Emmanuelle Moureaux
Born in 1971, France. Emmanuelle Moureaux is a French architect living in Tokyo since 1996, where she established "emmanuelle moureaux architecture + design" in 2003. Inspired by the layers and colors of Tokyo that built a complex depth and density on the street, and the Japanese traditional spatial elements like sliding screens, she has created the concept of shikiri, which literally means "dividing (creating) space with colors". She uses colors as three-dimensional elements, like layers, in order to create spaces, not as a finishing touch applied on surfaces. Handling colors as a medium to compose space, her wish is to give emotion through colors with her creations, which range from art, design to architecture.
Her representative works include the architectural design for Sugamo Shinkin Bank, "100 colors" art installation series, space design for ABC Cooking Studio, art installations for UNIQLO and ISSEY MIYAKE, and stick chair. In 2017, she has created a large installation "Forest of Numbers" at The National Art Center, Tokyo for its 10th Anniversary exhibition. Since 2011, commissioned by the New Taipei City Government in Taiwan, she is handling the artistic design of the Mass Rapid Transit "Circular Line", working on the color scheme of 14 km section, where her colors will spread into city-scale with its completion in 2019.
Her installation series - 100 colors - express emotions from the experience of colors and layers of Tokyo. Unveiled in 2013 to celebrate the 10th anniversary of her studio, she is planning to exhibit "100 colors" in different cities around the world.
Associate Professor at Tohoku University of Art and Design since 2008, Emmanuelle's laboratory explores the possibilities of color through a project she named 100 colors lab. Students are asked to create 100 colors palette of an item from their everyday life, such as glasses, bubble foam, rice, umbrella, watches, CD, chocolate block and so on.
Member of "Tokyo Society of Architects", the "Architectural Institute of Japan", and the "Japan Institute of Architects".
2017 Aesthetica Art Prize Shortlisted & People's Choice Award (UK)
I am here
2017 ARCHITIZER A+AWARDS Finalist (US)
Sugamo Shinkin Bank Nakaaoki Branch
2017 International Design Awards Honorable Mention (US)
kindergarten creche ropponmatsu
2016 American Architecture Prize Bronze (US)
Sugamo Shinkin Bank Nakaaoki Branch
2016 International Design Awards Honorable Mention (US)
Forest of Numbers
2015 International Design Awards Honorable Mention (US)
Sugamo Shinkin Bank Nakaaoki Branch
2015 arcVision Prize – Women and Architecture (Italy)
Finalist
2015 PUBLIC SPACE DESIGN AWARD Grand Prize (Japan)
Sugamo Shinkin Bank Ekoda Branch
2015 PUBLIC SPACE DESIGN AWARD Category Award (Japan)
Sugamo Shinkin Bank Nakaaoki Branch
2014 DEDALO MINOSSE INTERNATIONAL PRIZE Under 40 (Italy)
Sugamo Shinkin Bank Branches
2014 International Design Awards Silver (US)
Sugamo Shinkin Bank Ekoda Branch
2014 International Design Awards Honorable Mention (US)
mille-feuille
2014 KAWAII DESIGN AWARD 1st Prize (Japan)
Sugamo Shinkin Bank Branches
2013 ICONIC AWARDS Architecture Best of Best (Germany)
Sugamo Shinkin Bank Branches
2013 ARCHITIZER A+AWARDS Popular Choice Winner (US)
Sugamo Shinkin Bank Shimura Branch
2012 International Architecture Awards (US)
Sugamo Shinkin Bank Shimura Branch
2012 International Design Awards Gold (US)
Sugamo Shinkin Bank Shimura Branch
2011 MAINICHI Design Award Finalist (Japan)
2011 Design for Asia Silver Award (Hong-Kong)
Sugamo Shinkin Bank Shimura Branch
2011 Design for Asia Silver Award (Hong-Kong)
eda
2011 Perspective Awards Architecture (Hong-Kong)
Sugamo Shinkin Bank Shimura Branch
2011 SBID International Design Awards Finalist (UK)
Sugamo Shinkin Bank Shimura Branch
2011 AZ Awards Finalist (Canada)
eda
2011 International Architecture Awards (US)
Sugamo Shinkin Bank Tokiwadai Branch
2008 15th CS Design Award Special Jury Prize (Japan)
touch the COLOR
2008 BEST STORE OF THE YEAR (Japan)
ABC plus international / ABC ground / CS Design Center
2007 40 Under 40 (PERSPECTIVE magazine / Hong-Kong)
2007 BEST STORE OF THE YEAR (Japan)
ABC Cooking Studio / abc kids
2005 DesignTide in Tokyo Best Installation Prize (Japan)
Fresh Touch
100 colors / Shinjuku Central Park
100 colors / Shinjuku Mitsui Building
shikiri : see beyond colors / 14th Venice Biennale Architecture Exhibition
emmanuelle moureaux solo exhibition / prismic gallery
emmanuelle moureaux × Nakagawa Chemical Inc. / CENTRAL EAST TOKYO 2005
2018 100 colors no.25 / Shinjuku Station Tokyo
2018 100 colors no.24 / Color Factory New York (US)
2018 100 colors no.23 / Downtown Dubai Dubai (UAE)
2017 100 colors no.22 / "COLOR OF TIME" Toyama (Japan)
2017 100 colors no.21 / "Christmas Forest in 100 colors" Tokyo
2017 100 colors no.20 / Hankyu Department Store Osaka (Japan)
2017 100 colors no.19 / Affordable Art Fair Brussels (Belgium)
2017 100 colors no.18 / "Forest of Numbers" Tokyo / Como (Italy) / Paris
2016 100 colors no.17 / "color mixing" Tokyo
2016 100 colors no.16 / WATERRAS Tokyo
2016 100 colors no.15 / Awaji Park Tokyo
2016 100 colors no.14 / Buenos Aires Buenos Aires (Argentina)
2016 100 colors no.13 / Kabukicho Cine City Plaza Tokyo
2016 100 colors no.12 / "I am here" Tokyo / London (UK) / York (UK)
2016 100 colors no.11 / "bunshi" for Wood Furniture Japan Award Paris / Tokyo
2015 100 colors no.10 / "hanami" for FURLA Tokyo
2015 100 colors no.9 / "100 colors in 3.3m2" Zojoji Temple, Tokyo
2015 100 colors no.8 / "en" for FURLA Tokyo
2015 100 colors no.7 / Shinjuku Mitsui Building Tokyo
2015 100 colors no.6 / Shinjuku Nomura Building Tokyo
2015 100 colors no.5 / "DANCE" for FURLA Tokyo
2015 100 colors no.4 / Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh (US)
2014 100 colors no.3 / Shinjuku Central Park Tokyo
2014 100 colors no.2 / "colorful wind" for UNIQLO 8 countries 26 cities
2013 100 colors no.1 / Shinjuku Mitsui Building Tokyo
2017 The National Art Center, Tokyo Tokyo
Forest of Numbers
2012 Prismic Gallery Tokyo
emmanuelle moureaux exhibition : shikiri
2009 CS Design Center Tokyo
kaleidoscope
2007 CS Design Center opening exhibition Tokyo
touch the COLOR
2004 OZONE Living Design Center Tokyo
inspirations
2018 MINIARTEXTIL Paris (France)
100 colors no.18 / "Forest of Numbers"
2017 IMABARI COLOR SHOW Tokyo / Imabari (Japan)
1000 COLORS RECIPE
2017 Toyama Prefectural Museum of Art & Design Toyama (Japan)
Opening ceremony exhibition : "Art and Design, dialogue with materials"
"COLOR OF TIME"
2017 MINIARTEXTIL Como (Italy)
100 colors no.18 / "Forest of Numbers"
2017 Aesthetica Art Prize Exhibition York (UK)
100 colors no.12 / "I am here"
100 colors no.9 / "100 colors in 3.3m2"
2017 ARTROOMS London (UK)
100 colors no.12 / "I am here"
2016 SENSE OF MOTION Tokyo
100 colors no.17 / "color mixing"
2016 TRANS ARTS TOKYO Tokyo
100 colors no.15 / no.16
2016 VISUAL ART WEEK Buenos Aires (Argentina)
100 colors no.14
2016 Shinjuku Creators Festa Tokyo
100 colors no.13
2016 Space in Ginza Tokyo
100 colors no.12 / "I am here"
2015 ANY TOKYO Tokyo
100 colors in 3.3m2
2015 Shinjuku Creators Festa Tokyo
100 colors no.6 / no.7
2015 wats:ON? festival Pittsburgh (US)
100 colors no.4
2014 Tokyo Designers Week Tokyo
mino
2014 Shinjuku Creators Festa Tokyo
100 colors no.3
2014 14th Venice Biennale Architecture Exhibition Venice (Italy)
shikiri : see beyond the colors
2014 Ambiente Franfkfurt (Germany)
awa
2013 ANY TOKYO Tokyo
sparkling bubbles for Coca-Cola
2013 Shinjuku Creators Festa Tokyo
100 colors no.1
2013 Paper Game Center Tokyo
kamikado
2013 Milano Salone Milan (Italy)
mille-feuille for Wallpaper Handmade exhibition
2012 DESIGNTIDE TOKYO Tokyo
toki
2011 DESIGNTIDE TOKYO Tokyo
toge
2010 DESIGNTIDE TOKYO Tokyo
eda
2009 DESIGNTIDE TOKYO Tokyo
shibafu table, acrylic x komono
2009 shikiso Yamagata
Keiko Nakamura x Emmanuelle Moureaux
2008 DESIGNTIDE TOKYO Tokyo
stick chair
2008 Central East Tokyo Tokyo
ribbon
2008 DESIGNTIDE TOKYO Tokyo
stick chair
2008 100% Design London London (UK)
stick chair
2007 100% Design Tokyo Tokyo
stick chair
2006 DECO for DOOR Tokyo
shikiri noren
2006 Tokyo International Gift Show Tokyo
niji
2005 AKARI / homage for Isamu Noguchi Tokyo
2005 Design Tide in Tokyo Tokyo
Fresh Touch
2005 CENTRAL EAST TOKYO Tokyo
emmanuelle moureaux × Nakagawa Chemical Inc.
2004 OZONE 10th Anniversary Tokyo
We LOVE CHAIRS
2004 TOKYO DESIGNERS BLOCK Tokyo
shikiri, shikima
2004 CENTRAL EAST TOKYO Tokyo
shikiri, shikima
2003 Concrete Furniture Yokohama
mg series