“Doctors take you from the negative to the neutral. Designers take you from the neutral to Disneyland.”
-Ko Nakatsu

Ko Nakatsu is a graduate of the Carnegie Mellon industrial design program with emphasis on psychology and photography. Experience as an interaction designer for a multi-billion dollar online retail site and a few design firms, led him to work as a designer, researcher, and strategist in the Advanced Planning and Strategy department at Nissan North America and Infiniti Global. There, he developed future transportation concepts 5 to 20 years out for global production and cultural inspiration. He is currently re-envisioning the two thousand year old education system through the design of hybrid and 100% virtual learning environments for Kindergarten through Higher Education at Blackboard. He has also worked as a Radio DJ, EMT-D on ambulances, and as a pizza chef.

contact: ko.nakatsu@gmail.com