𝓶𝓮𝓵𝓮 𝓱𝓪𝓶𝓪𝓼𝓪𝓴𝓲

designer & film producer


Meleokauaapuakea Hamasaki is a senior principal product designer, web and communication designer, and film producer based in Hawai‘i and Los Angeles.


Her work spans digital systems, cinematic storytelling, and communications - creating intuitive digital experiences and producing films + live performances that center intergenerational healing, aloha ʻāina, and grace for the human experience.


The projects she has worked on with her community have been seen by audiences in Honolulu, New York, Los Angeles, Berlin, Japan, and Hawaiian Airlines and covered by Hawaiʻi Public Radio, Nella Media Group, and Vogue.


Her personal mission is exquisite equilibrium - the everyday remembering to cultivate and nourish our relationship to the natural world, the spiritual world, our communities, our families, and ourselves. ꩜

✶ 𝓶𝓮𝓵𝓮 𝓱𝓪𝓶𝓪𝓼𝓪𝓴𝓲 ✶

designer & film producer


Meleokauaapuakea Hamasaki is a senior principal product designer, web and communication designer, and film producer based in Hawai‘i and Los Angeles.


Her practice spans digital systems, cinematic storytelling, and communications - creating intuitive digital experiences and producing films + live performances that center intergenerational healing, aloha ʻāina, and grace for the human experience.


The projects she has worked on with her community have been seen by audiences in Honolulu, New York, Los Angeles, Berlin, Japan, and Hawaiian Airlines and covered by Hawaiʻi Public Radio, Nella Media Group, and Vogue.


Her personal mission is exquisite equilibrium - the everyday remembering to cultivate and nourish our relationship to the natural world, the spiritual world, our communities, our families, and ourselves. ꩜

Product Design (Design Systems)

Product Design (Design Systems)

Currently designing internal tooling for systems at Yahoo. 2025-present.

Piʻikū design mentor for Umi. Jul-Sep 2024.

Piʻikū design mentor for Farmlink Hawaiʻi. Sep-Nov 2023.

Established and scaled design systems for Coinbase. 2021-2025.

Started my career in design systems at Workday. 2018-2021.

My very first internship as a UX designer Siegel+Gale. Summer 2016 ♡

Currently designing internal tooling for systems at Yahoo. 2025-present.

Piʻikū design mentor for Umi. Jul-Sep 2024.

Piʻikū design mentor for Farmlink Hawaiʻi. Sep-Nov 2023.

Established and scaled design systems for Coinbase.
2021-2025.

Started my career in design systems at Workday.
2018-2021.

My very first internship as a UX designer Siegel+Gale.
Summer 2016 ♡.

Web Design & Digital Communication

Web Design & Digital Communication

The Renkon Project, 2025-present.

Puʻuhonua Society, 2024-present.

Ringshout Productions, 2024-present.

TOQA, 2020-2023.

The Renkon Project, 2025-present.

Puʻuhonua Society, 2024-present.

Ringshout Productions, 2024-present.

TOQA, 2020-2023.

Film Producing

Film Producing

Produced DON'T TELL MAMA, dir. Chloe Leigh King. Narrative Short. 2025.


Produced MEMORY AS MISSIONARY POSITION, dir. Brigitte Leilani Axelrode. Experimental Short. 2025.


Associate Produced HULI, dir. Daniel Croix. Narrative Short. 2024.

Produced DON'T TELL MAMA, dir. Chloe Leigh King. Narrative Short. 2025.


Produced MEMORY AS MISSIONARY POSITION, dir. Brigitte Leilani Axelrode. Experimental Short. 2025.


Associate Produced HULI, dir. Daniel Croix. Narrative Short. 2024.

Event Producing

Event Producing

Produced The Renkon Project at the Waikīkī War Memorial Natatorium. Site-specific performance installation on August 6, 2025.


Produced TUTUVI TUTUVI TUTUVI at a Private Residence. Fashion Show on August 10, 2024.


Produced Huli of Consciousness at the Honolulu Museum of Art. Community Film Screening on January 13, 2024.

Produced The Renkon Project at the Waikīkī War Memorial Natatorium. Site-specific performance installation on August 6, 2025.


Produced TUTUVI TUTUVI TUTUVI at a Private Residence. Fashion Show on August 10, 2024.


Produced Huli of Consciousness at the Honolulu Museum of Art. Community Film Screening on January 13, 2024.

Boards

Boards

Tropic Editions. 2023-present.

Tropic Editions. 2023-present.

Education

Education

Ka Maka ʻĪnana

Ethical Design in Hawaiian Context.
Mar-May 2023


DePaul University

Master of Science in Human Computer Interaction.
c/o 2018


DePaul University

Bachelor of Science in User Experience Design & Graphic Design.

c/o 2017.


ʻIolani School

High School Diploma

c/o 2013

Ka Maka ʻĪnana

Ethical Design in Hawaiian Context

Mar-May 2023.


DePaul University

Master of Science in Human Computer Interaction

c/o 2018


DePaul University

Bachelor of Science in User Experience Design & Graphic Design

c/o 2017


ʻIolani School

High School Diploma

c/o 2013