ROLE:

THEO
NAKAMURA

Grayscale portrait of Theo Nakamura

THEO NAKAMURA — TOKYO

UI/UX DESIGNER · CREATIVE TECHNOLOGIST

I ship interfaces for startups and cultural institutions. I audit flows for accessibility, redesign the ones that fail, and document the motion so the fix survives the next release.

INTERACTION · ACCESSIBILITY · MOTION

INTERACTION LAB:

TOGGLE

FOCUS RING

38.0

DRAG

LOAD STATE

STEP

SERVICES:

  • INTERACTION DESIGN

    Flows, states, edge cases, prototypes.

  • ACCESSIBILITY AUDITS

    WCAG 2.2 AA passes with fix-by-fix reports.

  • MOTION SYSTEMS

    Easing tokens, choreography rules, handoff specs.

  • DESIGN SYSTEM DOCS

    Component contracts engineers actually read.

SELECTED WORK:

KOTO ANALYTICS

01 / STARTUP

KOTO ANALYTICS

Redesigned the operator dashboard around keyboard-first navigation and screen-reader landmarks.

TASK COMPLETION UP 31.4%

SUMIDA CRAFT MUSEUM

02 / INSTITUTION

SUMIDA CRAFT MUSEUM

Built a bilingual gallery kiosk with reach-height targets and a two-second idle reset.

AVERAGE SESSION 2M 47S

HANEDA MOTION SPEC

03 / SYSTEM

HANEDA MOTION SPEC

Documented a 9-token motion system and shipped it as Figma variables plus CSS.

17 SURFACES ON ONE CURVE

WRITING + RESOURCES:

NEWSLETTER:

DESIGN SYSTEM NOTES

Monthly. One teardown, one easing curve, one accessibility fix.

Taking two projects for Q3. Send the flow that is failing and I'll tell you what I'd change first.

THEO@NAKAMURA.DESIGN

TOKYO · JST +9 · LAST UPDATED 2026