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 rearc institute, with Michelle Kuan

B Select Clients 
A24, Arc'teryx, Daniela Andrade, GANNI, Hinako Omori, Inter/Access, Laura Misch, rearc institute, Resavoir, Tyler McGillivary
C Collaborators
Nik Arthur, Elena Kirby & Masumi Rodriguez, Michelle Kuan, Rebecca Wilkinson






Education
2020, OCAD University, BDes Graphic Design (Honours)
2018, Royal Danish Academy, Visual Communication 
Group Exhibitions/Shows2025, Tunnel Mound Comeback, the plumb Gallery, Toronto ON, curated by Emerald Rippard-Denniston, in collaboration with Elena Kirby, Masumi Rodriguez, and Bhavika Sharma

2024, KAZÉ/風, My Monkey Gallery, Nancy, France, curated by Morgan Fortems, in collaboration with Michelle Kuan and Hinako Omori

2022, Where Grape Leaves Grow, Book Launch & Reading, Polyester Studios (100% SILK Shop + Gallery), Toronto, ON, with Anna Daliza and Michelle Kuan

2022, here-there listening room, Whippersnapper Gallery, Toronto, CA, with Michelle Kuan and Michelle Lu
Talks & Workshops
2023, OCAD University, Design Research Methods
2023, Rhode Island School of Design, Typography Elective
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

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, 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, Sharp Type
2020, OCAD University Medal in Graphic Design
2020, Nora E. Vaughan Award
2019, RGD 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
Last Updated 26.08.13


TITLE

KACHI-BUWA
2019-2020

  CATEGORIES

  • Type Design
  • Book Design
  • Newspaper Design
  • Motion Design
  • Photography

DESCRIPTION

KACHI-BUWA investigates how graphic representation can communicate the nuances in connotations and culture-specific contexts expressed by onomatopoeia in the Japanese language. This project exists as a body of typographic work orbiting around a conceptual variable Katakana typeface which aims at bridging sound, form and signification while being embedded in Japanese visual culture.

✷ Onomatopoeic expressions speak their meanings through both sound and form, breaking linguistic barriers and granting a strictly iconic form of communication. 

KACHI-BUWA was featured in Japan's Best Friend and Oishii! Japanese Food Style by Manami Okazaki, designed by John Phillip Sage and Nina Jua Klein.



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