Mikki Tam — Founder, Taketombo Corp

Mikki Tam

タム ミッキ Founder · 代表取締役
Education BFA, Otis College of Art & Design, Los Angeles
MArch Interior Architecture, RISD
Based Fukuoka, Japan
Companies Goenne.com
Taketombo Corp KK

Mikki Tam

Mikki is a US-trained creative professional in retail branding and interior architecture design. Mikki practiced in LA, NY, Shanghai, Hong Kong and Tokyo with diverse international creative experience and insights.

She graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from Otis College of Art & Design in Los Angeles, and a Master of Interior Architecture from Rhode Island School of Design (RISD), specialising in Architecture Adaptive Reuse and User-centric design.

With over 20 years experience directing creative projects in Branding and Retail Design, critical thinking, design-thinking and user-experience remain key principles in her practice.

Mikki was invited to speak at art and design universities in the US, sharing with next generation creative leaders on Design Management and Driving Social Impact through Creativity. She also enjoys attending design critiques, discussing works of young designers. In addition, she is actively consulting for global brands, assisting corporations to streamline design process and build design management capacity.

Arts and crafts is her life-long passion where she always finds time to support and participate. She has been a novice and an advocate in Japanese ceramics and kintsugi since her relocation to Tokyo.

While in Tokyo, she gained insights from extensive travel throughout the country and interactions with various Japanese artisans — inspiring the launch of Taketombo Corporation with the goal of driving social impact through creativity.

In 2020, Goenne.com was launched in effort to tell artisans' stories and prompt new interests in artisanal utilitarian objects through product creation and promotion.

Selected clients & brands: Nike · Procter & Gamble · Nokia · Bank of America · Citibank · Fortune 500 companies across branding, retail design, and design management
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Taketombo Corp KK

Social innovation design enterprise. Craft incubator and culture travel experts based in Fukuoka, Japan.

Goenne.com

Authentic kintsugi and urushi lacquer supply — the commercial arm of Taketombo, serving an international customer base.

Recognition

iF Design Award 2020 · Good Design Award 2019 · UN Tourism for SDGs