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Lance Wyman's daily design diaries to be published by Unit Editions

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Date
12 September 2016
A book titled “Lance Wyman: The Visual Diaries 1973–1982” lies open on a white surface. The cover reads “Sketches, notes, photographs & printed ephemera” above a barcode and the website “unitededitions.com”.
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Unit Editions: Lance Wyman: The Visual Diaries

Unit Editions will publish a new book of Lance Wyman’s design diaries, after the project’s Kickstarter campaign reached its funding target.

Lance Wyman: The Visual Diaries 1973 – 1982 is a collection of the graphic designer’s daily “design logs”, leather bound sketchbooks which he used to document his creative process. Everything from his projects during this period – such as work for the Mexico World Cup and Mexico City Metro – has been logged with meticulous care, says Unit Editions. The 872-page book will be designed by Spin, and features working drawings of logos and sketches for typefaces, to notes to himself, colour swatches and photographic references.

The diaries were discovered by Unit Editions’ Tony Brook and Adrian Shaughnessy while working on Lance Wyman: The Monograph. The book aims to give intricate insight to the designer’s thought process, and celebrate his dedication to charting each stage of the design development, which he says he continues to look at for inspiration.

A flat lay of a book cover and spine in brown and white. The text reads “Lance Wyman: The Visual Diaries 1973–1982” and “Sketches, notes, photographs & printed ephemera”.
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Unit Editions: Lance Wyman: The Visual Diaries cover mock-up

An open sketchbook shows a series of geometric studies. On the left, a black ink drawing of concentric octagons is taped to the page above a blue and white striped pattern. The right page contains two polaroids of similar abstract forms, with a handwritten date at the top reading “Tues - Aug 12, 1980”.
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Unit Editions: Lance Wyman: The Visual Diaries mock-up

An open sketchbook showing design process notes and logo iterations. The left page features rows of black and white circular graphic marks, while the right page contains handwritten notes, sketches and a small black and white photograph of the logos.
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Unit Editions: Lance Wyman: The Visual Diaries mock-up

Sketches for the 1970 World Cup logo are taped into a notebook. The designs feature a stylised trophy shape incorporating the word “Mexico” and a figure of an angel above the text “Copa del Mundo 70”.
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Unit Editions: Lance Wyman: The Visual Diaries mock-up

A collection of open design books and notebooks. One page features a red and blue abstract graphic, while another shows a black and white illustration of a face inside a rounded square.
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Unit Editions: Lance Wyman: The Visual Diaries mock-up

An open notebook shows typographic studies taped to the pages. One page features the word “WELCOME” written vertically, while the opposite page displays two different alphabet sets and a row of numbers.
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Unit Editions: Lance Wyman: The Visual Diaries mock-up

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