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Jarin Moriguchi is a designer from Honolulu. His practice is centered around brand design and building highly-customized websites from scratch.
Since 2017, Jarin has worked for design studios, marketing agencies, universities, and a diverse portfolio of freelance clients both nationally and internationally, whom he often befriends and builds lasting relationships with.
He received his Master of Design (MDes) degree in Graphic Design at the University of Illinois Chicago School of Design. Jarin also teaches undergraduate courses in graphic design, interaction + web design, and design practice at the University of Illinois Chicago School of Design and Northeastern Illinois University.
His paintings, designs, and publications have been exhibited in solo and group exhibitions, as well as international art book fairs in Honolulu, Chicago, and Los Angeles.
He also has an on-again-off-again relationship with tofu curry.
[2024]
MDes - Master of Design, Graphic Design
University of Illinois Chicago
Chicago, IL
โ[2021]
BFA - Bachelor of Fine Arts, Focus in Painting
University of Hawaii at Manoa
Honolulu, HI
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[2023]
Poster Design led by Leander Eisenmann
The Basel School of Design
Basel, Switzerland
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โ[2023]
Creative Coding & Interactive Typography led by Talia Cotton
University of Illinois Chicago
Chicago, IL
[2025 - Present]
โPrincipal Designer
SHOKUYA
New York, NY
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[2024 - Present]
โDesigner
Common Space Studio
New York, NY
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[2021 - Present]
โFreelance designer
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[2024 - 2025]
โCreative Director
Funnelpot
Chicago, IL
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[2024 - 2025]
โCreative Director
Scopo
Chicago, IL
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[2024 - 2025]
โAdjunct Assistant Professor [Graphic Design]
School of Design, University of Illinois Chicago
Chicago, IL
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[2025]
โAdjunct lecturer [Art + Tech]
Northeastern Illinois University
Chicago, IL
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[2022-2023]
โJunior Designer
Common Space Studio
New York, NY
[2023]
โTeaching Assistant [Digital Media Design]
School of Design, University of Illinois Chicago
Chicago, IL
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[2023 - 2024]
โGraduate Assistant [Graphic Design]
School of Architecture, University of Illinois Chicago
Chicago, IL
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[2023 - Present]
โMember
Chicago Printer's Guild
Chicago, IL
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[2022]
โDesign Assistant
Common Space Studio
New York, NY
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[2022]
โBoard of Trustees Fellowโ
University of Illinois Chicago
Chicago, IL
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[2021]
โArtist-In-Residence
Boxjelly
Honolulu, HI
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[2024]
Year End Show [MDes Thesis Exhibition]
University of Illinois Chicago, School of Design
Chicago, IL
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[2023]
Chicago Publisherโs Fair
Co-Prosperity
Chicago, IL
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[2023]
Printed Matter: LA Art Book Fair
The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA
Los Angeles, CA
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[2023]
Zine To Be Seen
Optimist Gallery at Chicago Art Dept.
Chicago, IL
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[2022]
Kagu/Akari
Fishcake
Honolulu, HI
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[2022]
The End and The Beginning (Solo)
Boxjelly
Honolulu, HI
[2020]
Calm and Anxiety
ARS Gallery
Honolulu, HI
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[2020]
Hued
University of Hawaii at Manoa: Art Gallery
Honolulu, HI
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[2020]
Workerโs Comp
GRRIC Contemporary
Honolulu, HI
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[2019]
An Urban Dialogue
Apt. 155 by Fishcake
Honolulu, HI
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[2019]
FalseTeeth (Solo)
GRRIC Contemporary
Honolulu, HI
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[2019]
Insert Here
Aupuni Space
Honolulu, HI