emi takahashi 高橋恵美

is a visual artist & graphic designer based in Tiohtià:ke/Mooniyang/Montréal. Her practice seamlessly blends glyph design F , typography U, and image-making N to build visual worlds FUN rooted in craft, material exploration, and collaboration.

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Select Clients:

Arc'teryx, GANNI, Houndstooth Label, Inter/Access, LUMINE & NEWoMan, Northwestern University, Ploeg Arts, re:arc institute, Tyler McGillivary, University of Toronto

Friends & Collaborators:

Eric Francisco, Elena Kirby, Hinako Omori, Masumi Rodriguez, Michelle Kuan, Nik Arthur, Rebecca Wilkinson

Education:

2020 BDes Graphic Design, OCAD University (Honours)
2018 Visual Communication, Royal Danish Academy

Current Trails:

Material animations & title/credits design for upcoming feature documentary film for Sybilla Patrizia, with Nik Arthur
Organic animation collaboration, with Nik Arthur
Album packaging design for Daniela Andrade
Visual identity for re:arc institute, with Michelle Kuan

Last updated August 14, 2025.

Press & Features:

Exhibitions & Events:

2025 Tunnel Mound Comeback, the plumb gallery, Toronto, CA
2023-2024 KAZÉ·風, My monkey gallery, Nancy, FR
2022 Where Grape Leaves Grow, Book Launch & Reading, Polyester Studios, 100% SILK Shop + Gallery, Toronto, CA
2022 here-there listening room, Whippersnapper Gallery, Toronto, CA
2021 Capsule, DesignTO, Window Installation, Toronto, CA
2020 GradEx 105, OCAD University, Online
2016 Secret 7" Exhibition, Sonos Studio, London, UK
2016 Brilliant (Colour Show), OCAD University, Toronto, CA
2015 Drawing at First Sight, OCAD University, Toronto, CA
2014 Secret 7" Exhibition, Mother London, London, UK

Talks & Workshops:

2023 OCAD University, Design Research Methods
2023 Rhode Island School of Design, Typography Elective
2022 Cyanotype Workshop, EQ Bank
2021 Variable Axes & Superglyph, Collisions Workshop, studio basic
2021 Zurich University of the Arts (ZHdK), Visual Communication, Offshore Studio
2020 OCAD University, Graphic Design Workshop
2020 Launchpad SUMMIT, Frontier Panel Discussion & Workshop, Artscape Daniels Launchpad
2019 OCAD University, Graphic Design Workshop

Awards, Grants & Distinctions:

2023 Canada Council for the Arts, Explore and Create
2022 Ontario Arts Council, Artist-Presenter Collab. Projects
2021 Toronto Arts Council, Creative Communities Grant
2021 Canada Council for the Arts, Digital Now
2021 The Malee Scholarship, Women of Typographic Excellence
2020 OCAD University Medal in Graphic Design
2020 Nora E. Vaughan Award
2019 RGD Student Awards, Typography, Honourable Mention
2019 ADCC Student Competition, Graphic Design, Silver Winner
2018 Mariah’s Fund Scholarship
2018 Joubin-Selig Bursary
2016 Jan van Kampen Scholarship

Colophon:

Site Typefaces: Times Dot & Suisse Int'l
Site Design: Emi Takahashi

scan of riso print of sparkling water in motion

is an artist & graphic designer based in Tiohtià:ke/Mooniyang/Montréal. Her practice seamlessly blends glyph design F, typography U , and image-making N, to build visual worlds FUN rooted in craft, material exploration, and collaboration.