Vignelli, Massimo (sold)
Massimo Vignelli (January 10, 1931 - May 27, 2014) was an Italian designer who worked in public signage, package design, furniture design, graphic design, environmental design, and interior design. Born in Milan, Italy, Vignelli attended the Politecnico di Milano where he studied architecture and later the Università Iuav di Venezia. Vignelli earned a fellowship and visited America from 1957 through 1960, and then in 1966 he returned to New York to open the New York branch of Unimark International. While at Unimark, Vignelli oversaw design work for American Airlines, and designed the New York City Subway system's iconic signage. He also designed the signage and wayfinding system for the DC Metro. Vignelli left Unimark in 1971 and opened Vignelli Associates with his wife Lella Vignelli. Vignelli regarded the 1972 New York Subway system map he designed as one of his finest works. Today, Lella and Massimo Vignelli's entire archive of design work resides at the Rochester Institute of Technology as part of The Vignelli Center For Design Studies.
Iconic design innovation.
A masterpiece of 20th century graphic design, this is the 1972 Massimo Vignelli map of the New York Subway system. (more details)
Iconic design.
A masterpiece of 20th century graphic design, this is the 1972 Massimo Vignelli map of the New York Subway system. (more details)
Charysyn's own copy of her mammoth and innovative in-station NY Transit Map.
Commuter System Rail Map. / The Metropolitan Transportation Authority Map of Commuter Rail Facilities in the New York Metropolitan Region.
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This is Joan Charysyn's own copy of her 1974 station map of the New York City Commuter Rail network, designed during her tenure under Massimo Vignelli at Vignelli Associates and Unimark International. Similar to the famous 'Vignelli Map' of the New York City Subway, which Charysyn also helped design, this work exemplifies 'beauty in simplicity.' (more details)
Utility trumps geography.
A masterpiece of 20th century graphic design, this is the 1978 Massimo Vignelli map of the New York Subway system - one of just 11 surviving examples. The present example is an oversized 'station map' intended for public displayed in stations, not individual use. The current example can trace its provenance to Peter Lloyd, the published expert on Vignelli subway maps. (more details)