Ian LynamColoring Inside the Lines. Coloring Outside the Lines.Basics for the impending graphic design graduateJul 8, 2020Jul 8, 2020
Ian LynamThe Small OlympicsJapan has a pervasive and problematic history based on design by consensus and speculative labor for the design of past Olympic Games as…Apr 16, 2020Apr 16, 2020
Ian LynamRadical EmpathyA transcription of a welcome speech to the VCFA MFA in Graphic Design Fall 2019 Residency.Oct 15, 2019Oct 15, 2019
Ian LynamVisual Strategies for the ApocalypseI just put out another new book with contributions from designers, type designers, artists, design educators, and design writers Matthew…Mar 27, 2019Mar 27, 2019
Ian LynamThe ThingI wrote a new booklet called The Thing, which came out this week. It is 88 pages long and the cover glows in the dark.Mar 20, 2019Mar 20, 2019
Ian LynamThe Syntax of Seeming DestructionGraffiti is complicated. Real graffiti even more so.May 22, 2018May 22, 2018
Ian LynamMentorsWhile working on this, my colleague Dave Peacock and I put together our speeches welcoming our faculty, staff, and students to VCFA’s…Dec 24, 2017Dec 24, 2017
Ian LynamTake a walkEvery semester, one of my undergrad students breaks down in tears — usually not because the workload is so tremendous, but instead because…Dec 24, 2017Dec 24, 2017
Ian LynamGroup HugsMany institutions have rules about touching students. I am not sure if my universities do. I hate these kinds of rules — they are terrible…Dec 24, 2017Dec 24, 2017