Jarin Moriguchi

Jarin Moriguchi

College of Arts and Sciences, Art + Design

Adjunct Instructor, Art + Tech

Office:  FA 106A
Email:  J-Moriguchi@neiu.edu

Research Interests

Jarin Moriguchi is a Chicago-based designer from Honolulu. His practice is centered around brand design and building highly customized websites from scratch. He also makes fonts, occasionally. 

Jarin’s work is inspired by speculative fiction, cinematic world-building, user interfaces he finds puzzling, and good books that he reads. Current projects include interrogating form and legibility through designing custom typography, as well as making fonts about tofu and other things. Moriguchi also designs websites that challenge the user. He is fascinated by how provocative, yet thoughtful digital interfaces can act as a conduit for story and influence a user's experience viscerally. He also designs alternative publications and cool PDFs with new and long-time collaborators for the unofficial Workers Comp enterprise.

Education

Master of Design in Graphic Design, University of Illinois Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
Bachelor of Fine Art (Focus in Painting), University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, Honolulu, Hawai'i

Selected Exhibitions

YES!, University of Illinois Chicago: School of Design, Chicago, IL
Chicago Publishers Fair, Co-Prosperity, Chicago, IL
Printed Matter: LA Art Book Fair, The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA, Los Angeles, CA
Zine To Be Seen, Optimist Gallery at Chicago Art Department, Chicago, IL
Kagu/Akari, Fishcake, Honolulu, HI
The End and The Beginning, Boxjelly, Honolulu, HI 
Calm and Anxiety, ARS Gallery, Honolulu, HI
Hued, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa: Art Gallery, Honolulu, HI
Worker’s Comp, GRRIC Contemporary, Honolulu, HI