Massimo Vignelli 1931—2014
Massimo and Lella Vignelli Recent 2000s
Born and educated in Milan in 1931
Married Ellen (Lella) Valle in 1957 Opened their first design office in Milan in 1960 Fascination with U.S. would draw them away from Italy
“Information Architecture� dubbed by Richard Saul Wurman
“an inspiration to all women designers who forcefully stand on the power of their merits.�
Massimo and Lella Before 1960s
Bodoni Futura Garamond Century Helvetica Massimo with program designed by Michael Bierut for the Architectural League President’s Medal Award Ceremony
Emigre #1 1984
Launch Poster Designed for Filosofia by Massimo Vignelli 1997
Filosofia 1997
1960s — Massimo presenting proposal for Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority in 1968
—1970s New York City Subway Signs and Map 1972
1958: Prior to Vignelli
NYC SU 1972: Vignelli Map
1979: After Vignelli
UBWAY 2012: “The Weekender”
Knoll International Poster and Graphics
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Catalog sketches 1971
nou Au Louvre Exhibit 1972 ›
Bloomingdale’s 1972 JCPenney 1971 Ford 1966 National Park Services
American Airlines maintained their logo until 2013
The only way to stay in fashion is never be in. If you are never in fashion, you are never out of fashion.
Massimo Vignelli 1931—2014
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Lella and Massimo Vignelli http://idsgn.org/images/design-love-vignelli-associates/vignelli__full.jpg
Massimo Presenting https://hcdatelier.files.wordpress. com/2014/05/63350-ob-vignelli011401225670.jpg?w=580
Subway Images Filosofia sample http://www.wnyc.org/story/284042-vignellihttps://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg. designer-of-famous-subway-map-defendscom/736x/36/98/67/3698670cb8605ahis-version-over-these-others-images/ f11a1acaa45ce899d3.jpg
Massimo Vignelli Biography, Vignelli Associates http://www.vignelli.com/awards/massimo. html 1982 AIGA Medal, AIGA http://www.aiga.org/medalist-massimoandlellavignelli/ Massimo Vignelli on Rational Design, Design Dialogues, Steven Heller2w http://www.hellerbooks.com/pdfs/dialogues_vignelli.pdf
Young Massimo and Lella Vignelli Knoll Au Louvre Images http://designisonefilm.com/wp-content/ http://www.dedeceblog.com/2014/03/28/ gallery/vignelli/vignelli-gallery-55-60_0004_ knoll-at-the-louvre-by-the-vignellis/ Massimo Vignelli: Creator of Timeless layer-33.jpg Icon Images: Ford, Bloomindales, National Design and Fearless Critic of “Junk”, Ellen Shapiro, Printmag.com Park Services Images from Portfolio http://www.printmag.com/ellen-shapiro/ http://gizmodo.com/rip-massimo-vihttp://www.vignelli.com/home.html massimo-vignelli-fearless-critic-of-junk/ gnelli-the-iconic-designs-that-shaped-a1582079280?trending_test_b&utm_exUnimark pid=66866090-62.H_y_0o51QhmMY_tue- Emigre: The End #69, Rudy VanderLans https://cdn.evbuc.com/eventlo7bevQ.2&utm_referrer=https%3A%2F%2F- https://books.google.com/books?id=Glxgos/67647/818670666.jpg sT5y4-NMC&pg=PA63&lpg=PA63&dwww.google.com%2F q=Massimo%27s+thoughts+on+emiMassimo gre&source=bl&ots=nVs8DdKzIhttp://www.letsbebrief.co.uk/letsbebrief-conf&sig=1wAjuRhUsU8JOpZjj61WXytent/uploads/massimo_vignelli1.jpg kITPY&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0CFwQ6AEwCWoVChMIl_Ho05HsyAIVxW4mMassimo Grid Ch03OAFW#v=onepage&q=Massimo’s%20 http://blog.wanken.com/wp-content/upthoughts%20on%20emigre&f=false loads/2011/03/Vignelli_sm.jpeg It’s Their Bodoni http://www.emigre.com/EFfeature.php?di=97 Jcpenney image https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/9b/29/7f/9b297f8c2b59e45345950f0699d9dda5.jpg Emigre #1 Images http://emigre.com/EMag.php?issue=01
Word power. By: Evamy, Michael. Creative Review. Jul2014, Vol. 34 Issue 7, p14-16. 2p. Vignelli, Massimo. Grids -- Their Meaning and Use for Federal Designers: Based on a Presentation to the Second Studio Seminar for Federal Graphic Designers, November 10, 1976. Washington: National Endowment for the Arts, 1978. Print.