management
Yosemono Design Scool principal
Masaaki March Takahashi
Costume Jewelry Artist and Architect
After graduating from the Department of Architecture at university, he went to Finland to study under the master architect Juha Leiviska. He worked there for two years as a staff member.
After returning to Japan, he started up an architectural firm and helped out at his parents' accessory workshop while working as an architect.
As he continued working, he heard that his specialty, the "yosemono" technique, was hardly being passed down to the next generation and was on the verge of extinction. Wanting to preserve the wonderfulness of the "yosemono" technique, he decided to brand his own work. He launched the [MASAAKi TAKAHASHi] brand.
Due to his designs and techniques, he has participated in pop-ups at major department stores and commercial facilities, exhibited overseas, appeared in the media, and participated in the "World Jewelry Facets 2014" organized by Swarovski. He has been active in such activities as being selected as a Swarovski partner brand. In 2012, "Yosemono" was certified as a "Tokyo Traditional Craft," and with a subsidy from the Tokyo Metropolitan Government, he opened his flagship store, "MASAAKi TAKAHASHi atelier shop," in the manufacturing district of "2k540" in 2014.
He was also summoned to Bunka Fashion College, a world-class fashion school, as a part-time lecturer. He teaches metalwork, the basis of costume jewelry, and continues to produce many students.
MASAAKi TAKAHASHi's designs always begin with a story, just like when creating architectural spaces.
"Turn a story into brilliance"
This is the defining feature of MASAAKi TAKAHASHi's work.
MASAAKi TAKAHASHi official site
