Suzoko Hisata

Sr. Industrial Designer, Formation Design Group & Wake Up Dear

Atlanta

Born and raised in Japan, Suzuko graduated from San Jose State University

in 2004 with a B.S. in industrial design. She is a senior industrial

designer at Formation Design Group, a product innovation consultancy in

Atlanta. Over the years, she has worked on a wide range of projects, from

packaging to aircraft interiors.

Her design philosophy centers on allowing design to fit beautifully and

simply in a given environment. Design's ability to make meaningful changes

to our world is a passionate belief that permeates through her life and

work. She also a partner in Wake Up Dear. a design collaboration with

Gavin Bernard. Wake Up Dear's ODO lighting was exhibited in "Best of

America" at MA Design is Human 2014.