Rina Ellingham

The way we do this is by working very closely with each of our clients from the very beginning to deeply understand your values and what drives your business and passion. From our first engagement, we will be dedicating our resources to working with you, aiming to provide clear design leadership throughout the journey as well as certainty around timeframes, fee structure, and deliverables.

Work with the art director, Minori Murata as the project manager. Lead schedule budget management for client projects. Murata directed and produced visual art in advertising for fashion brands such as Adidas, NIKE, GAP, BEAMS, and fashion department stores such as Laforet Harajuku, PARCO and she also directed art for “Imma-ten” which was organized by imma; the world-first virtual model.

weMORI is a Norwegian/Japan-based Non-Profit Organization that works to restore the Earth's forest environment. Since weMORI has a plan to develop the forestry donation app, Ellingham took part in overseeing the app's fundraising strategy and crowdfunding plan. The legendary poet Shuntaro Tanikawa contributed a new poem, "Komorebi," suppo

Worked as a person in charge of trade to Hong Kong at armi. tokyo. armi tokyo is apparel brand contributes expanding Japanese traditional craftsmanship and sustainability to create high-quality clothes.

Assigned the project for the Tokyo Stock Exchange IT management team to develop the IT strategy and recruitment system for the next generations. For this project, she was contacted by the European stock market to research their strategy for the IT division.

In 2017 Ellingham was assigned to a major Japanese automobile manufacturer to help develop a telematics product for a new vehicle. She helped lead two teams between the US and Japan to release the vehicle in the American market.

Ellingham started her own design company in New Zealand in 2014. I grew up around a family-run business crafting Japanese-style doors and screens. This experience lead Rina to design and market her own line of designer notebooks based on Japanese paper.