Shuhei Takeda

Product Designer

Career Summary

"After completing my studies in design at both undergraduate and graduate levels, I built my career across a Japanese manufacturer and three global IT companies. My experience spans UI/UX design, user research, service design leveraging design thinking, and facilitation of co-creation workshops. At IBM Japan, I led solution design in advanced technology domains—particularly AI—for the manufacturing industry, working closely with clients to drive meaningful value creation. I am recognized as an IPA Mitou Super Creator and also serve as a part-time lecturer at Kyoto University of the Arts."

Why I Joined

"While working closely with manufacturing customers, I was strongly drawn to the depth and fascination of monozukuri. At the same time, I directly encountered the structural challenges that span multiple stages of the manufacturing process and realized how deeply rooted and difficult these problems are to solve. Although I wanted to contribute to manufacturing through design, I also recognized the limitations of addressing such challenges through fragmented efforts alone. In that context, I came across CADDi. I resonated with its vision of addressing the industry’s structural issues head-on, as well as the people and organization working to make that vision a reality. I felt that this environment offered the potential to truly engage with fundamental problems and create meaningful value, and I decided to join in order to be directly involved in that challenge."

Role at CADDi

After joining CADDi in February 2026, I became involved from the launch phase of a new project and have been responsible for designing the user experience. In the early stage of the project, when the direction was still highly abstract and alignment had not yet been established among team members, I used design as a form of communication to help organize perspectives, build alignment, and drive the definition of the ideal experience and the value it should create. Since then, I have been working closely with product managers and engineers to lead UX design in a development environment moving at an unprecedented speed.