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Ian Lynam[1] (born 1972) is a contemporary American graphic designer, educator, writer and critic based in Tokyo, Japan. Lynam describes graphic design as "a sector of cultural production in which conceptual and thematic thinking are applied using the synthesis of visual form and typography in an applied setting, usually resulting in media which are disseminated in multiples or in broadcast form."[2] He is co-founder of the blog Néojaponisme[3] with W. David Marx and the author of numerous books including The Impossibility of Silence: Writing for Artists, Designers & Photgraphers,[4] Parting It Out: Writing on Graphic Design,[5] The Failed Painter,[6] War with Myself,[7] and Fracture: Japanese Graphic Design 1875–1975.[8] Lynam is the editor of Total Armageddon,[9] Doko Demo Design Deluxe,[10] and Visual Strategies for the Apocalypse.[11] Lynam is a regular contributor to Slanted,[12] IDEA, Asia Pacific Journal: Japan Focus, and Modes of Criticism.[13]
Lynam is Associate Professor of Graphic Design at Temple University Japan Campus.[14] He has taught at Vermont College of Fine Arts in the MFA Program in Graphic Design, of which he was Co-chair and Chair . He has been faculty at Washington University Saint Louis and California Institute of the Arts. Lynam curated The Study Room at the 27th Brno Biennial[15] alongside former Idea editor-in-chief Kiyonori Muroga.
Lynam runs the Tokyo-based type foundry and publishing imprint Wordshape.[16] He designed the fonts for the award-winning video game DOTA2 alongside James Todd of the Philadelphia type foundry JTDType[17] and the corporate typeface for Nestle Tollhouse in 2024. He operates the Tokyo retail shop Sailosaibin with Yuki Kameguchi.[18] He holds a BFA from Portland State University and an MFA from CalArts.
References
[edit]- ^ https://ianlynam.com/
- ^ Gold, Ella. "I Came For Love And I Stayed For The Food... And Then I Found Love Again". Inform.Design.CalArts. California Institute of the Arts. Retrieved 27 November 2024.
- ^ https://neojaponisme.com/
- ^ https://www.onomatopee.net/exhibition/the-impossibility-of-silence/#publication_13917
- ^ https://part.ianlynam.com/
- ^ https://www.setmargins.press/books/the-failed-painter/
- ^ https://www.setmargins.press/books/war-with-myself/
- ^ https://www.setmargins.press/books/fracture-japanese-graphic-design-1875-1975/
- ^ https://www.slanted.de/product/total-armageddon-a-slanted-reader-on-design/
- ^ https://ianlynam.com/work/doko-demo-design-deluxe/
- ^ https://apocalypse.wordshape.com/
- ^ https://www.slanted.de/
- ^ https://modesofcriticism.org/
- ^ "Ian Lynam". Temple University Japan Campus. Temple University Japan Campus. Retrieved 27 November 2024.
- ^ "Kiyonori Muroga & Ian Lynam". 27th Brno Biennial 2016. Moravian Gallery. Retrieved 27 November 2024.
- ^ https://wordshape.com/
- ^ https://jtdtype.com/
- ^ "FACULTY STORY: Ian Lynam". Vermont college of Fine Arts. Retrieved 27 November 2024.