Best Wayfinding
Michael Bierut is an American graphic designer and a partner in the New York office of the design firm Pentagram, which he joined in 1990. He is widely recognized for his work on brand identities and visual systems for clients such as the MIT Media Lab, Mastercard, Saks Fifth Avenue, and the 2016 Hi...
Lance Wyman is renowned for his pioneering work in Washington, D.C.’s visual identity system, designing iconic maps and symbols that shaped the city’s public image from the 1960s through the late 1990s, significantly influencing civic design standards.
Frutiger is a humanist sans-serif typeface developed by Adrian Frutiger in 1977. Its notable design features excellent legibility and neutrality, making it suitable for a wide range of applications including wayfinding systems like those found at Charles de Gaulle Airport. The monotype font remains...
Frutiger Next is a humanist monotype typeface developed by Adrian Frutiger. Initially created for signage in 1968, this expanded version, released in 1999, includes italic and heavier weights. It’s notable for its clarity and legibility, particularly suited for wayfinding applications and designs re...
FF Info is a sans-serif typeface family designed by Ole Schafer for FontFont with informational graphics and orientation systems in mind. Its forms emphasize clear differentiation, economical spacing, and readability in short functional text such as signs, labels, directories, and maps. The family p...
FF Transit is a humanist sans-serif typeface designed by Ole Schäfer and released through FontFont in 2000. It was specifically developed for municipal transit signage and wayfinding systems where high legibility at a distance and under poor lighting is critical. The typeface features clear, distinc...
