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Tangible Delights

May 2025

The pantry in your childhood home. The tantalizing treats in the checkout line of your local Asian grocery store. Nostalgic household staples that unlock familiar memories.

Our sixth collection, Tangible Delights, features a mesmerizing range of found objects, collected both from our surroundings and via the internet and sourced from a variety of East Asian brands. This collection also unveils one-of-a-kind pieces from North Korea, which were generously contributed by Nick Bonner, the founder of Koryo Tours, author of Made in North Korea, and a leading expert in North Korean art.

Lotus Tea Packaging

Von Viet (2017)

Vietnam

Roasted Squid Bulgogi Flavor Packaging

Surasang (2025)

Korea

Bento Squid Snack Packaging

Tang Kim Heng Group (2025)

Thailand

Deep Matcha Pocky

Glico (2024)

Japan

Cha no Ka Packaging

Malebranche (2024)

Japan

Baton Cookies Matcha Packaging

Royce (2025)

Japan

Tokyo Banana Original Flavor Packaging

Tokyo Banana (2024)

Japan

Firecracker Packaging

Kwong Man Lung Firecracker Factory (Unknown)

Hong Kong

Tinned Dace Label

Pearl River Bridge (2025)

China

Shaved Ice Bar Packaging

Futaba Foods (2025)

Japan

DoFu Delight Packaging

Jen Yi Foods (2025)

USA

Mayo Packaging

Kewpie Corporation (2025)

Japan

Dream Animals Biscuit Packaging

Ginbis (2025)

Japan

Koryo Hotel Wrapping Paper

Koryo Hotel (c. 1990)

North Korea

Sugar Packet

Air Koryo (2025)

North Korea

Ginseng Sweets

Artist Unknown (c. 1990)

North Korea

Sweet Smelling Drops

Artist Unknown (1993)

North Korea

Apricot Tin

Artist Unknown (c. 1990)

North Korea

Ice Lolly

Artist Unknown (2010)

North Korea

Salt Packet

Air Koryo (1990)

North Korea

Sugar Packet

Air Koryo (1990)

North Korea

Koryo Hotel Wrapping Paper

Koryo Hotel (c. 1995)

North Korea

North Korean Matches

Artist Unknown (c. 1990)

North Korea

North Korean Cigarettes

Artist Unknown (c. 1990)

North Korea

White Rabbit Candy Wrapper

Shanghai Guan Sheng Yuan Food, Ltd. (1943)

China

Botan Rice Candy Box

JFC International (1946)

Japan

Tiger Balm Advertisement

Haw Par Healthcare (c. 1930)

Singapore

Bubble Gum Packaging

Marukawa (1947)

Japan

Jinro Soju Juice Box

HiteJinro (2025)

Korea

Paldo Bibimmen Packaging

Paldo (2019)

Korea

Yunohana Onsen Powder Packaging

Artist Unknown (Unknown)

Japan

6

Tangible Delights

May 2025

The pantry in your childhood home. The tantalizing treats in the checkout line of your local Asian grocery store. Nostalgic household staples that unlock familiar memories.

Our sixth collection, Tangible Delights, features a mesmerizing range of found objects, collected both from our surroundings and via the internet and sourced from a variety of East Asian brands. This collection also unveils one-of-a-kind pieces from North Korea, which were generously contributed by Nick Bonner, the founder of Koryo Tours, author of Made in North Korea, and a leading expert in North Korean art.

Lotus Tea Packaging

Von Viet (2017)

Vietnam

Roasted Squid Bulgogi Flavor Packaging

Surasang (2025)

Korea

Bento Squid Snack Packaging

Tang Kim Heng Group (2025)

Thailand

Deep Matcha Pocky

Glico (2024)

Japan

Cha no Ka Packaging

Malebranche (2024)

Japan

Baton Cookies Matcha Packaging

Royce (2025)

Japan

Tokyo Banana Original Flavor Packaging

Tokyo Banana (2024)

Japan

Firecracker Packaging

Kwong Man Lung Firecracker Factory (Unknown)

Hong Kong

Tinned Dace Label

Pearl River Bridge (2025)

China

Shaved Ice Bar Packaging

Futaba Foods (2025)

Japan

DoFu Delight Packaging

Jen Yi Foods (2025)

USA

Mayo Packaging

Kewpie Corporation (2025)

Japan

Dream Animals Biscuit Packaging

Ginbis (2025)

Japan

Koryo Hotel Wrapping Paper

Koryo Hotel (c. 1990)

North Korea

Sugar Packet

Air Koryo (2025)

North Korea

Ginseng Sweets

Artist Unknown (c. 1990)

North Korea

Sweet Smelling Drops

Artist Unknown (1993)

North Korea

Apricot Tin

Artist Unknown (c. 1990)

North Korea

Ice Lolly

Artist Unknown (2010)

North Korea

Salt Packet

Air Koryo (1990)

North Korea

Sugar Packet

Air Koryo (1990)

North Korea

Koryo Hotel Wrapping Paper

Koryo Hotel (c. 1995)

North Korea

North Korean Matches

Artist Unknown (c. 1990)

North Korea

North Korean Cigarettes

Artist Unknown (c. 1990)

North Korea

White Rabbit Candy Wrapper

Shanghai Guan Sheng Yuan Food, Ltd. (1943)

China

Botan Rice Candy Box

JFC International (1946)

Japan

Tiger Balm Advertisement

Haw Par Healthcare (c. 1930)

Singapore

Bubble Gum Packaging

Marukawa (1947)

Japan

Jinro Soju Juice Box

HiteJinro (2025)

Korea

Paldo Bibimmen Packaging

Paldo (2019)

Korea

Yunohana Onsen Powder Packaging

Artist Unknown (Unknown)

Japan

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Tangible Delights

The pantry in your childhood home. The tantalizing treats in the checkout line of your local Asian grocery store. Nostalgic household staples that unlock familiar memories.

Our sixth collection, Tangible Delights, features a mesmerizing range of found objects, collected both from our surroundings and via the internet and sourced from a variety of East Asian brands. This collection also unveils one-of-a-kind pieces from North Korea, which were generously contributed by Nick Bonner, the founder of Koryo Tours, author of Made in North Korea, and a leading expert in North Korean art.

Lotus Tea Packaging

Von Viet (2017)

Vietnam

Roasted Squid Bulgogi Flavor Packaging

Surasang (2025)

Korea

Bento Squid Snack Packaging

Tang Kim Heng Group (2025)

Thailand

Deep Matcha Pocky

Glico (2024)

Japan

Cha no Ka Packaging

Malebranche (2024)

Japan

Baton Cookies Matcha Packaging

Royce (2025)

Japan

Tokyo Banana Original Flavor Packaging

Tokyo Banana (2024)

Japan

Firecracker Packaging

Kwong Man Lung Firecracker Factory (Unknown)

Hong Kong

Tinned Dace Label

Pearl River Bridge (2025)

China

Shaved Ice Bar Packaging

Futaba Foods (2025)

Japan

DoFu Delight Packaging

Jen Yi Foods (2025)

USA

Mayo Packaging

Kewpie Corporation (2025)

Japan

Dream Animals Biscuit Packaging

Ginbis (2025)

Japan

Koryo Hotel Wrapping Paper

Koryo Hotel (c. 1990)

North Korea

Sugar Packet

Air Koryo (2025)

North Korea

Ginseng Sweets

Artist Unknown (c. 1990)

North Korea

Sweet Smelling Drops

Artist Unknown (1993)

North Korea

Apricot Tin

Artist Unknown (c. 1990)

North Korea

Ice Lolly

Artist Unknown (2010)

North Korea

Salt Packet

Air Koryo (1990)

North Korea

Sugar Packet

Air Koryo (1990)

North Korea

Koryo Hotel Wrapping Paper

Koryo Hotel (c. 1995)

North Korea

North Korean Matches

Artist Unknown (c. 1990)

North Korea

North Korean Cigarettes

Artist Unknown (c. 1990)

North Korea

White Rabbit Candy Wrapper

Shanghai Guan Sheng Yuan Food, Ltd. (1943)

China

Botan Rice Candy Box

JFC International (1946)

Japan

Tiger Balm Advertisement

Haw Par Healthcare (c. 1930)

Singapore

Bubble Gum Packaging

Marukawa (1947)

Japan

Jinro Soju Juice Box

HiteJinro (2025)

Korea

Paldo Bibimmen Packaging

Paldo (2019)

Korea

Yunohana Onsen Powder Packaging

Artist Unknown (Unknown)

Japan

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Garden of Play

May 2024

Play is sacred. To celebrate and revere levity, and embrace it as part of one’s creative process, is to be fully alive.

In honor of spring and the imminent promise of summer, we’ve curated The East Asian Graphics Archive’s fifth collection around the concept of play. The collection contains 22 jubilant pieces from talented designers who intentionally choose to explore the idea of play without restraint. Their work fills us with the wonderment of childhood: it is at once beautifully indulgent, cheeky, nostalgic. These artists show us that when we allow ourselves the liberty to embrace what feels like play, that’s where the real magic happens.

5

Garden of Play

May 2024

Play is sacred. To celebrate and revere levity, and embrace it as part of one’s creative process, is to be fully alive.

In honor of spring and the imminent promise of summer, we’ve curated The East Asian Graphics Archive’s fifth collection around the concept of play. The collection contains 22 jubilant pieces from talented designers who intentionally choose to explore the idea of play without restraint. Their work fills us with the wonderment of childhood: it is at once beautifully indulgent, cheeky, nostalgic. These artists show us that when we allow ourselves the liberty to embrace what feels like play, that’s where the real magic happens.

5

Garden of Play

Play is sacred. To celebrate and revere levity, and embrace it as part of one’s creative process, is to be fully alive.

In honor of spring and the imminent promise of summer, we’ve curated The East Asian Graphics Archive’s fifth collection around the concept of play. The collection contains 22 jubilant pieces from talented designers who intentionally choose to explore the idea of play without restraint. Their work fills us with the wonderment of childhood: it is at once beautifully indulgent, cheeky, nostalgic. These artists show us that when we allow ourselves the liberty to embrace what feels like play, that’s where the real magic happens.

4

The New Minimalism

March 2024

East Asia’s visual landscape is known for its embrace of stunningly maximalist, larger-than-life compositions and graphics that practically ooze with richness. In the Eurocentric field of design, however, this manifestation of maximalism is often seen as “too much”: too chaotic, too crowded, too over the top to be taken seriously. Even the term “maximalist” is highly subjective—maximalist to whom, and in relation to what?

We curated the EAGA’s fourth collection out of a defiance of the rules that the West imposes on cultural production. There is untold beauty in pushing one’s artistry to the fullest, in capturing every facet of one’s subject in luscious, radiant detail. Nurtured from an unapologetic love of East Asian maximalism, this collection is our devotional to design that—by Western metrics—does too much.

4

The New Minimalism

March 2024

East Asia’s visual landscape is known for its embrace of stunningly maximalist, larger-than-life compositions and graphics that practically ooze with richness. In the Eurocentric field of design, however, this manifestation of maximalism is often seen as “too much”: too chaotic, too crowded, too over the top to be taken seriously. Even the term “maximalist” is highly subjective—maximalist to whom, and in relation to what?

We curated the EAGA’s fourth collection out of a defiance of the rules that the West imposes on cultural production. There is untold beauty in pushing one’s artistry to the fullest, in capturing every facet of one’s subject in luscious, radiant detail. Nurtured from an unapologetic love of East Asian maximalism, this collection is our devotional to design that—by Western metrics—does too much.

4

The New Minimalism

East Asia’s visual landscape is known for its embrace of stunningly maximalist, larger-than-life compositions and graphics that practically ooze with richness. In the Eurocentric field of design, however, this manifestation of maximalism is often seen as “too much”: too chaotic, too crowded, too over the top to be taken seriously. Even the term “maximalist” is highly subjective—maximalist to whom, and in relation to what?

We curated the EAGA’s fourth collection out of a defiance of the rules that the West imposes on cultural production. There is untold beauty in pushing one’s artistry to the fullest, in capturing every facet of one’s subject in luscious, radiant detail. Nurtured from an unapologetic love of East Asian maximalism, this collection is our devotional to design that—by Western metrics—does too much.

3

Shades of Abundance

February 2024

The EAGA’s third collection, “Shades of Abundance”, is our love letter to the Lunar New Year, one of the most important holidays in China, Taiwan, the Koreas, and beyond. A highly auspicious occasion, the Lunar New Year is a revered time for spending time with family, paying respect to ancestral lineages, and ushering in blessings for the upcoming year.

When concepting this collection, we set out to curate a contemporary take on the visual language of East Asian Lunar New Year celebrations. In an effort to move beyond the Lunar New Year’s common motif of red (symbolizing abundance in the Chinese cultural sphere) and explore more expansive interpretations of the holiday, we sought out pieces that instead incorporated some form of pink.

The visuals brought forth in this collection each present unorthodox, out-of-the-box visualizations of the most time-honored holidays in our tradition. Ranging in form from festival posters to paper banners to lucky envelopes, the collection’s vibrancy foretells the arrival of an abundant new year and a prosperous start of spring.

3

Shades of Abundance

February 2024

The EAGA’s third collection, “Shades of Abundance”, is our love letter to the Lunar New Year, one of the most important holidays in China, Taiwan, the Koreas, and beyond. A highly auspicious occasion, the Lunar New Year is a revered time for spending time with family, paying respect to ancestral lineages, and ushering in blessings for the upcoming year.

When concepting this collection, we set out to curate a contemporary take on the visual language of East Asian Lunar New Year celebrations. In an effort to move beyond the Lunar New Year’s common motif of red (symbolizing abundance in the Chinese cultural sphere) and explore more expansive interpretations of the holiday, we sought out pieces that instead incorporated some form of pink.

The visuals brought forth in this collection each present unorthodox, out-of-the-box visualizations of the most time-honored holidays in our tradition. Ranging in form from festival posters to paper banners to lucky envelopes, the collection’s vibrancy foretells the arrival of an abundant new year and a prosperous start of spring.

3

Shades of Abundance

The EAGA’s third collection, “Shades of Abundance”, is our love letter to the Lunar New Year, one of the most important holidays in China, Taiwan, the Koreas, and beyond. A highly auspicious occasion, the Lunar New Year is a revered time for spending time with family, paying respect to ancestral lineages, and ushering in blessings for the upcoming year.

When concepting this collection, we set out to curate a contemporary take on the visual language of East Asian Lunar New Year celebrations. In an effort to move beyond the Lunar New Year’s common motif of red (symbolizing abundance in the Chinese cultural sphere) and explore more expansive interpretations of the holiday, we sought out pieces that instead incorporated some form of pink.

The visuals brought forth in this collection each present unorthodox, out-of-the-box visualizations of the most time-honored holidays in our tradition. Ranging in form from festival posters to paper banners to lucky envelopes, the collection’s vibrancy foretells the arrival of an abundant new year and a prosperous start of spring.

2

Electric Geographies

December 2023

It is with great delight that we present EAGA’s second collection “Electric Geographies”: a 12-piece assembly of striking colors, eye-popping type, and spirited compositions.

Featuring visionary works originating from Okayama City to Seoul to Guangdong Province, this collection interrogates the electrifying, invigorating relationship between the visual and the verbal. When curating this collection, we set out to ask: How can the interplay between bold graphics and complementary type manifest differently across different contexts and geographies? And in what ways can East Asian graphic elements push the visual envelope, creating compositions that burst with character and saturation?

2

Electric Geographies

December 2023

It is with great delight that we present EAGA’s second collection “Electric Geographies”: a 12-piece assembly of striking colors, eye-popping type, and spirited compositions.

Featuring visionary works originating from Okayama City to Seoul to Guangdong Province, this collection interrogates the electrifying, invigorating relationship between the visual and the verbal. When curating this collection, we set out to ask: How can the interplay between bold graphics and complementary type manifest differently across different contexts and geographies? And in what ways can East Asian graphic elements push the visual envelope, creating compositions that burst with character and saturation?

2

Electric Geographies

It is with great delight that we present EAGA’s second collection “Electric Geographies”: a 12-piece assembly of striking colors, eye-popping type, and spirited compositions.

Featuring visionary works originating from Okayama City to Seoul to Guangdong Province, this collection interrogates the electrifying, invigorating relationship between the visual and the verbal. When curating this collection, we set out to ask: How can the interplay between bold graphics and complementary type manifest differently across different contexts and geographies? And in what ways can East Asian graphic elements push the visual envelope, creating compositions that burst with character and saturation?