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Richard Saul Wurman is born
Richard Saul Wurman was born on April 29th, 1935. -
Richard's hometown
Wurman ws raised in Philadelphia, Pennslyvania. -
One of Richard Wurman's first awards
University of Pennsylvania first prize in watercolor painting, 1954, 1955, 1956 -
Honors given
Member of the initial year of exploration and mapping of Tikal, Guatemala, 1958
Member, Alliance Graphique Internationale
Board Member, Glen Gould Foundation
Board Member, Gehry Technologies, Inc.
Chairman of Graphic Design & Product/Industrial Design of the Presidential Design Awards, 1995
Named a Fellow of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, 1994
Kevin Lynch Award from MIT for his creation of the ACCESS travel guides, 1991 -
Richard Wurman Graduates College
Richard Wurman Graduated form University of Pennslyvania in 1959. -
Richard Wurman Publishes his first book
They were called "The Smartest Distance Between Two Points, US Atlas: Richrad Saul Wurman 1990 Road Atlas". This was the first thing he accomplished that made him realize that he wanted to make information available to other people. HIs first carrer had been in design, and he had worked on several informational books to design the graphics. -
Grants given to Wurman
2 Graham Foundation grants
AIA Fellow, 1976
Several grants from the National Endowment for the Arts
Guggenheim Fellowship in Architecture and Design,1969 -
TED conference is created
TED, which stands for Technology, Entertainment, and Design, was aconference created in 1984, and was sold in 2002 for a reported $14 million. -
Lifetime awards Richard has achieved
2012 Copper Hewitt National Design Award for Lifetime Achievement
Stars of Design lifetime achievement Award, 1992.
Wurman has also been awarded with a lifetime acheivement award from the Smithsonian. -
Where Richard Wurman has been Recognized
Upside magazine, 1997 & 1999
Systems for Danny Goodman's Macintosh Handbook - Featuring System 7, 1992 -
Other Awards given to Wurman
Chrysler Design Award from the Pacific Design Center, 1996
Named one of the 100 elite of the technology industry by Upside magazine, 1997 & 1999 -
5 words I'd use to describe Richard Wurman
He is multi-talented (he's written 82 bookes, is an architect, cartographer, teacher, and designer), obstinate (he has been fired from several of his professions, openminded, curious, and brilliant. Just simply brilliant for all that he had contributed for the world. -
Art Related awards he has recieved
Honorary Doctorate of Fine Arts, Art Institute of Boston, 1999
Induction into the Art Directors Club Hall of Fame, 2003
Honored by a retrospective exhibition at the AXIS Design Gallery in Tokyo, 1991
Honorary Doctorate, University of the Arts, Philadelphia, 1994
Honorary Doctorate of Letters, Art Center of College and Design, 1995 -
Art awards he has recieved part two
Computer Press Awards - Best Introductory How To Book, Systems for Danny Goodman's Macintosh Handbook - Featuring System 7, 1992
Chrysler Design Award from the Pacific Design Center, 1996 -
Richard Wurman's Family
Wurman currently resdides in Newport, Rhode Island with his wife, Gloria Nagy. He currently has 4 children and six grandchildren.
