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.

The Thing

An 88-page booklet that examines thorny aspects of design, designers, and design history.

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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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Blunt Mechanic “World Record”

LP, CD and promotional materials for Barsuk Records.

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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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