From Ballet to Technology: On Reinvention and Creative Identity
How do you start over, transfer your skills, and find your creative identity along the way?
Meet Rina Takikawa, a designer and builder whose journey has taken her from professional ballet to technology and early-stage startups 🩰💻✨
After more than a decade of classical ballet training and performing internationally, Rina made a big career shift into tech.
Over the past seven years, she's been building products, teams, and companies from the ground up. She previously led Design & Experience at a $15M consumer fintech startup, and is now part of the founding team at TempoAI, where she's building video intelligence and content distribution software.
Agenda
18:30 Welcome
18:45 Rina's story: an interview
19:15 Break
19:30 Open conversation and Q&A with Rina and Yoichiro
20:00 Mingling
Through an interview-style conversation, Rina will share her personal experience of reinvention, navigating uncertainty, building new skills, and finding your place in a constantly changing world of work.
She'll then be joined by Yoichiro Tamada, Partner & Creative Director at YL Projects, for an open conversation and audience Q&A.
Who is the event for?
Designers and creatives
Anyone working in a creative field
Anyone considering a career change or exploring new directions
Anyone curious about the different paths a creative career can take
Whether you're figuring out your next step, looking for fresh inspiration, or simply curious about other creative journeys, join us for an evening of open conversations, new perspectives, and connections with fellow creatives.
Meet the hosts
Kinddesign is a community for designers and creatives to connect, exchange ideas, and find inspiration. After hosting meetups in Copenhagen, Berlin, and Buenos Aires, we're excited to bring Kinddesign to Tokyo. Follow us on Instagram to explore our past events.
YL Projects is a global creative and communications agency bringing together strategic thinking and creativity across cultures to help brands grow, adapt, and connect. Discover more on Instagram.
Expect an evening of inspiring stories, open conversations, and good company. Come curious, bring your questions, and meet some fellow creatives. We look forward to seeing you!
P.S. The event will be held in English, but you're very welcome to speak Japanese, too!