Hello! I’m Hugh Sato. I design and build things that people use.

I'm currently a senior designer at 8th Light, a software consultancy.

• UX Research
• Front-end Design + Dev
• Equity & Policy
• Maintenance & Repair
• Exhibit Design
• Dance Technology
• Projection Design

• We got published!

  Based on our work done for Mycelial, we published our research around creating soundscapes with dance.

  View Abstract on ACM

• When Words Fail: An exhibit-based participatory platform

  Created an exhibit that asks people to use their bodies to represent common themes of social uprisings.

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• A touch-based musical experience for families

  I was invited by the MCA Chicago to present some work that could be interactive for Family Day, and created generative musical experiences using touch capacitors and conductive materials.

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