DTP WORLD
"Salon de MASAMI DESIGN" (2007～2008)
Client: Works Corporation
"Salon de MASAMI DESIGN" was a series of magazine columns in which she shared the core motto that lies behind all her thinking, expressed as: "Turn the points into lines; lines into planes." She has been adhering to this since her teenage years (the column revolved around this motto and another belief of hers, "Everything is connected").
The series featured connections between different individuals, with Takahashi serving as a catalyst, to help the readers picture the image, three-dimensionally, that everything is connected, and thereby encourage them to have the same understanding for society. Each month, a person she was connected to deeply and whose connection Takahashi wanted to share with her readers was chosen to take part in the column (and thank you, guests, for appearing in the columns).
Initially, Takahashi had hoped to cover many different professions, but unfortunately the series ended with the discontinuation of the magazine.
| "Salon de MASAMI DESIGN" (Topics covered in 12 episodes) | |
| No. 1 | February 2007 Keiichi Tanaka, fashion designer |
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| No. 2 | March 2007 Osamu Kaneko, former faculty member, Special Needs Education School for the Visually Impaired, University of Tsukuba |
| No. 3 | April 2007 Masaaki Ichinose, former President of Kuwasawa Design School |
| No. 4 | May 2007 Mitsu-mame, geisha entertainer who works in Mukojima, Tokyo |
| No. 5 | June 2007 Yoichi Yoshitsuru, viola player of New Japan Philharmonic |
| No. 6 | July 2007 Mitsuharu Yakuwa, owner of Asakusa Okuramae Shobo (collectibles bookstore) |
| No. 7 | August 2007 Mike Nogami, photographer (from New York) |
| No. 8 | September 2007 Katsuhiko Suzuki, Tokyo Shimbun Shitamachi Bureau Chief |
| No. 9 | October 2007 Takako Terunuma, Executive Director, Tokyo Type Director's Club |
| No. 10 | November 2007 Pyuupiru, artist |
| No. 11 | December 2007 Naoteru Kashiwa, President, Mochida Healthcare Co., Ltd. |
| No. 12 | January 2008 Kazuo Shiroyama, Noritake Tableware Co., Ltd. |
