Kosuke TakahashiAbout myself
JP

I invent and design things to bring good communication into the world.

Kosuke TakahashiInventor / Product Designer

Kosuke Takahashi is an inventor / a product designer dedicated to exploring new ways of communication that help people build connections. He has been working on fostering playful communication that transcends disability, age, gender, and other barriers. His recent projects have been nominated for the DIA Award (China, 2021) and exhibited in Museum für Gestaltung Zürich (Switzerland, 2024).

Education

  • 2012 – 2016🇯🇵 Keio University — BA in Environmental Informatics (Product Design)

Experience

  • 2022 – present🇯🇵 Freelance — Inventor / Product Designer
  • 2016 – 2022🇯🇵 Dentsu Inc. — Copywriter / Creative Planner

Awards & Nominations

  • 2021🇨🇳 DIA Award, Honorable Mention
  • 2021🇯🇵 Good Design Award
  • 2021🇺🇸 The One Club : Young Guns 19
  • 2020🇳🇱 Design Indaba : Antena, the Best Design Graduates
  • 2019🇯🇵 Tokyo Midtown Award, Excellence Award
  • 2018🇯🇵 WIRED Audi Innovation Award

Grants & Fellowships

  • 2025🇳🇱 V2_ — Winter Session
  • 2024🇳🇱 V2_ — Summer Session
  • 2024🇯🇵 Mitsui Group — Mitsui Mirai Challengers

Exhibitions

  • 2025🇯🇵 FUNclusion
  • 2025🇯🇵 Miyashita Park — Gochamaze Playpark
  • 2025🇯🇵 Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art — Touch, Untangle, Tones!
  • 2025🇮🇹 Placemaking Week Europe
  • 2025🇳🇱 V2_ Unstable Media — Media Art Cafe
  • 2025🇳🇱 RAUM
  • 2025🇳🇱 MishMash
  • 2025🇳🇱 OBJECT Rotterdam
  • 2024🇨🇭 Museum für Gestaltung Zürich — Design for All?
  • 2022🇯🇵 Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum — Creative Well-being Tokyo
  • 2019🇯🇵 Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum — TURN FES 5

Talks

  • 2024🇺🇸 Inscript — Presentation
  • 2024🇦🇹 Schmiede Hallein — Presentation
  • 2021🇨🇳 Tongji University — Lecture
  • 2021🇨🇳 Shanghai Normal University — Lecture
  • 2020🇳🇱 Design Indaba — Presentation

Bibliography

  • 2024🇨🇭 [Featured] Museum für Gestaltung Zürich — Design for All?
  • 2021🇹🇼 [Featured] Victionary — Good by Design