Jonah Takagi
| Jonah Takagi | |
|---|---|
 Jonah Takagi.jpg Takagi with his Bluff City Light in 2019 | |
| Born | September 22, 1979 Tokyo, Japan |
| 🎓 Alma mater | Rhode Island School of Design |
| 💼 Occupation | |
| 📆 Years active | 2002 - present |
| Height | 6'0" |
| 🌐 Website | http://ateliertakagi.com/ |
Jonah Takagi (born September 22, 1979) is a Japanese-American industrial designer, musician and recording engineer. Rolling Stone has called him a "furniture maker-turned indie-rock production swami."[1][2]
Early life[edit]
Takagi was born in Tokyo, Japan and grew up in West Hartford, Connecticut.[3] As a child, Takagi spent summers with his architect father in Japan. He studied at the Rhode Island School of Design.[4] After graduating in 2002, he went on to work with a cabinetmaker in Portland, Oregon, before landing in Washington, D.C. There he focused on "set and prop building for theater and film, playing in indie rock bands and making his own furniture – simultaneously."[2]
Career[edit]
Music[edit]
Takagi studied Suzuki violin and cello at an early age.[5] He moved to Washington, DC in 2003 and fell in with members of the local independent music scene including Brendan Canty, Benjy Ferree, Ian Svenonius and Mary Timony, both recording and touring with Ferree and Svenonius' Chain & the Gang project.[5] He assisted with writing, tracking and production on Ex Hex's albums Rips and It's Real and recorded Sneaks' It's a Myth and Gauche's A People's History of Gauche.[1][6][7][2][8]
Design[edit]
After several years of life on the road as a touring musician, Takagi founded Atelier Takagi in 2009. He first gained recognition for a series of Shaker-inspired tables, as well as his spun aluminum F/K/A table lamp — currently in production with the American design store Matter – and his most iconic piece to date, the Bluff City pendant for Roll & Hill.[9][10] The recipient of the Bernhardt American Design Honor in 2009, Takagi's work has been exhibited at Civilian Art Projects in Washington, D.C., Chamber Gallery in New York, Triode Gallery in Paris, and as part of the ongoing, research-based collective Furnishing Utopia. [11][12][2]
He has exhibited furniture, tabletop pieces and lighting work throughout Europe and America and counts among his clients such brands as Kvadrat (DK), Roll and Hill (US), Le Klint (DK), Design Within Reach (US), Umbra Shift (CA), Matter (US), La Chance (FR) and Hem (SE)[2][13][14]. Takagi is also the co-founder and creative director of Field, a collective of international designers creating thoughtful products, all made in the U.S. by independent craftsmen.[15]
Selected Design Works[edit]
- 2010: F/K/A Table Lamp (Matter)
- 2011: Bluff City Light (Roll and Hill)
- 2012: Hex Cutting Board (Field)
- 2013: Clothes Horse (Another Country)
- 2015: Tier Tables (Umbra Shift)
- 2015: Mewoma Dining Table (La Chance)
- 2016: Peg (Hem)
- 2017: Weeble Wobble Brush (Harrys/Good Thing)
- 2018: Contour Chair (Design Within Reach)
- 2020: TP Holder (Marta Los Angeles)
Selected Discography[edit]
- 2006: Benjy Ferree - Leaving the Nest (Domino)
- 2007: Brandon Butler - Lucky Thumbs (Gypsy Eyes)
- 2014: Ex Hex - Rips (Merge)
- 2017: Sneaks - It's a Myth (Merge)
- 2019: Gauche - A People's History of Gauche (Merge)
- 2019: Ex Hex - It's Real (Merge)
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Hermes, Will; Hermes, Will (2019-03-20). "Ex Hex's 'It's Real' Is a Garage-Rock Killer". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 2020-09-20.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 McKeough, Tim (2011-08-17). "Audio Equipment". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-08-02.
- ↑ "On a high note in the studio of musician-turned-furniture-designer Jonah Takagi". Freunde von Freunden. Retrieved 2020-09-18.
- ↑ "Jonah Takagi, furniture designer". Sight Unseen. 2010-04-30. Retrieved 2020-09-18.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Jonah Takagi of Field". Nothing Major. Retrieved 2020-09-18.
- ↑ "Sneaks: It's a Myth". Pitchfork. Retrieved 2020-09-21.
- ↑ "Jonah Takagi". Discogs. Retrieved 2021-08-02.
- ↑ "These Are The 9 Best Rock Acts In Washington, D.C. Right Now". The FADER. Retrieved 2021-08-02.
- ↑ "News by Atelier Takagi (US) @ Dailytonic". Retrieved 2020-09-20.
- ↑ "Jonah Takagi: New American Designer at Civilian Art Projects". Dezeen. 2010-11-12. Retrieved 2020-09-20.
- ↑ Renzi, Jen (2011-02-17). "A Youngster Breaks Into the High-End American Design Scene". Fast Company. Retrieved 2020-09-20.
- ↑ "Colored Sand, Kool-Aid, and the Potential of Materials". Sight Unseen. 2016-12-21. Retrieved 2020-09-20.
- ↑ Hass, Nancy (2020-09-30). "Murano Glass, an Ancient Art Revived". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-08-02.
- ↑ "Dims introduces new Alfa sofa". Furniture Today. 2021-04-01. Retrieved 2021-08-02.
- ↑ "Jonah Takagi - Design Within Reach". www.dwr.com. Retrieved 2020-09-18.
External links[edit]
- Jonah Takagi at AllMusic
- Jonah Takagi discography at Discogs
- Atelier Takagi
- Field
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