Kaori Ogawa is a New York-based intereaction designer.

After earning a Bachelor of Economics from the University of Tokyo, she worked as a management consultant in Tokyo and is currently pursuing an MFA in Design and Technology at Parsons School of Design.

As a management consultant, she has conducted robust UX research including improving internal digital tools based on employee interviews and analyzing consumer market through consumer interviews and surveys. Additionally, she has been involved in global organization design, business strategy development, M&A support, and due diligence, backed by quantitative analysis and expert interviews.

Born and raised amidst the natural beauty of Kochi Prefecture in Japan, she advised companies on sustainability initiatives during her consulting career. Feeling the limitations of approaches that require people to sacrifice convenience for sustainable choices, she decided to focus on creating systems that enable people to live sustainably without undue burden.

Influenced by Japanese animism—which holds that all things, both living and non-living, possess a spirit—Kaori observes diverse communities of plants, animals, and microorganisms, seeking to reposition humans within these networks.

She was part of the inaugural cohort of the Setouchi Triennale Young Artist Program.