Digital Content Creator, 3D Digital Design, Immersive Environment utilizing Real-Time Visualization platforms, focusing on elevated aesthetics and digital styling. Integrate Generative AI into creative workflow to enhance Concept development, Pre-visualization and Product artistry. Digital Design Strategy: leveraging fashion design expertise with digital tools, curation-led concept development and visual storytelling within the design process.

Sayuri Kikuchi

Digital Content Creator, 3D Digital Design, Immersive Environment utilizing Real-Time Visualization platforms, focusing on elevated aesthetics and digital styling. Integrate Generative AI into creative workflow to enhance Concept development, Pre-visualization and Product artistry. Digital Design Strategy: leveraging fashion design expertise with digital tools, curation-led concept development and visual storytelling within the design process.

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Digital Content Creator, 3D Digital Design, Immersive Environment utilizing Real-Time Visualization platforms, focusing on elevated aesthetics and digital styling. Integrate Generative AI into creative workflow to enhance Concept development, Pre-visualization and Product artistry.

Digital Design Strategy: leveraging fashion design expertise with digital tools, curation-led concept development and visual storytelling within the design process.

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Language

English
Fluent
Japanese
Fluent
French
Beginner
Italian
Beginner

Work Experience

Press Intern at Helmut Lang
August 1, 1998 - March 1, 1999
Assisted backstage tasks and dressing models during runway shows; assisted PR team for organizing outgoing samples for magazines/editorials shoots; organized the editorial and runway show samples and edited the editorial image books; updated and organized the editorial image books.
Assistant Design Director at Hussein Chalayan
March 1, 1999 - March 31, 1999
Assisted in design development for runway shows, contributing to concept development and final sample production directives.
Designer at Jill Stuart International
January 1, 2001 - February 1, 2002
Design responsibilities for Jill Stuart collection.
Design Director, Knitwear (Men's Knitwear) at Calvin Klein
June 1, 2003 - June 1, 2006
Lead design direction for knitwear; end-to-end development of men's knitwear collection.
Design Director & Brand DNA at Self-Employed / Brand DNA
March 1, 2011 - July 1, 2016
Design Director and Brand DNA lead: end-to-end design and technical development of runway and pre-collection samples; oversee new collection concepts through sketching, visual research, and 3D modeling.
Design Consultant, Men's Knitwear at 3.1 Phillip Lim
September 1, 2020 - August 1, 2021
Design consultant for knitwear; concept development and collaboration for collections.
Design Director / Visual Direction at Self-Employed
September 1, 2020 - Present
Creative strategy, visual direction, iconography research to define seasonal design directions, textures, and silhouettes; produced digital materials for manufacturing; oversaw design workflow from concept to production; supported styling and art direction for lookbooks and presentations.

Education

Associate Degree in Fine Art (Fashion Design) at Kodansha School of Art, Tokyo
January 11, 2030 - June 3, 2026
Bachelor of Fine Arts, Fashion Design at Fashion Institute of Technology (SUNY)
January 11, 2030 - June 1, 1999

Qualifications

Portfolio Certificate, Modern Art and Ideas (MoMA Certification)
April 1, 2020 - June 3, 2026

Industry Experience

Media & Entertainment, Manufacturing, Retail, Education, Professional Services