Janet R. Carpman, PhD Carpman Grant Associates www.wayfinding.com
Associate to Nicolson Associates
Janet R. Carpman, PhD is an architectural sociologist and wayfinding expert who has worked for 30+ years to improve wayfinding ease in complex, confusing sites and facilities. A founding partner in Carpman Grant Associates, Wayfinding Consultants, she and Myron Grant have worked with more than 70 organizations on hundreds of wayfinding projects in medical, educational, cultural, government, and other types of public facilities. Jan has special expertise in analyzing users’ wayfinding needs and planning wayfinding-related operational programs. In the 1980s, she directed the award-winning Patient & Visitor Participation Project at the University of Michigan Medical Center, a unique, six-year, design research and advocacy effort. Jan Carpman and Myron Grant are authors of the award-winning books, Design that Cares: Planning Health Facilities for Patients and Visitors and Directional Sense: How to Find Your Way Around. Jan has conducted over 100 studies, authored or co-authored more than 45 publications, and made 50+ presentations at professional meetings in the U.S. and abroad. She is also an experienced radio talk-show guest. Jan holds degrees from the University of Michigan (PhD in Architecture and Sociology), Harvard University (Master of City Planning), and the University of Rochester (BA in Sociology).
Myron A. Grant, MLA Carpman Grant Associates www.wayfinding.com
Associate to Nicolson Associates
Myron A. Grant, MLA is a wayfinding system analyst and designer with a 30+ year commitment to improving wayfinding ease for people in all types of facilities. A founding partner in Carpman Grant Associates, Wayfinding Consultants, he and Jan Carpman have worked with more than 70 organizations on hundreds of wayfinding projects in medical, educational, cultural, government, and other types of public facilities. Myron specializes in wayfinding analysis, planning, and design for large, complex sites and facilities, focusing on exterior and interior wayfinding design elements, such as signs and maps. He originated the practice of Wayfinding Design Review: assessing the wayfinding implications of all types of design (site planning, landscape architectural, architectural, interior design) during the design process. In the 1980s, he helped lead the award-winning Patient & Visitor Participation Project at the University of Michigan Medical Center, a unique, six-year, design research and advocacy effort. Jan Carpman and Myron Grant are authors of the award-winning books, Design that Cares: Planning Health Facilities for Patients and Visitors and Directional Sense: How to Find Your Way Around. Myron holds two degrees from the University of Michigan (Master of Landscape Architecture and Bachelor of Fine Arts).