Massimo Vignelli
Massimo Vignelli (born January 10, 1931 in Milan , † May 27, 2014 in New York City ) was an Italian graphic and industrial designer and architect .
Life
Massimo Vignelli studied architecture at the Politecnico di Milano and the Università IUAV di Venezia . In 1960 he opened the Vignelli Office of Design and Architecture in Milan with his wife Lella Vignelli . In 1965 he was co-founder and design director of Unimark International . He had lived in Manhattan since the mid-1960s . In 1971 he renamed his office to Vignelli Associates and was its president. In 1978 he founded Vignelli Designs in New York and was its Chief Executive Officer.
He taught for a long time at the Harvard University Graduate School of Design. He was President of Alliance Graphique Internationale (AGI) and the American Institute of Graphic Arts (AIGA) and Vice President of the Architectural League .
His main focus and work were graphic design and corporate identity programs as well as architectural graphics. He dealt with exhibition design and interior design as well as furniture as well as with industrial design for consumer products. His work has been exhibited in many renowned museums around the world, such as the Museum of Modern Art, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Brooklyn Museum, Cooper-Hewitt Museum in New York, Musée des Arts Décoratifs in Montreal, and New Collection in Munich. Between 1989 and 1993, an exhibition showed his work in St. Petersburg, Moscow, Helsinki, London, Budapest, Barcelona, Copenhagen, Munich, Prague and Paris. He is the namesake of The Vignelli Center For Design Studies , which he and his wife designed in 2010 at the Rochester Institute of Technology in Rochester , New York State.
Vignelli died in May 2014 after a long illness at his home in Manhattan, New York.
honors and awards
- 1964 - Gran Premio Triennale di Milano
- 1964–1998 Compasso d'Oro (Italy)
- 1973 - Industrial Arts Medal of the American Institute of Architects (AIA)
- 1982 - Induced into the New York Art Directors Club Hall of Fame
- 1982 - Honorary Doctor of Arts from the Parsons School of Design , New York
- 1983 - Gold Medal from the American Institute of Graphic Arts (AIGA)
- 1985 - Presidential Design Award, President Ronald Reagan's first award for the National Park Service Publications Program
- 1987 - Honorary Doctor of Arts from the Pratt Institute , Brooklyn, New York
- 1988 - Induction into the Interior Design Hall of Fame
- 1988 - Honorary Doctor of Arts from the Rhode Island School of Design , Providence, Rhode Island
- 1991 - Gold Medal for Design from the National Arts Club
- 1992 - Interior Product Designers Fellowship of Excellence
- 1993 - New York State Governor's Award for Excellence
- 1994 - Honorary Doctorate in Architecture from the University of Venice
- 1994 - Honorary Doctor of Arts from Corcoran School of Art , Washington DC
- 1995 - Brooklyn Museum Design Award for Lifetime Achievement
- 1996 - Honorary Royal Designer for Industry Award, Royal Society of Arts , London
- 2000 - Honorary Doctor of Arts from the Art Center College of Design , Pasadena, California
- 2002 - Honorary Doctorate in Arts from Rochester Institute of Technology , Rochester, New York
- 2003 - National Lifetime Achievement Award from the National Museum of Design at Cooper-Hewitt, New York
- 2004 - Visionary Award from the Museum of Art and Design , New York
- 2005 - Architecture Prize from the American Academy of Arts and Letters , NY
Fonts
- Lella and Massimo Vignelli , Bertrams 2004, ISBN 1920744525
- Vignelli from A to Z , Images Pub 2008, ISBN 1864701765
- The Vignelli Canon , Müller 2010, ISBN 3037782250
Web links
- Vignelli Associates website
- The Vignelli Center for Design Studies: Massimo Vignelli
- Video Massimo Vignelli
- Massimo Vignelli in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Obituary: Massimo Vignelli (1931–2014)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Douglas Martin: Massimo Vignelli, a Visionary Designer Who Untangled the Subway, Dies at 83. In: The New York Times, May 27, 2014 (English, accessed May 27, 2014).
- ^ Art Directors Club / Hall of Fame . Adcglobal.org. Retrieved August 4, 2012.
- ^ Massimo and Lella Vignelli . AIGA. Retrieved August 4, 2012.
- ^ Massimo Vignelli . Interior design. November 23, 2010. Archived from the original on January 7, 2009. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved August 4, 2012.
- ↑ Lella Vignelli . Interior design. November 23, 2010. Archived from the original on December 26, 2008. Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved August 4, 2012.
- ↑ LELLA & MASSIMO VIGNELLI National Museum of Design at Cooper-Hewitt
- ^ American Academy of Arts and Letters - 2005 Architecture Awards Press Release . Artsandletters.org. Archived from the original on December 5, 2012. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved August 4, 2012.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Vignelli, Massimo |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian graphic designer, industrial designer and architect |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 10, 1931 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Milan |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 27, 2014 |
| Place of death | Manhattan , New York City |