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.

Cooper Chrome Italic Pro

A new retro typeface set that combines the BMX-inspired aesthetics of the 1980s with the roaring 20s!

Interior graphic design for Pivotal and Pivotal Labs by Ian Lynam Design in Tokyo.

Pivotal Tokyo Offices

Interior graphics for software innovator Pivotal's Tokyo offices.

Ian Lynam Slouching Towards Delphi exhibition

Slouching Towards Delphi

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

Select Clients

“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

What We Do