Massimo Vignelli

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

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 European companies 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 toured Europe’s most important museums between 1989 and 1993

Mr. Vignelli is the recipient of many important international awards,
seven Honorary Doctorates in Fine Arts;

Among Massimo Vignelli’s many awards:

1964, Gran Premio Triennale di Milano.

1964, 1998 Compasso d’Oro, from (ADI), Italian Association for Industrial Design.

1973, Industrial Arts Medal of the American Institute of Architects (AIA).

1982, New York Art Directors Club Hall of Fame.

1983, AlGA Gold Medal.

1985, the first Presidential Design Award, presented by President Ronald Reagan,

for the National Park Service Publications Program.

1988, the Interior Design Hall of Fame.

1991, the National Arts Club Gold Medal for Design.

1992, the Interior Product Designers Fellowship of Excellence.

1993, New York State Governor’s Award for Excellence

1995, the Brooklyn Museum Design Award for Lifetime Achievement.

1996, Honorary Royal Designer for Industry Award, Royal Society of Arts, London.

2003, the National Lifetime Achievement Award from the National Museum of

Design at Cooper-Hewitt, New York.

2004, the Visionary Award from the Museum of Art and Design, New York.

2005, Architecture Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, NY.

He has also been awarded:

1994, Honorary Doctorate in Architecture from the University of Venice, Italy

and Honorary Doctorates in Fine Arts from:

1982, Parsons School of Design, New York

1987, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, New York

1988, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, Rhode Island

1994, Corcoran School of Art, Washington D.C.

2000, Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, California

2002, Rochester

Institute of Technology, Rochester,

New York

My interpretation of Vignelli's quote; "Any colour works if you if you push it to the extreme" is simply , NOTHING IS IMPOSSIBLE

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