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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 culture 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:

   

  • 1. Graphic art, including but not limited to digital art, computer graphics, typography, and print;
  • 2. Designed by a person or group who continues the ancestry, heritage, or cultural lineage of East Asia (mainly China, Koreas, and Japan but not strictly limited to those countries);
  • 3. Made in the contemporary age.

Resources

For those interested in expanding their knowledge of other non-Western design archives, we highly recommend exploring the initiatives below:

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