Takahashi Kosuke
Takahashi Kosuke invents and designs things that foster better interaction between different cultures and individuals. His major inventions include Braille Neue, a typeface combining Braille and characters, and YUBIBO, a haptic communication game.
Year Selected
2026
Project
Observatory of Plurality
Summary
Observatory of Plurality collects perspectives on the urban from people with different kinds of bodies, perceptions, and experiences, and implements a temporary observation deck in the city allowing visitors to experience these multifaceted viewpoints. It comprises three phases: “Discovery,” featuring public participatory fieldwork; “Conversion,” in which the collected perspectives are changed into experiences; and “Implementation,” where these are installed in urban space. The project aims to unlock the richness of the city that emerges from different physicalities, and to update the rigid ways we look at the city.
Profile
Takahashi Kosuke
inventor, product designer
Born in 1993 in Tokyo, Takahashi Kosuke studied product design at Keio University. After graduating, he worked at Dentsu before becoming an independent inventor in 2022. He creates inventions and designs that foster positive interactions between different cultures and individuals. His major inventions include Braille Neue, a typeface combining Braille and characters, and YUBIBO, a haptic communication game. Takanashi was selected as one of Japan’s twenty innovators at the WIRED Audi INNOVATION AWARD 2018. His accolades include the Good Design Award, a Japan Sign Design Award, and China’s Design Intelligence Award.
https://ootori.co/Art Incubation Program
One of CCBT’s core programs, the Art Incubation Program provides opportunities for creative talent to undertake new projects and makes those processes accessible to the public, facilitating forms of artistic expression, exploration, and action that change our city for the better. Selected through an open call, five artist fellows will act as CCBT partners, developing their projects, making the creative process public, exhibiting the results, and holding workshops and talks.
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