Emi Takahashi  EMI  TAKAHASHI
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are.naEmi 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.







A Latest Trails
  • Kozo processing and washi papermaking in Ino, Japan
  • Material animations & titles design for upcoming feature documentary film by Sybilla Patrizia, with Nik Arthur
  • Art direction for upcoming experimental short film by Nik Arthur
  • Visual identity for re:arc institute, with Michelle Kuan

B Select Clients 
Arc'teryx, GANNI, Houndstooth Label, Inter/Access, Northwestern University, Ploeg Arts, re:arc institute, Tyler McGillivary, University of Toronto
C Collaborators
Nik Arthur, Eric Francisco, Elena Kirby & Masumi Rodriguez, Michelle Kuan, Hinako Omori, Rebecca Wilkinson






Education
2020
2018  OCAD University, BDes Graphic Design (Honours)
Royal Danish Academy, Visual Communication 
Talks & Workshops
2023
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2022
2021

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2020
2020

2019 OCAD University, Design Research Methods
Rhode Island School of Design, Typography Elective
Cyanotype Workshop, EQ Bank
Variable Axes & Superglyph, Collisions Workshop, studio basic
Zurich University of the Arts (ZHdK), Visual Communication, Offshore Studio
OCAD University, Graphic Design Workshop
Launchpad SUMMIT, Frontier Panel Discussion & Workshop, Artscape Daniels Launchpad
OCAD University, Graphic Design Workshop
Press & FeaturesLiner Notes (Catalog): For Future Reference: Emi Takahashi & Nik Arthur, by Alex Siber
It's Nice That
The Malee Scholarship (Sharp Type)
TYPEONE Magazine Issue 06
The Pangram Paper (Pangram Pangram) 1
The Pangram Paper (Pangram Pangram) 2
Grilli Type

Awards & Grants2023 
2022
2021
2021
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2020
2020
2019
2019

2018
2018
2016 Canada Council for the Arts, Explore and Create
Ontario Arts Council, Artist-Presenter Collab. Projects
Toronto Arts Council, Creative Communities Grant
Canada Council for the Arts, Digital Now
The Malee Scholarship, Women of Typographic Excellence
OCAD University Medal in Graphic Design
Nora E. Vaughan Award
RGD Awards, Typography, Honourable Mention
ADCC Student Competition, Graphic Design, Silver Winner
Mariah’s Fund Scholarship
Joubin-Selig Bursary
Jan van Kampen Scholarship
Last Updated 26.03.05





TITLE

Islanding
2022

  CATEGORIES

  • Poster Design
  • Art Direction
  • Photography

DESCRIPTION

Poster for interdisciplinary scholar and comparatist Erin Y. Huang’s talk for the Comparative Literary Studies Program at Northwestern University, “Islanding: Ocean Media and the Aesthetics of Desertedness in the South China Sea”. 

“Bringing together the methodological approaches of infrastructure and media studies and the island philosophy of Jacques Derrida and Gilles Deleuze, this talk explored a new genealogy of island critique and examined Daniel Defoe’s Robinson Crusoe, the contemporary American satellite surveillance network on Asian oceans, and the expansion of Chinese artificial islanding in the South China Sea.”

Geospatial materials were sourced from the Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative to create this poster, which used 3D rendering and layering effects to visualize the continuous expansion and surveillance of artificial islands in the region. 

Collaboration with Michelle Kuan
Riso printed with Vide Press




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