Monday, February 21, 2011

Irene - Massimo Vignelli



This essay was first published on October 10, 2004.
This week marks the 100th anniversary of the New York subway system, and what better time to recognize the beautiful achievement represented by Massimo Vignelli's subway map of 1972.


Detail, New York Subway Map, Massimo Vignelli, 1972
This essay was first published on October 10, 2004.
This week marks the 100th anniversary of the New York subway system, and what better time to recognize the beautiful achievement represented by Massimo Vignelli's subway map of 1972.




Massimo Vignelli

Massimo Vignelli, born in Milan, studied architecture in Milan and Venice. He cameto the United States from 1957 to 1960 on fellowships from Towle Silversmiths in Massachusetts and the Institute of Design, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago. In 1960, with Lella Vignelli, he established the Vignelli Office of Design and Architecture in Milan.
In 1965, Massimo Vignelli became co-founder and design director of Unimark International Corporation. With Lella Vignelli, he established the offices of Vignelli Associates in 1971, and Vignelli Designs in 1978. His work includesgraphic and corporate identity programs, publication designs, architectural graphics, andexhibition, interior, furniture, and consumer product designs for many leading American and European companies and institutions.
Mr. Vignelli has had his work published and exhibited throughout the world and entered in the permanent collections of several museums; notably, the Museum of Modern Art, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Brooklyn Museum, and the Cooper-Hewitt Museum in New York; the Musee des Arts Decoratifs in Montreal; and the Die NeueSammlung in Munich. Mr. Vignelli has taught and lectured on design in the major cities and universities in the United States and abroad.
He is a past president of the Alliance Graphique Internationale(AGl) and the American Institute of Graphic Arts (AlGA), a vice president of the Architectural League, and a member of the Industrial Designers Society of America (IDSA). Two feature-length television programs on the Vignellis’ work have been aired worldwide. A monographic exhibition of the Vignellis’ work toured Europe between 1989 and 1993, and was featured in St. Petersburg, Moscow, Helsinki, London, Budapest, Barcelona, Copenhagen, Munich, Prague and Paris.

Some of Massimo's Works - Corporate Identity, Book and Magazine Design

"Any colour works if you push it to the extreme"
Massimo Vign
elli

BORN IN MILAN, ITALY, STUDIED ARCHITECTURE IN MILAN
AND VENICE. PRESIDENT OF VIGNELLI ASSOCIATES, NEW YORK.

In 1966 Vignelli started the New York branch of a new company, Unimark International, which quickly became, both in scope and in sheer number of personnel, one of the largest design firms in the world. The firm went on to design many of the world's most recognizable corporate identities, including that of American Airlines

Vignelli also designed the iconic signage for the New York subway system during this period.

His work includes graphic and corporate identity programs, publication designs, packaging, architectural graphics, exhibition, interior, furniture, and consumer product designs for leading American and Europeancompanies and institutions.

Mr. Vignelli’s work has been published and exhibited throughout the world and entered in the permanent collections of several museums. He is a past president of the Alliance Graphique Internationale and the American Institute of Graphic Arts (AIGA), and a vice president of The Architectural League of New York. A major exhibition of Vignelli Associates’ work touredEurope’s most important museums between 1989 and 1993



1 comment:

  1. info good but needs editing. light text difficult to read. only one heading needed. quote in yellow also difficult to read

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