Ian Lynam

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Originally hailing from New York, Lynam has a BFA in Graphic Design from Portland State University and an MFA in Graphic Design from CalArts.

Ian is faculty at Temple University Japan. There, he teaches in the undergraduate Art, Asian Studies and General Education programs, and is actively engaged in developing curricula concerning Japanese graphic design history, design history, typography, graphic design, semiotics, image-making, identity design, motion graphics, and sociology.

Ian Lynam was faculty and Chair/Co-Chair at Vermont College of Fine Arts in the MFA Graphic Design program for 12 years. Ian has been guest faculty at the Communication Design program at Sam Fox School at Washington University in St. Louis, and Visiting Critic in the MFA Graphic Design Program at CalArts working with final-year students on Thesis/Graduate Practice. He has also been faculty in Tokyo at Meme Design School and Applied Typography Workshops Tokyo where he taught typography and design history. He teaches graphic design writing workshops internationally.

Currently, Ian writes for Idea Magazine (Japan), Slanted Magazine (Germany), and Modes of Criticism (Portugal/UK). He is a co-founder of the critical cultural online journal Néojaponisme and the associated print journal NJP. He is a founding member of the editorial board for JAGDA’s Graphic Design Review. Ian runs Wordshape, a hybrid type foundry, publishing entity, distributor, and occasional software company.

Ian is one-half of Corinthians, a Tokyo-based art and design curatorial practice with partner Renna Okubo. He is a member of JAGDA, STA, AIGA, and ATypI. He is a Mead Show winner, a two-time winner of both the STA 100 and the Asian Pacific Design Awards, a VH1 Hip Hop Honors awardee for web design, and a holder of a D&AD Pencil, amongst other awards. He has been a judge of the Lithuanian Design Awards, the Asian Pacific Design Awards, the SOTA Catalyst Awards, and is a reviewer at ATtypI.

FRACTURE: JAPANESE GRAPHIC DESIGN 1875–1975 by Ian Lynam

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