Ian Lynam Design is a multidisciplinary creative studio specializing in unique solutions for international clients. The studio has been based in Tokyo since 2005, following 5 years of experience working at a number of internationally renowned design studios and advertising agencies.           

Select clients

  • Accept & Proceed
  • Access Staffing, Inc.
  • AIAIAI
  • AIGA Los Angeles
  • AITKK
  • American Red Cross
  • Anna Fidler
  • AQ
  • Arroyo Arts Collective
  • Asics
  • Atelier Christely
  • ATT
  • Bespoke Tokyo
  • Better World Travel
  • Beverly Hills Police Department
  • Bigelow Tea Company
  • Black Wagon
  • Blogsmith
  • Bodhi Vela Cole
  • Boeing
  • Bowles Fluidics Corporation
  • BudSock
  • Cafe Pause
  • Carole Ambauen Art Direction
  • Casio
  • City of San Jose, CA
  • Club Hammer
  • Colleen’s Bistro
  • Comcast
  • Crimethinc
  • Custom Media K.K.
  • David Schafer
  • Dentsu Japan
  • Dentsu Canada
  • Diesel
  • Dill Pickle Club
  • Discovery Channel
  • Dry-Shod Footwear
  • Duke University
  • Dwayne Dixon
  • Five By Fifty
  • Fontshop International
  • FoodPusher
  • FunFlopps Footwear
  • Garage Gear
  • Global Brand Marketing, Inc.
  • GOOD Nagazine
  • Graniph Japan
  • Graphis Japan
  • GrassHut
  • Grey Advertising
  • Griffin Audio
  • Grow: The Positioning Consultancy
  • GrowthLab
  • Hofstra University
  • Hong-An Truong
  • Japan PDX Imports
  • Journeys Travel Agency
  • Le Pigeon Restaurant
  • Lesque Skateboards
  • M31
  • Mehandi Footwear
  • Metropolis Cycles
  • MFPNY
  • Microcosm Publishing
  • Miller Lite
  • Motorola
  • Mozilla
  • MTV Latin America
  • NEC
  • NHK
  • Nike
  • Nike Japan
  • Nike Europe
  • Nike SB
  • Nonaca
  • Open Hands Acupuncture
  • Pony Footwear
  • Plazm Media
  • Red Bull
  • Redcat Thater
  • Robot Media
  • Royal Cheapskate
  • Sabatino
  • Sanrio
  • Sapporo
  • Sarah Shaoul
  • Scion
  • Signatures Network
  • Slaant
  • Social Innovation Partners
  • Surfrider Foundation
  • Suzu No Ki
  • Temple University Japan
  • Tenth and Grant
  • ThoughtLab
  • Tiger Claw Martial Arts Supplies
  • Tom’s Shoes
  • Topsy
  • TSG Global
  • Unilever Japan
  • Upperbeyond
  • Upswell
  • VH1
  • Virgin Mobile
  • Wild Art Media
  • XOXO
  • Yes PDX
  • Zivity
  • 03 Cafe
  • 86 the Onions

Architecture:

  • Klein Dytham Architecture
  • Norman Lazerine Associates Architecture

Film:

  • Agung, Inc
  • Brand New School
  • Columbia TriStar
  • David Neham
  • Dieselfx
  • The Director’s Bureau
  • Fever Films
  • Field Office Films
  • Gus Van Sant
  • Immigrant Films LLC
  • Logan
  • PDX Film Festival
  • Peripheral Produce
  • Production Bazaar
  • Robin Frank Management
  • Tsetse Fly Film Co.
  • Universal
  • WKTokyoLab

Gaming:

  • Entertainment Consumers Association
  • Namco
  • UbiSoft
  • Virtual Heroes

Photography:

  • Amanda Greene Photography
  • Bielmann Photography
  • Jeremy Lanig
  • John Millhouser Art Direction
  • Public Works Productions

Publishing:

  • Acoustic Guitar Magazine
  • Bon Appetit Magazine
  • Beautiful/Decay Magazine
  • CNN
  • Conde Nast Publications
  • CrimethInc
  • Die Gestalten Verlag
  • Dis-Connect Arts Journal
  • Flaunt Magazine
  • Futurespace
  • Idea Magazine
  • IMG SRC
  • Microcosm Publishing
  • Microcosm Publishing
  • Neojaponisme
  • PingMag
  • Play Guitar Magazine
  • Plazm Magazine
  • Portland Mercury
  • Rap-Up Magazine
  • Sherbert Magazine
  • Sandu Media
  • SO+BA
  • Tokyo Art Beat
  • Strings Magazine
  • Swindle Magazine
  • Wieden + Kennedy
  • WIFM Magazine

Music:

  • Alice Cooper
  • Art of the Underground
  • Barbra Streisand
  • Barsuk Records
  • The Beatles
  • Billy Joel
  • Black Sabbath
  • Blunt Mechanic
  • Bob Seger
  • Coldplay
  • Crack: We Are Rock
  • Curse of the Birthmark
  • The Cult
  • Deerhoof
  • Drop the Lime
  • E#Vax
  • Girltalk
  • Hifana
  • Hush Records
  • Incubus
  • Alan Jackson
  • Kilauea
  • Kiss
  • Kind of Like Spitting
  • O. Lamm
  • Lullatone
  • Lynrd Skynrd
  • Marxy
  • Meat Loaf
  • Motley Crue
  • Music Related 
  • Ozzy Osbourne
  • Ozzfest
  • Paul Stanley
  • Poison
  • Sagan
  • Taproot
  • Slipknot
  • Snoop Dogg
  • SubPop Records
  • System of a Down
  • Velvet Revolver
  • Craig Wedren
  • Y.A.C.H.T.

Capabilities:

  • Pan-cultural identity design
  • (Re)Branding
  • Branding/market positioning consultation
  • Editorial development, direction & design
  • Interactive design
  • Mobile device content development & design
  • Motion graphics
  • Print design
  • Advertising art direction & design
  • Broadcast design
  • Sound design
  • Architectural graphics
  • Exhibition design
  • Retail product design
  • Apparel graphics
  • Packaging design
  • Typeface design & development

What clients say:

“Ian Lynam created a unique consumer intelligence portal that doubles as our company homepage. The website has added value to Five by Fifty by enhancing our corporate identity and
marketing strategy. We will continue to work with Ian because he takes time to understand our business, speaks to us about technological issues in language we understand, and adds business acumen on top of creativity to help us achieve our goals.”

-Charles Spreckley, Five By Fifty

“Ian is an honest, simply-brilliant, graphic designer with skills and talent in abundance with the flexibility to adapt to meet and exceed a client’s need and did so each time we worked with him. He is a pleasure to collaborate with I would recommend him to anyone with confidence.”

-Joseph Keating, Klein Dytham architecture

“I have worked with Ian Lynam on numerous occasions. A clever and competent designer on a number of levels, he is an excellent communicator and writer. I would recommend him whole heartedly for many projects.”

-Christian Acker, Zoo York

“Working with Ian is a dream! He is able to take a few half-formed thoughts from our end and turn them into brilliant design that eloquently communicates the identity we aim to project. He has an amazing ability of knowing exactly what you need with only the slightest amount of information. He treats each project with the utmost attention and care and is always quick to respond to changes with an open and generous mind. We couldn’t imagine working with anyone else!”

-Gretchen Hogue, Portland Documentary & eXperimental Film Fest

“Ian’s a sharpshooter. We had some identity issues that needed a pro and he took to heart our long-winded descriptions of all things we were trying to evoke. He returned with a thorough identity presentation that struck an exquisite balance of all that things that swirled around in our heads. It made us look in the mirror and think, “Yeah, thats who we are!” 

-Trevor Fife, Field Office Films

“Ian is the best to work with. He went above and beyond what I needed with my project. Ian Lynam has really good eyes – the kind of eyeballs that can tell you just what you need for the right sparks to fly everywhere, including my and your clients eyeballs.”

-Bwana Spoons

“Ian quickly understood our needs, was forthcoming with ideas, responded promptly to our deadlines and delivered beyond expectations on all fronts. Thanks to his tireless efforts WIFM magazine is well represented online and my clients are very happy. I highly recommend Ian and will definitely use services again.”

-Robert Heldt, WIFM Magazine/Custom Media KK

“Ian is always the first person I go to when need design help.  Besides being an aesthetic genius, he is unrelenting in his commitment to portraying the right image for my brands.  Top all of that off with a heavy dose of flexibility and professionalism and you end up with not only first-class designs, but an overall experience that ends up feeling more like fun than work.”

-Jeffrey Wescott, Top Fans LLC

“As the art director for Top Shelf Productions, i’m always on the prowl for fabulous designers with whom to work. It’s good for business, it keeps things fresh, and it’s just lots of fun. I met Ian at least a decade ago, and have worked with him several years. We had a blast working on this project — a special dedicated section in the last edition of our eponymous anthology, devoted to work and influence of Charles Schulz, creator of Peanuts. I loved his work then, and it just keeps getting better. I can’t wait to team up with Ian again soon.”

-Brett Warnock, Top Shelf Productions

“Ian Lynam’s fine simplicity and appreciation for white space draws the eye and the heart where it needs to go. His design work is striking because it avoids the most common trap of being gaudy or needing attention. It simply does what it sets out to do.”

-Joe Biel, Microcosm Publishing

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