SEGD asks 20 questions of Lance Wyman, FSEGD, an experiential graphic design legend—a literal icon of icons—who is currently working on a massive transit system for Mexico City, where he did some of his most beloved work in the late 1960s.
The 1968 international games in Mexico City marked a landmark moment in athletics as well as society, when two medal winners raised fists in a "silent protest."
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From the Paris Metro to wayfinding apps, EGD continues to do what it has always done: connect people to place.
A small group of pioneering designers first met and formed SEGD 40 years ago, and they can be credited with giving a name to the discipline called Environmental Graphic Design.
Lance Wyman is considered to be one of the most influential graphic designers of our time, and is credited with helping to define the field of environmental graphic design. He founded Lance Wyman Ltd. in 1979 and has focused his work primarily on branding/wayfinding systems for public environments.
