Substrate

A working library of design, type, and visual culture.

495 works match

Light-hearted and distinctive work by Japanese designer Toru Kase

James Gilpin (In Tokyo)

Lost In A Moment - Tokyo

Seriously beautiful - and plentiful - patterned Japanese manhole covers!

Gem Fletcher and Ken Hermann shoot death-defying Indian tradition The Well of Death

Data becomes alchemy in Japanese maestro Ryoji Ikeda's jaw-dropping new Berlin installation

Catching up with Charlotte Trounce while on a residency in Japan

Exhibition Design: Plaid transform The British Library into Mughal India

Danny Sangra's awesome illustrated interviews for new Tokyo show are a thrill

Here's some super clean, crisp, colourful Japanese graphic design

Ailsa Johnson’s illustrations draw on the everyday magic of Japanese culture

Shun Ishizuka's designs combine Western design influences for a Japanese context

Photographer Anu Kumar on reconnecting with her Indian heritage, failing exams and recipes for weddings

Miscellaneous: Behind the scenes of the 1956 Japanese Godzilla

Check out the mid-century stylings of Japanese illustrator Satoshi Hashimoto

A Week On Monday: Lawrence Zeegen on 80s pop and Japanese junk

WIN: Tokyo Bike

The View From Mumbai: the Indian photographers taking back control through self-publishing

Mahesh Shantaram presents a look beneath the glossy veneer of Indian weddings

Traditional Japanese woodblock carvings give Nintendo a newfound gravitas

Art: Henrique Oliveira's installation is taking over the Palais de Tokyo

Japanese studio Nendo use the everyday as inspiration for their compact designs

Japanese studio who sent a bonsai to space's Encyclopaedia of Flowers

Khichdi (Kitchari) brings together 846 photographs of India, and its people, taken over ten years

Moksha captures the diversity of religious rituals across India

From Seoul to Chennai, London and back to Seoul again: Joonho Ko explains how travel has aided his illustrative practice

Noh mask

Case (Inrō) with Design of Person with Umbrella and Lantern Approaching Shrine Gate (Torii)

Keman (“Flower Garland” Temple Decoration)

Piece

Keman (“Flower Garland” Temple Decoration)

Raincoat

Armor (Gusoku)

Shoulder Defense (Sode)

Pair of Gauntlets

Shoulder Defense (Sode)

Mask for the Lower Face (Hanho-Ate)

Decorated "Shark" Skin (<i>Kazari-zame</i>)

Armor of Mail and Plate

Three Shoulder Defenses (Sodē)

Half Mask (Ho-ate) with Neck Guard

Fragments of a Carpet

Fragment of a Carpet with Niche and Flower Design

Carpet with Niche and Flower Design

Carpet Fragment

Fragments of a Trellis Pattern Carpet

Writing Box

Carpet with Scrolling Vines and Blossoms

Incense Burner in Three Parts

Elaborately illustrated map of the Awadh Subah of the Mughal Empire, commissioned by Jean Baptiste Joseph Gentil, ca.1770

Helmet

Spear (Sang)

Length

Hip Wrapper (Tuppotiya)

Helmet, Shield, and Arm Guard

Pair of Arm Guards

Dagger (Chilanum)

Sword (Saif) with Scabbard

Spear

Crutch Dagger (Zafar Takieh, "Cushion of Victory")

Spear

Shawl

Dagger (Bichuwa)

Spear (Sangu)

Dagger (Katar)

Bident Spearhead

Spear

Spear with Detachable Knife Head

Spear (Sangu)

Helmet and Arm Guards

Fragment of Turban Cloth

Spear

Skirt Cloth (Pha Nung), partial

Floral Decorated Textile

Cover (Rumal)

Section of an Archway

Valance

Helmet

Pendant with Head of Buddha

Knife (Kard) with Sheath