at risahiyama [dot] com


kūpono is a series sharing the stories of people who are doing honest work, and have discovered their own authentic voices by taking chances.

If you’re interested in learning more about the series, contact me at rileymasu [at] gmail [dot] com