Masters - Massimo Vignelli

Massimo and Lella Vignelli in the living room of their Upper East Side apartment
Photo by Dean Kaufman

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PRODUCT DESIGN

Ciga Silverware, 1979

‘fungo' table lamp by massimo vignelli for venini, 1955

dual time wrist watch by Vignelli Associates for Junod, 2002

PACKAGING DESIGN

Heller Packaging Program, 1968

LOGO DESIGN

Clockwise from top left:

National Lutheran Convention, 1976

TEXTFI, 1972

St. Peter's Church, New York, 1975

OPS (Offshore Power Systems), 1972

BOOK & MAGAZINE DESIGN

Kroin Corporate Identity, 1981-1985

The Herald, 1971

Massimo Vignelli "Knoll Design," Harry N. Abrams, Inc. , New York, 1981.

Massimo Vignelli "Dot Zero," New York, 1966-1967

CORPORATE IDENTITY

American Airlines, 1967

Bloomingdale's, New York, 1972

New York Subway Map, 1972

Massimo Vignelli

of Vignelli Associates

Massimo Vignelli, born in Milan, he studied architecture in Milan and Venice. He travelled to 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 includes graphic and corporate identity programs, publication designs, architectural graphics, and exhibition, interior, furniture,and consumer product designs for many leading American and European companies and institutions. Vignelli has had his work exhibited 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. He has taught and lectured on design 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).the head office of Vignelli Associates is located in New York.

Check out Vignelli Associates official website, here.

Read the article on New York Magazine, here.

Read the info of Massimo and Lella Vignelli on AIGA, here.

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