Kumi Akiyoshi

Kumi is a visual practice lead at Adaptive Path. She has more than ten years of visual design expertise with mobile devices, interactive platforms, and desktop applications. An integral part of her design philosophy is to bring humanity to high-tech product design and create meaningful brand experience that communicates emotionally with people.

Professional Background

Prior to joining Adaptive Path, Kumi served as the Creative Lead at Microsoft. There, she led efforts to refresh the brand system for MSN and then launched the new brand system for Windows Live targeting Microsoft's 380 million users worldwide.

Past clients and employers include Dice, !ndigo, Dorling Kindersley, Microsoft, and Philips Interactive.

In addition to her project work, Kumi teaches interactive visual design workshops and created innovative ambient music media work exhibited at the Institute of Contemporary Art in London. Kumi was born and raised in Japan, absorbing the rich tradition of refined aesthetics of her native culture. From there she received her education in London graduating from Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design with honors where she majored in communication and graphic design.