# Lance Wyman > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Lance_Wyman > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Lance_Wyman.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lance_Wyman > Source revision: 1346941436 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{short description|American graphic designer}} {{Infobox person | image = Lance Wyman.png | name = Lance Wyman | birth_date = {{birth year and age|1937}} | birth_place = [Newark, New Jersey](/source/Newark%2C_New_Jersey), United States | death_date = | death_place = | othername = | occupation = Graphic designer | yearsactive = }} '''Lance Wyman''' (born 1937)[http://art.webesteem.pl/9/wyman_en.php Case Study: Lance Wyman] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080209221237/http://art.webesteem.pl/9/wyman_en.php |date=2008-02-09 }}, ''WebEsteem Art & Design Magazine'', 2004 is an American graphic designer. He is known for his work under Mexican architect [Pedro Ramírez Vázquez](/source/Pedro_Ramirez_Vazquez), doing design concept and direction in developing applications of the logo for the [1968 Summer Olympics](/source/1968_Summer_Olympics) in [Mexico City](/source/Mexico_City). ==Life and career== Wyman, the son of a commercial fisherman and a typist,Dana Hedgpeth, "[https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/commuting/after-more-than-30-years-metro-map-is-being-redesigned-by-creator-lance-wyman/2011/05/31/AGeyD4IH_story.html After more than 30 years, Metro map is being redesigned by creator Lance Wyman] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171209044217/https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/commuting/after-more-than-30-years-metro-map-is-being-redesigned-by-creator-lance-wyman/2011/05/31/AGeyD4IH_story.html |date=2017-12-09 }}", washingtonpost.com, June 4, 2011; printed as "An icon's midlife facelift: Metro map must be updated, so its creator goes back to the drawing board", ''The Washington Post'', June 5, 2011, p. A1. grew up in [Kearny, New Jersey](/source/Kearny%2C_New_Jersey), where he worked in the factories during summers to pay for college. He acquired an appreciation for the "no-nonsense functional aesthetic of the sea and the factories", which he has described as "an important influence in my approach to design." He graduated from the [Pratt Institute](/source/Pratt_Institute) with a degree in industrial design in 1960. The subject of [graphic design](/source/graphic_design) was just being introduced in American universities at the time; when Wyman met a student who studied [logo](/source/logo) design with [Paul Rand](/source/Paul_Rand) at [Yale](/source/Yale), he wanted to design logos. Wyman began his career at [General Motors](/source/General_Motors) in [Detroit](/source/Detroit), [Michigan](/source/Michigan), where he worked on a packaging system for [Delco](/source/Delco_Electronics) automotive parts that unified 1,200 different packages. Later, he moved to the office of [William Schmidt](/source/William_Schmidt_(designer)), where he produced the graphics for the U.S. pavilion at a 1962 trade fair in [Zagreb, Yugoslavia](/source/Zagreb%2C_Yugoslavia). In 1963, Wyman moved to New York, where he joined the [George Nelson](/source/George_Nelson_(designer)) firm. He designed the graphics for the [Chrysler](/source/Chrysler) Pavilion at the [New York World's Fair](/source/1964_New_York_World's_Fair). He later reported that devising a "pointing hand" themed logo and adapting it to the site directional signs convinced him that logos could play a more important role in an overall design program. In December 1966, he traveled to [Mexico City](/source/Mexico_City) to work at Pedro Ramírez Vázquez's office, and worked with many other designers in the identity program of the [1968 Summer Olympic Games](/source/1968_Summer_Olympics). Wyman stopped working for the organizing committee in October 1968, he then designed the graphics programs for the [Mexico City Metro](/source/Mexico_City_Metro). After returning to New York, Wyman formed a partnership with Bill Cannan (Wyman & Cannan). In 1979, he established his own firm, Lance Wyman Ltd. He has also taught corporate and wayfinding design at [Parsons School of Design](/source/Parsons_School_of_Design) since 1973. ==Work== thumb|300px|Exhibit featuring Wyman's work in Rio de Janeiro (2016) Wyman, who has been described as a "rock star" of graphic arts, made his reputation when he collaborated with Eduardo Terrazas, under the direction of architect [Pedro Ramírez Vázquez](/source/Pedro_Ram%C3%ADrez_V%C3%A1zquez), in the development of the entire design campaign for the Mexico [1968 Summer Olympic Games](/source/1968_Summer_Olympic_Games). He has also designed icons for museums and many other institutions, individualized signs for buildings at the [National Zoo in Washington D.C.](/source/National_Zoological_Park_(United_States)), and many other symbols. Stepping outside his usual genre, he designed a poster for the [2008 Barack Obama presidential campaign](/source/2008_Barack_Obama_presidential_campaign).{{Cite web |url=http://www.printmag.com/imprint/wyman-in-ireland/ |author=Steven Heller |title=Wyman in Ireland |publisher=[Print](/source/Print_(magazine)) |date=2010-10-04 |accessdate=2017-05-30 |archive-date=2018-10-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181022050305/http://www.printmag.com/imprint/wyman-in-ireland/ |url-status=live }} Perhaps his most enduring design is the stylized route map he devised for the [Washington Metro](/source/Washington_Metro) in the mid-1970s, prioritizing the clear representation of routes, stations, transfer points, and certain landmarks over showing distances to scale. In 2011, Wyman was called on to design a new Metro map depicting new lines and route orientations, as well as some station names that had been expanded to the point of being cumbersome.Steve Delahoyde, [https://www.adweek.com/performance-marketing/lance-wyman-difficult-task-of-re-designing-his-original-dc-metro-map/ Lance Wyman Difficult Task of Re-Designing His Original DC Metro Map], Mediabistro.com, Unbeige, June 6, 2011.Dana Hedgpeth, "Metro's Main Designer", ''Express'' (Washington, D.C.), June 6, 2011, p. 12. It was one of the few occasions in which the original designer has had a chance to revise his own creation. The new map debuted March 19, 2012,Dana Hedgpeth, "[https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/dr-gridlock/post/metro-debuts-new-map-and-service-changes/2012/03/19/gIQAok1BNS_blog.html Metro debuts new map and service changes] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161123133245/https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/dr-gridlock/post/metro-debuts-new-map-and-service-changes/2012/03/19/gIQAok1BNS_blog.html |date=2016-11-23 }}", ''The Washington Post'', March 19, 2012. and an update was announced on September 12, 2013.Dana Hedgpeth, "A Familiar Direction", ''Express'' (Washington, D.C.), September 12, 2013, p. 13. Wyman suggested naming the then-under-construction Metro line the Cherry Blossom Line, but it became the [Silver Line](/source/Silver_Line_(Washington_Metro)) instead.Vicky Hallett, "Did You Know?", ''Express'' (Washington, D.C.), July 28, 2014, p. 9. Wyman's work was the subject of a retrospective exhibition called "Urban Icons" at El [Museo Universitario Arte Contemporáneo](/source/Museo_Universitario_Arte_Contempor%C3%A1neo) (MUAC) in Mexico City (2014–15).Lance Wyman, [http://www.lancewyman.com/newsContent.php?pageNum_works=2 MUAC Exhibition] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201044458/http://www.lancewyman.com/newsContent.php?pageNum_works=2 |date=2017-12-01 }} In 2017, he was awarded the [AIGA Medal](/source/List_of_AIGA_medalists) for his "mastery of visual ecosystems and for setting the standard for the universal, public design experience."{{Cite news|url=http://www.aiga.org/aiga/content/inspiration/aiga-medalist/2017-aiga-medalist-lance-wyman/|title=2017 AIGA Medalist Lance Wyman|work=AIGA {{!}} the professional association for design|access-date=2017-04-12}} ==References== {{reflist}} ==External links== {{commons category}} * [http://www.lancewyman.com/ Lance Wyman, Ltd.] * [https://web.archive.org/web/20171209100157/https://planyourcity.net/2013/03/27/sbway-maps/ The Wyman map of the Washington Metro system, slightly changed in updates] * {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20171117002805/http://www.scrapermagazine.com/2016/11/lance-wyman.html Interview with Scraper Magazine]}} {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Wyman, Lance}} Category:1937 births Category:Artists from Newark, New Jersey Category:American graphic designers Category:Pratt Institute alumni Category:Living people Category:AIGA medalists --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Lance Wyman](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lance_Wyman) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lance_Wyman?action=history)). 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