An independent design gathering in Tokyo.

Product Designer and Founder of Pewbeam AI, building intelligent tools for creatives and ministries. Prolific solo builder behind Figma plugins used by 55,000+ designers, Twibble, and Pewbeam—now on a waitlist of 2,600+ churches. Has led design for large-scale consumer products across MobilityTech, FinTech, and InsurTech, using AI to generate code so he can focus on delivering high-quality UX and UI.

Founder of Mirror. Previously led design at YouTube, Google Analytics, and Facebook AI. Co-founded multiple startups including fflick (acquired by YouTube).

Elvin Hu is a product designer and HCI researcher working at the intersection of design and emerging technology. During his time at Google, he helped bring Generative AI into Chrome, shaped core experiences across Chrome for Android and iOS, and led the browser's once-in-a-decade icon refresh in 2022. Now back in academia and based in Japan, his research centers on wearable technologies and accessibility.

Head of Design at Cursor. Previously 5 years at Notion as founding designer and design lead, working on Notion AI, Timeline, API & Platform. Before that: Stripe, Asana, and Head of Design at Ping++.

Product designer at Notion building AI products. Co-founder of Campsite (team collaboration platform). Previously spent 4 years designing GitHub Mobile apps after GitHub acquired his startup Spectrum. Former payments designer at Facebook working across Facebook, Messenger, WhatsApp, and Instagram. Co-hosted Design Details podcast for 9 years.

Co-founder and CEO of Contra, building the professional network for independents. Creative director with background in graphic design and music production.

Designer Advocate at Figma. Creator of Noise & Texture plugin. Multi-disciplinary designer, illustrator, and front-end developer exploring the intersection of art and code.

UX designer and educator with 5+ years of experience bridging Japanese and Western design cultures. Currently splits her time between a Japan-based creative agency and a U.S. startup, literally switching between Japanese and North American design mindsets daily. Wakana has taught over 80 UX/UI students and applies a lean, MVP-style UX approach to help teams bring rapid experimentation into Japan's detail-oriented workflows.

Matthew has been moving things around till they look right (and calling it design) for twenty-five years. This year he started Wimp Decaf Coffee Co. Before that, he co-founded Really Good Emails, curated 15,000 inbox oddities, and sold it in 2024. He's worked with Tim Ferriss, the Gates Foundation, Schmidt Sciences, MIT, Seth Godin, MailChimp, Ghost, and TBN.

Member of Technical Staff at Anthropic. Previously co-founded Baserun (YC S23, acquired), an observability and evaluation platform for LLM applications. Former design lead at Cruise, where she built developer tools that accelerated autonomous vehicle research and development. Early designer at Square, building tools to help small merchants run their businesses.

Product designer with 8+ years in UX design, research, and design systems. Experienced across startups and enterprises in Canada, the US, and Japan. Currently UX Lead at Catalina Marketing Japan, improving retail analytics experiences.

Design Director at T Brand Studio International, the branded-content agency of The New York Times. With over 15 years in advertising, visual communication, and design, Michael has helped expand the studio's presence across Asia-Pacific, overseeing compelling campaigns and story-led brand content for clients including Rosewood Hotels, Patek Philippe, Singapore Airlines, Grab, and Samsung.

Founder of Opacity and serial entrepreneur with multiple successful exits. Former Head of Design & Billing at Clerk. Previously built and sold Plasso to GoDaddy, co-founded Letter (banking), and created products used by millions. Also organizes ValioCon conference.

Independent designer. Co-founded Shift. Early designer at Dropbox. Previously designed at Google+.

South African born web designer, developer and maker who runs One Page Love and hosts the Yo! Podcast. After a decade freelancing, he finally took the leap to work on his side projects full time. When not building online he loves to surf, travel and listen to 90s punk rock.

Executive Director and Head of Advertising for Asia at The New York Times, bringing nearly two decades of advertising experience in the Asia Pacific region. Previously held key positions at the South China Morning Post and Dow Jones Wall Street Journal in Hong Kong. Leads advertising initiatives across digital, audio, print, and events for prestigious clients including Samsung, Marina Bay Sands, Singapore Airlines, and Grand Seiko.

Business Design Strategist with global experience across five cities. Has crafted service design and strategy solutions for clients including Volkswagen, Burberry, BP, American Express, BBC, and Starbucks across EMEA and APAC.

Design Lead & Manager for Generative AI at Meta. Over 5 years focused on AI-first products and a decade building AI and AR/VR experiences including Facebook Horizon and Spaces.

Michael is a Danish designer and entrepreneur known for turning playful ideas into polished products. He leads the award-winning game studio Northplay, creators of the upcoming Dinolords, and Pixelresort, a design studio rooted in vibrant, playful visual design. He is also the creator of the acclaimed App Icon Books, two self-published volumes celebrating the craft of iconography.

Fractional design leader with over 15 years of experience helping teams move from zero to one. Currently partners with early-stage startups like Dex Camera, Daylight Computer, Workmate, and Slingshot AI to shape product vision and build strong design foundations. Previously led the Design team and reimagined the product at Patreon, directed design at CNN and Canopy, built tools for at-risk communities at Google's Jigsaw, and led storytelling and VR design at Meta.

Pietro Schirano is a leading innovator in AI and technology, renowned for his work blending artificial intelligence with design and creative work. He is the founder and CEO of MagicPath, the first professional AI design tool. Pietro has a proven track record of shipping AI-driven product innovations at companies like Anthropic, Meta, and Brex, and his independent projects such as Claude Engineer have reached millions.

Founder of Twohy Design Works, an independent studio specializing in zero-to-one product design for early-stage companies. Over his 10+ year career, Kevin has designed products for organizations ranging from The New York Times and Vice to Everlane and Mirror. Recently helped create Board, the first face-to-face tabletop game console, and worked on digital experience design for Sandbar's Stream and Stream Ring.

Kurt is Vice President of Design at Adobe, where he leads teams across collaboration, asset management, sharing, community, home experiences, and adobe.com. Before joining Adobe, he served as VP of Design at Frame.io, which was acquired by Adobe for $1.3 billion in 2021. His career also includes leadership roles at Dropbox, where he led the team behind Dropbox Paper, and at Shyp, where he served as Head of Design.

Google product designer and engineer focused on AI-powered design tools and seamless designer–developer collaboration. Originally from Singapore, started her design career in California at Google, and later spent two years designing products specifically for the Japanese market. Now based in Tokyo, she co-hosts the Vibe Coders Tokyo meetup at Google's Shibuya office.