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Lance Wyman - Designer of 1968 Mexico Olympics

Lance Wyman is a designer specialising in branding and wayfinding systems. He is best known for the branding of the 1968 Mexico Olympics. Other projects include the Mexico City Metro System (above) and the identity and signage for the Minesotta Zoo (pictured below).

Mexico 68 Olympics branding by Lance Wyman

Mexico 68 Olympics branding by Lance Wyman

Wayfinding at Minnesota Zoo

Wayfinding at Minnesota Zoo

Wyman at work in the 1960s

Wyman at work in the 1960s

Below is a video of a talk Wyman gave about his work at the Walker Arts Centre.

Thesaurus Word Loops Booklet

This is a new version of a booklet first produced in 2006. The booklet has been redesigned and some changes made to the content.

Each of these word loops takes a pair of words with opposite meanings as its starting point. A thesaurus was used to find a synonym for one of these words and then to find a synonym for that synonym and so on. Each new word suggested by thesaurus involves a slight slippage of meaning. These slippages accumulate resulting in a complete inversion of the original meaning. This process is repeated using the second word from the pair until the loop has been completed.

If you would like to receive a complimentary copy please send me your address: niall(at)nialldebuitlear.com