Ian Lynam Design is a Tokyo design studio operating at the intersection of graphic design, design education and design research. We specialize in identity, cultural research and typography. We make stuff for forward-thinking humans.

Shōwa Guide Tokyo

Art direction for W. David Marx and Roni Xu's book about the remnants of the Shōwa era.

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Ian Lynam Slouching Towards Delphi exhibition

Slouching Towards Delphi

A series of installations spanning sound, found objects, narrative, and type design.

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Stepdown

Identity for a new gallery in Hastings, New Zealand

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“Joyfully and skillfully straddling the line between creator and critic, theorist and practitioner, formalist and rebel, American and expatriate, serious analyst and humorous deconstructor, Ian Lynam always brings a wholly original perspective to his writing on design. The insights are always fresh, and the stakes are always extremely high.”

– W. David Marx

author of Ametora: How Japan Saved American Style

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