Substrate

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

1,002 works match

Olafur Eliasson’s installation The Open Pyramid dominates the Long Gallery in Shanghai

Andrés Gallardo Albajar's Korean Schooling captures the pastel-hued perfection of South Korean school buildings

Seriously beautiful - and plentiful - patterned Japanese manhole covers!

Light-hearted and distinctive work by Japanese designer Toru Kase

James Gilpin (In Tokyo)

Lost In A Moment - Tokyo

Rafael Rozendaal's work projected onto the world's biggest LED screen in Seoul

Nicholas Bonner shares his collection of North Korean graphics collected since 1993

Tyler Woodford photographs scenes on the streets of Mexico City in his latest series

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

Dave Prosser treats us to a beautiful snapshot of South Korean life in Mountain

Agua Viva portrays the immigrant experience of a Chinese manicurist in Miami

Artist Yin Ming uses ping pong as a metaphor for the act of code switching

Catching up with Charlotte Trounce while on a residency in Japan

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

Xiaoxiao Xu's tranquil and intimate photographs explore her immigration from China to The Netherlands

Mak Kai Hang discusses the typographic differences within Chinese graphic design

An illustrative portrait of rapidly changing Shanghai by Jeffrey Hsueh

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

Shining a positive light on Asian voices, Chuntian is a guide to spring inspired by the philosophy of Chinese medicine

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

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

Miscellaneous: Behind the scenes of the 1956 Japanese Godzilla

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

WIN: Tokyo Bike

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

Seoul-based illustrator Yeon Ji Kang's beautifully thick-limbed ballerinas

Let Mark Alor Powell give you a tour of the weirder side of Mexico...

Two new projects from Korean-French publisher Animal Press

Photography: Eerie photographs of the cemeteries towering over Hong Kong

Traditional Japanese woodblock carvings give Nintendo a newfound gravitas

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

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

Min Hyun-woo visits Korean villages to photograph the wit and wisdom of grandmothers

Seoul-based Sujin’s illustrations depict sassy ladies with a cool attitude

Da大 by Beijing-based ori.studio reimagines the format of the interview

Can Yang's graphic design style is deep-rooted in her Chinese heritage

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

Alex De Mora documents the key characters of Mongolia’s booming hip-hop scene

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

The View from Seoul: Korean designers studying abroad have paved the way for a new generation

Suzy Chan’s kitsch and sparkly project explores the children who grow up in China’s factories

The inimitable Ryan McGinley's new works on show at Galerie Perrotin, Hong Kong

Christ crucified (from a Calvary group)

Pendant with Seated Lord

Relief with enthroned ruler

Deity Head Pendant

Bird ornament

Mirror-bearer

Head Pendant

Engraved spouted jar

Ornament in the shape of a mammal

Cylindrical Vessel

Finger Grip

Stone Pulidor

Stone Pulidor

Stone Pulidor

Stone Pulidor

Stone Pulidor

Stone Pulidor

Stone Chisel

Stone Pulidor

Celt

Celt

Stone Pulidor

Stone Pulidor

Stone Pulidor

Stone Pulidor

Stone Pulidor

Stone Pulidor

Polishing Stone (pulidor)

Flint Blade

Hook Pendant

Stone Pulidor

Stone Pulidor

Stone Pulidor

Stone Pulidor

Stone Chisel

Flint Blade

Flint Blade