Mexico City Metro Wayfinding System

Lance Wyman designed all of the signage for the Mexico City metro system in 1969. Each station is represented by a unique pictogram icon based on the history of the area and the city. Each line has its own corresponding color and number. The colors are bright and distinctly Mexican, with pink, yellow, and orange playing major roles in the wayfinding experience. The signage leans more heavily on pictures and symbols rather than text  so that even travelers who don't read Spanish, or don't read at all, can still orient themselves within the system. Many of the icons depict the names of the stations.  For example, the Juanacatlán Station means "place of butterflies" in Nahuatl - the indigenous language of Aztecs - so the icon is of a butterfly. Wyman also designed the metro typeface, Tipo Metro, specifically for this project.