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| Graphic artist Lance Wyman |
I have made the Washington, D.C.
Metro train a part of my work life. For all of the business trips downtown from Beltsville - I can count on one hand the times I have ridden in a car or taken a shuttle. Since the first time I took the train, the map of the rail system stood out as an easy-to-use device that never failed - whether the one posted near every door of every train car, or the standard or large-print versions available at the stations, or the on-line one only a click away from a local map of city - the map never fails to get me to where I need to be. So in today's Web-edition of the
Washington Post, the first
article I noticed was about the redesign of the
30-year-old map to reflect the recent and up-coming changes to the system. As usual, the story-behind-the-story (a redesigned map) is interesting enough in itself, along with a Sunday morning cup of coffee.
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New York graphic artist
Lance Wyman who designed the Metrorail system's map more than 30 years ago has been hired to reinvent it. Changes will include adding on the new
Silver Line to
Dulles International Airport and integrating other changes to the map, without ruining, as the Washington Post article states, "its clean, classic look." Wyman's craft is seen around other District places of notice including the
National Zoo, the old
Convention Center, the
Library of Congress, and on kiosk maps all around the Capital's
National Mall.
Previous blogs that have mentioned the Washington, D.C. Metro train system include:
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10.
I have decided to nominate the artist for the
Virtuosos Are Their Own Reward Award, after
the song by Leo Kottke from his
Shout Towards Noon album.
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