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.

QDOBA custom font family

A family of new typefaces for the Mexican restaurant chain

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Two Way Tie for Last Vol. 2

Finally! Another shirt that you can read!

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Nestlé Toll House custom type

Ruth's Recipe, a custom display typeface for the originators of the chocolate chip cookie

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“Ian is an empire, a fanfare, a circus.

While most designers are accomplished at walking and chewing gum—the equivalent in graphic design terms of InDesign mastery while thinking conceptually—Ian does backflips of writing and publishing, walks the tightrope of research, and performs the acrobatics of teaching, all while stilt-walking an expansive terrain of graphic design practice… and all this while adeptly juggling platters of diverse knowledge that include history, theory, philosophy, humanities, and the gamut of pop culture.

But most of all Ian is accomplished at generously sharing himself and his many gifts with his whole heart. And this is why, simply, we love him.”

– Louise Sandhaus

author of Earthquakes Mudslides Fires & Riots, CalArts

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