Mission
Founded in 2023, the East Asian Graphics Archive (EAGA) is an archive of contemporary graphic design made by creatives, studios, and brands from across East Asia and the diaspora.
Using community-based archival methods that challenge the Western notion of archive as institution, the EAGA aims to preserve the richness of East Asian visual cultures and heritages through curation. In doing so, the Archive strives to interrogate and celebrate the intertwined legacies of the region’s design landscapes, while cultivating a broader appreciation of trailblazing graphic, typographical, and artistic practices from across East Asia.
The EAGA team sources all featured ephemera from various digital and print media sources, and publishes all pieces in the form of thematic collections. All artworks featured in the EAGA are:
➀ Graphic art, including but not limited to digital art, computer graphics, typography, and print;
➁ Designed by an individual who claims ancestry or heritage in an East Asian country (China, Japan, the Koreas, or Taiwan) or created by or for a studio/agency/brand located in an East Asian country; and
➂ Made in the contemporary age.
Interested in submitting an artwork for consideration? Please fill out this form.
Makisa Bronson, Co-Founder, Lead Curator
Melisa Seah, Co-Founder, Lead Curator
Jiwon Kim, Volunteer Curator, Korean-English Translator
Interested in partnering or collaborating with the EAGA? Drop us a line here.
For those interested in expanding their knowledge of other non-Western design archives, we highly recommend exploring the initiatives below:
Adocs Korea
The Arabic Design Archive
Asia Art Archive
Bonde Brasil
Chinese Type Archive
Ciroma Adekunle
Free Palestine Project
GANA Research
Grafica Latina
Grafis Nusantara
Gurafiku
Hawaii Design Archive
Hong Kong Graphic Archive
Indigenous Digital Art Archive
La Patria
Malaysia Design Archive
The Native Graphic Design Project
Philippine Design
Singapore Graphic Archives
Syrian Design Archive
The Unheard Archive
Vietnamese Graphic Design
Using community-based archival methods that challenge the Western notion of archive as institution, the EAGA aims to preserve the richness of East Asian visual cultures and heritages through curation. In doing so, the Archive strives to interrogate and celebrate the intertwined legacies of the region’s design landscapes, while cultivating a broader appreciation of trailblazing graphic, typographical, and artistic practices from across East Asia.
Curation Process
The EAGA team sources all featured ephemera from various digital and print media sources, and publishes all pieces in the form of thematic collections. All artworks featured in the EAGA are:
➀ Graphic art, including but not limited to digital art, computer graphics, typography, and print;
➁ Designed by an individual who claims ancestry or heritage in an East Asian country (China, Japan, the Koreas, or Taiwan) or created by or for a studio/agency/brand located in an East Asian country; and
➂ Made in the contemporary age.
Interested in submitting an artwork for consideration? Please fill out this form.
Team
Makisa Bronson, Co-Founder, Lead Curator
Melisa Seah, Co-Founder, Lead Curator
Jiwon Kim, Volunteer Curator, Korean-English Translator
Interested in partnering or collaborating with the EAGA? Drop us a line here.
Resources
For those interested in expanding their knowledge of other non-Western design archives, we highly recommend exploring the initiatives below:
Adocs Korea
The Arabic Design Archive
Asia Art Archive
Bonde Brasil
Chinese Type Archive
Ciroma Adekunle
Free Palestine Project
GANA Research
Grafica Latina
Grafis Nusantara
Gurafiku
Hawaii Design Archive
Hong Kong Graphic Archive
Indigenous Digital Art Archive
La Patria
Malaysia Design Archive
The Native Graphic Design Project
Philippine Design
Singapore Graphic Archives
Syrian Design Archive
The Unheard Archive
Vietnamese Graphic Design
