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Kazuhiro Oz Hashimoto (Oz)

I'm a product designer and UI engineer who cares about creative and unique visual design and even product performance, recently been building websites using Framer, design systems in Figma, and product development.

I founded the design studio Zypsy in 2018 and since 2022 I have participated in several web3 projects to develop products.

Previously, I was a designer at a Japanese creative agency. I've won several advertising and design awards and have written books.

I've also been involved in startups in the fields of IoT, healthcare, VR/AR, and mobility from the beginning as a founding designer. Some companies have sold their business or IPO'd.

15+Job Experience
70+Project
10+Honor & Award
4Angel Investment

Experiences

  • Designer and angel investorONE, Inc.2024 - Present
  • Strategic designerLR, Inc.2026 - Present
  • DesignerMONO, Inc.2024 - Present
  • Co-founder, Product designer, and UI engineerZypsy2018 - Present
  • Design SpecialistPhotosynth, Inc.2023 - Present
  • UI/UX DesignerNature, Inc.2015 - 2020
  • UI/UX designerCureApp, Inc.Jan 2017 - May 2018
  • UI/UX designerWHILL2015 - 2019
  • Founding Designerα, inc.July 2016 - May 2018
  • VR/AR designerGraniDec 2016 - Dec 2017
  • UI/UX designerPhotosynth, Inc.Nov 2015 - Oct 2016
  • Art Director, UI/UX Designer10 sec, Inc.Mar 2014 - Oct 2016
  • UI/UX designerKAYACApr 2010 - Mar 2014
  • Graphic Designer & Flash DeveloperOrange Lab2009 - 2010

Honers & Awards

  • Good Design Award 2015Photosynth, Inc.2015
  • DEVELOPERWEEK 2020 HACKATHON - Favorite PrizeIndivisual2020
  • New User of the Month in WebflowIndivisual2020
  • Good Design Award 2018Photosynth, Inc.2018
  • Mobile Advertising Awards Best Campaign & Best ApplicationKayac, Inc.—
  • Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity2Kayac, Inc.—
  • Cannes Lions International Festival of CreativityKayac, Inc.—
  • ADFEST2013 INTERACTIVE LOTUS ROOTS FinalistKayac, Inc.2013
  • Innovative Technologies2014 SelectionKayac, Inc.2014
  • AD STARS 2014 FinalistKayac, Inc.2014

Publifications

  • Figma plugins for productivity, 2020UX CollectiveSep 14, 2020
  • Export.fm - 20 : Intuitive works for my familyIndivisualSep 1, 2020
  • Why do we pay to use a product? Understanding mental models in UXIndivisualAug 31, 2020
  • Background.radioIndivisualAug 31, 2020
  • Export.fm - 19 : Adaptive User InterfaceUX CollectiveAug 28, 2020
  • My experience crafting Figma pluginsIndivisualAug 20, 2020
  • How I added persistent dark mode in WebflowPrototyprAug 3, 2020
  • Maximize the potential of freelance designersIndivisualNov 22, 2018
  • Web design & Layout BookMDNSep 12, 2014
  • 神速PhotoshopKADOKAWAMar 5, 2014
  • 面白法人カヤックを支える"七つ道具"は?- クリエイティブな企業のシゴト環境に迫るMYNAVIMay 24, 2013