About Litsko

I’ve been in the graphic design industry for 20+ years, and I have a variety of experience working: at an in-house design studio at a large ad agency; with a small marketing team at a public community college; at one of the Big Three automotive companies; and for myself as a freelancer.

I have a passion in providing beautiful visual solutions. As a Sr. Product Designer, my latest role at Ford Motor Company, I converted complex engineering ideas into easy-to-digest visual communications. I also exercised Design Thinking methodology to really dig into CX & UX journeys.

I am from Osaka, Japan—I came to the US when I was turning 19 and never left. Currently residing in beautiful San Diego, California. I am raising an eccentric pre-teen I absolutely adore.

I love listening to NPR. Some of my favorite programs are Hidden Brain, This American Life, Make Me Smart and (last but not least!) Wait Wait… Don’t Tell Me! I love reading, mostly Japanese novels, manga and short stories. One of the most recent books I loved was The Honey Bus by Meredith May. I don’t get to watch movies much any more, but my all-time favorites are Big Libousky, Castle in the Sky, Fantastic Mr. Fox, Isle of Dogs, The Lego Movies and The Usual Suspects. I am most proud of my son speaking in Wes Anderson language.

Please feel free to contact me via lits@designsesame.net. If you’d like to call me or set up a meeting, please request for my phone number in your email.

“… you tell us what’s important.”

“A shaft of sunlight at the end of a dark afternoon, a note in music, and the way the back of a baby’s neck smells if its mother keeps it tidy,”

—E. B. White, Stuart Little