Rie Takahashi

Web / Graphic Designer

Profile

1978
Born in Matsuzaki city Shizuoka prefecture
2001
Graduated from Aichi prefectural university of fine arts and music with a bachelor's degree in graphic design. In the same year, started work at Lincom Associates which is a graphic design company in Nagoya city. Designed brochures, leaflets, logos and illustrations.
2005
Left Lincom Associates. Moved to Vancouver, Canada with a working holiday visa. started work at Exware solutions as a graphic designer. Designed mock-ups for their web projects, finally deciding to pursue web design as a career.
2006
Received Canadian work visa. Became a full time web designer at Exware solutions. Designed mock-ups, coded HTML/CSS and worked with a team using Exware's custom CMS to publish many websites.
2009
Received Canadian permanent residence. Started work as a freelance web designer on the side.
2013
leave of absence. Moved to Paris, France to explore art and culture.
2014
backed to Vancouver. Started work as a freelance only!