Substrate

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

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

Photography: Giles Duley profiles Syrian refugees in a simple, heartbreaking way

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

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

Seriously beautiful - and plentiful - patterned Japanese manhole covers!

James Gilpin (In Tokyo)

Lost In A Moment - Tokyo

Light-hearted and distinctive work by Japanese designer Toru Kase

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

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

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

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

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

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

Mak Kai Hang discusses the typographic differences within Chinese graphic design

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

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

Catching up with Charlotte Trounce while on a residency in Japan

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

Exhibition Design: Plaid transform The British Library into Mughal India

An illustrative portrait of rapidly changing Shanghai by Jeffrey Hsueh

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

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

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

Miscellaneous: Behind the scenes of the 1956 Japanese Godzilla

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

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

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

Giles Duley's unseen photos of the vulnerable victims of the war in Syria

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

Two new projects from Korean-French publisher Animal Press

Photography: Eerie photographs of the cemeteries towering over Hong Kong

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

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

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

Traditional Japanese woodblock carvings give Nintendo a newfound gravitas

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Moksha captures the diversity of religious rituals across India

Small bell

Small bell

Dagger

Bird-Shaped Ornament

Rank Badge with Decoration of Two Cranes among Clouds

Earring (one of a pair)

Hair Pin

Danso

Spoon

Mirror decorated with phoenixes and flowers

Spoon

Box with cover

Earring (One of a Pair)

Ornament with Decoration of Bird among Lotuses

Ladle

Mirror

Stationery box decorated with peony scrolls

Covered box

Red lacquer box for an inkstone

Box decorated with flowers and clouds

Cup

Mirror

Earring (One of a Pair)

Taepyeongso (태평소 )

Spoon

Geomungo

Ornament with bird among lotuses

Yanggum

Mirror decorated with dragons

Ancient Ritual Bronzes