Faculty

I am Sachiko Uozumi, principal of Design is Love, based in New York City and the Hudson Valley.

As a design leadership coach, design innovation consultant, and advocate for inclusive design with 30 years of experience, I believe design is a powerful force for driving change.

At heart, I am a designer and maker, known for my unique approach to creativity and purposeful design.

Through design, we can create positive and uplifting experiences for everyone.

My strength lies in bridging business, management, research, and design to deliver cohesive, unique, and impactful outcomes in every project I lead. I identify common threads across diverse disciplines, set goals, and visualize viable and innovative solutions.

​My experiences in Japan, the U.S., Brazil, and Europe cultivated unique cultural insights, creativity, and design. These have equipped me to work in diverse fields such as design research, concept and design development, education, future studies, and future vision creation.

​I continue to engage company sizes from startup, small to global corporations, to governmental, to educational organizations.

From 1993 to 2003, I taught at Parsons School of Design's Product Design Department in New York City. In 1999, I began my independent consulting journey in NYC, and in 2015 co-founded Brainpool, a collective of design experts that specializes in helping organizations to bring radical and impactful consumer advocacy to the design table.

Ten examples of my design work are in five museums’ permanent collections throughout the United States and Europe, including the Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum in New York City. She holds 22 patents internationally.

www.designis.love