Ian Lynam Design

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.

Canard

We designed the identity for Canard, Portland's latest culinary phenomenon.

Adobe Typekit CJK Specimen

A custom bilingual Japanese/English website highlighting Typekit's Asian webfont support.

Read about this project for Adobe.

Wordshape

Wordshape is our hybrid type foundry, publishing entity, distributor of the Japanese graphic design magazine IDEA /アイデア and related Japanese graphic design books, and software company.

Select Clients

Adobe
AIGA
ASICS
ATT
Bandcamp
Boeing
Casio
Diesel
Duke University
Good Magazine
Google
Hofstra University
Itochu
Le Pigeon
Lullatone
Motorola
Mozilla
MTV
Namco
NASA
NEC
Nike
O2
Ogilvy
Onitsuka Tiger
Pivotal
Parco
Red Bull
Sapporo
Scion
Seibundo
Telefónica
Tokyo University
Topsy
Unilever
Universal Films
Upswell
VH1
Videogram
YouTube

“Ian Lynam is a visionary designer, forcing us to challenge our assumptions about what design is, and what it can do. He constantly invites us to imagine new modes of inquiry, and makes a case for design as a fundamental way of knowing, and communicating, the world around us.”

– Thomas Christopher Greene

author of The Headmaster's Wife

What We Do

Identity Design
Naming & Narrative Development
Brand Strategy
Market Positioning Consultation
Editorial Direction & Design
UI, UX, Development, & Deployment
Art Direction & Graphic Design
Design Education & Pedagogical Development
Design History & Design Futures
Typographic Consulting
Architectural & Interior Graphic Design
Multilingual Wayfinding
Exhibition Curation & Design
Retail Product Design
Apparel Graphics & Direction
Typeface Design Direction & Development