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Massimo VIGNELLI
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Massimo Vignelli (born 1931 in Milan, Italy) is a designer who has done work in a
number of areas ranging from package design to furniture design to public
signage to showroom design through Vignelli Associates, which he co-founded
with his wife. Vignelli works firmly within the Modernist tradition, and focuses on
simplicity through the use of basic geometric forms in all of his work.
number of areas ranging from package design to furniture design to public
signage to showroom design through Vignelli Associates, which he co-founded
with his wife. Vignelli works firmly within the Modernist tradition, and focuses on
simplicity through the use of basic geometric forms in all of his work.
| In January 2009, Vignelli released The Vignelli Canon as a free e-book. In the introduction Vignelli writes, "I thought that it might be useful to pass some of my professional knowledge around, with the hope of improving [young designers'] design skills. Creativity needs the support of knowledge to be able to perform at its best." CONTINUE > |