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Emi Takahashi 高橋恵美 is an artist and graphic designer based in Tkaronto/Toronto. Her practice involves experimenting with alternative & analog forms of image-making, glyph & type design, archival projects, and multidisciplinary collaborations.
- Experimental digital archive that reimagines and recontextualizes The Asianadian (1978-1985), the first pan-Asian Canadian social justice magazine, with Michelle Kuan
- KAZE/風 onomatopoeic exhibition at My monkey gallery, with Michelle Kuan and Hinako Omori
- Art & design collaborations with musician Hinako Omori
- Organic animation collaboration with Nik Arthur
- Visual identity for a Toronto-based fine indie jewellery brand inspired by myth and nature
- Ongoing glyph design & organic material exploration
This list was last updated on September 20, 2023.
Thank you to the generous funding support from the Ontario Arts Council, an agency of the Government of Ontario.
Press & Features:
- TYPEONE Magazine Issue 06, Tech, type and tools: A conflict of poetry and practicality by Harold Bennett (2023)
- The Pangram Paper (Pangram Pangram), The Future of Variable Fonts (2023)
- The Pangram Paper (Pangram Pangram), The Best Variable Fonts Right Now (2023)
- Newspaper Club, here-there, 10 newspapers we loved in 2022 (2022)
- The Malee Scholarship, Sharp Type, Women of Typographic Excellence (2021)
- Grilli Type, International Women's Day Feature (2021)
- Frontier, Sound and Vision (2021)
- It's Nice That, Kachi-Buwa is a variable Katakana typeface expressing Japanese onomatopoeic expressions (2020)
Talks & Workshops:
- Type, Form, & Meaning, Rhode Island School of Design (RISD), Typography Elective (GRAPH-W322-03), Virtual (2023)
- Cyanotype Workshop, EQ Bank, Toronto, ON (2022)
- Variable Axes & Superglyph, Summer Workshop Series hosted by studio basic, Virtual (2021)
- Kachi-Buwa, Zurich University of the Arts (ZHdK), Visual Communication, Offshore Studio, "Symbiosigns", Virtual (2021)
- Artist Talk, OCAD University, Graphic Design Program, Virtual (2020)
- Launchpad SUMMIT, Frontier Panel Discussion & Workshop, Artscape Daniels Launchpad, Virtual (2020)
- Conceptual Type, OCAD University, Graphic Design Program, Toronto, ON (2019)
Group Exhibitions & Events:
- Where Grape Leaves Grow, Book Launch & Reading, Polyester Studios, 100% SILK Shop + Gallery, Toronto, ON (2022)
- here-there listening room, Whippersnapper Gallery, Ontario Arts Council, Toronto Arts Council, Toronto, ON (2022)
- Capsule, DesignTO, Window Installation, Toronto, ON (2021)
- GradEx 105, OCAD University, Online (2020)
- Secret 7" Exhibition, Sonos Studio, London, UK (2016)
- Brilliant (Colour Show), OCAD University, Toronto, ON (2016)
- Drawing at First Sight, OCAD University, Toronto, ON (2015)
- Secret 7" Exhibition, Mother London, London, UK (2014)
Awards, Grants & Distinctions:
- Explore and Create - Concept to Realization, Canada Council for the Arts (2023)
- Career Catalyst: Project Grants for New Generation Artists, Ontario Arts Council (2022)
- Artist-Presenter Collaboration Projects, Ontario Arts Council, here-there collective & Whippersnapper Gallery (2022)
- Creative Communities Grant, Toronto Arts Council, here-there collective (2021)
- Digital Now, Canada Council for the Arts, here-there collective (2021)
- The Malee Scholarship, Women of Typographic Excellence (2021)
- OCAD University Medal in Graphic Design (2020)
- Nora E. Vaughan Award (2020)
- RGD Student Awards, 52 Pick-Up Award for Typography, Honourable Mention (2019)
- ADCC Student Competition, Graphic Design, Silver Winner (2019)
- Mariah’s Fund Scholarship (2018)
- Joubin-Selig Bursary (2018)
Jan van Kampen Scholarship (2016)
Education:
- BDes (Honours) in Graphic Design, OCAD University, Toronto (2020)
- Semester Exchange, Visual Communication, Royal Danish Academy, Copenhagen (2018)
© 2023 Emi Takahashi. All Rights Reserved.
.｡(✺´◡`✺)｡.
Emi Takahashi 高橋恵美 is an artist and graphic designer based in Tkaronto/Toronto. Her practice involves experimenting with alternative & analog forms of image-making, glyph & type design, archival projects, and multidisciplinary collaborations.
Currently working on:
- Experimental digital archive that reimagines and recontextualizes The Asianadian (1978-1985), the first pan-Asian Canadian social justice magazine, with Michelle Kuan
- KAZE/風 onomatopoeic exhibition at My monkey gallery, with Michelle Kuan and Hinako Omori
- Art & design collaborations with musician Hinako Omori
- Organic animation collaboration with Nik Arthur
- Visual identity for a Toronto-based fine indie jewellery brand inspired by myth and nature
- Ongoing glyph design & organic material exploration
This list was last updated on September 20, 2023.
Contact
Thank you to the generous funding support from the Ontario Arts Council, an agency of the Government of Ontario.
Press & Features:
- TYPEONE Magazine Issue 06, Tech, type and tools: A conflict of poetry and practicality by Harold Bennett (2023)
- The Pangram Paper (Pangram Pangram), The Future of Variable Fonts (2023)
- The Pangram Paper (Pangram Pangram), The Best Variable Fonts Right Now (2023)
- Newspaper Club, here-there, 10 newspapers we loved in 2022 (2022)
- The Malee Scholarship, Sharp Type, Women of Typographic Excellence (2021)
- Grilli Type, International Women's Day Feature (2021)
- Frontier, Sound and Vision (2021)
- It's Nice That, Kachi-Buwa is a variable Katakana typeface expressing Japanese onomatopoeic expressions (2020)
Talks & Workshops:
- Type, Form, & Meaning, Rhode Island School of Design (RISD), Typography Elective (GRAPH-W322-03), Virtual (2023)
- Cyanotype Workshop, EQ Bank, Toronto, ON (2022)
- Variable Axes & Superglyph, Summer Workshop Series hosted by studio basic, Virtual (2021)
- Kachi-Buwa, Zurich University of the Arts (ZHdK), Visual Communication, Offshore Studio, "Symbiosigns", Virtual (2021)
- Artist Talk, OCAD University, Graphic Design Program, Virtual (2020)
- Launchpad SUMMIT, Frontier Panel Discussion & Workshop, Artscape Daniels Launchpad, Virtual (2020)
- Conceptual Type, OCAD University, Graphic Design Program, Toronto, ON (2019)
Group Exhibitions & Events:
- Where Grape Leaves Grow, Book Launch & Reading, Polyester Studios, 100% SILK Shop + Gallery, Toronto, ON (2022)
- here-there listening room, Whippersnapper Gallery, Ontario Arts Council, Toronto Arts Council, Toronto, ON (2022)
- Capsule, DesignTO, Window Installation, Toronto, ON (2021)
- GradEx 105, OCAD University, Online (2020)
- Secret 7" Exhibition, Sonos Studio, London, UK (2016)
- Brilliant (Colour Show), OCAD University, Toronto, ON (2016)
- Drawing at First Sight, OCAD University, Toronto, ON (2015)
- Secret 7" Exhibition, Mother London, London, UK (2014)
Awards, Grants & Distinctions:
- Explore and Create - Concept to Realization, Canada Council for the Arts (2023)
- Career Catalyst: Project Grants for New Generation Artists, Ontario Arts Council (2022)
- Artist-Presenter Collaboration Projects, Ontario Arts Council, here-there collective & Whippersnapper Gallery (2022)
- Creative Communities Grant, Toronto Arts Council, here-there collective (2021)
- Digital Now, Canada Council for the Arts, here-there collective (2021)
- The Malee Scholarship, Women of Typographic Excellence (2021)
- OCAD University Medal in Graphic Design (2020)
- Nora E. Vaughan Award (2020)
- RGD Student Awards, 52 Pick-Up Award for Typography, Honourable Mention (2019)
- ADCC Student Competition, Graphic Design, Silver Winner (2019)
- Mariah’s Fund Scholarship (2018)
- Joubin-Selig Bursary (2018)
Jan van Kampen Scholarship (2016)
Education:
- BDes (Honours) in Graphic Design, OCAD University, Toronto (2020)
- Semester Exchange, Visual Communication, Royal Danish Academy, Copenhagen (2018)
© 2023 Emi Takahashi. All Rights Reserved.