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'''“Use your heart, your courage, your vision to fix, to heal, to connect, to empathize. Because living life for something bigger than yourself is a hero’s journey.”'''
Tomo is a childlike dreamer and stubborn optimist, an amateur permaculturist, with a deep curiosity towards the world of pottery, and a love for baking. In the human world, he is an innovation strategist, designer and educator, working at the intersection of research and design. Currently he is based in Tokyo, and part of the team building the new College of Design at University of Tokyo and is a Designer & Researcher with the U-Tokyo DLX Design Lab at the Institute of Industrial Science, University of Tokyo. He is also part of the teaching team at IDEO U.
Tomo is holds a B.A. in Liberal Arts from Sophia University in Tokyo, was a University Innovation Fellow currently studying Anthropology, Political Science and Business at Sophia Hasso Plattner Institute of Design at Stanford University in Tokyo. Tomo enjoyed an interdisciplinary and multicultural upbringing by growing up has studied design at the Hasso-Plattner-Institute in Japan, Germany, and Scotland. He enjoys learning about his native Japanese culture, modern innovation, mental health and what defines creativity. He is an avid lover of Italian cuisine, dive bars and pottery, and likes to keep himself active through team sports like football and volleyball. Just walking without direction exploring cities, and immersing himself in the local community is his favourite pastime.
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