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Weekend Reading: Catching up on the Vignellis

By Allan Chochinov - September 18, 2010

in design.edu | Design Business

We don't know if there's more to come (could there possibly?!), but you can use the weekend to catch up on all your reading from the past week's incredible extravaganza on Design Observer celebrating Lella and Massimo Vignelli on the occasion of the opening of the Vignelli Center for Design Studies up at RIT. Here's the intro to the first post:

If— as Mark Twain once wrote—the Creator made Italy from designs by Michaelangelo, then who made the rest of the world? Lella and Massimo Vignelli may not have made it, but they sure as hell designed a lot of it. From typography to textiles, furniture to flatware, there is little that has not been touched by Lella and Massimo Vignelli. Brightly colored stackable mugs. Elegant printed materials for so many institutions. Books and magazines, tables and environments, jewelry, logos, posters, toys, maps. Think everything old is new again? You might be right. In the Vignelli galaxy, black is the new black.

And here are the features: Lella and Massimo Vignelli: A Celebration, by the Editors Lella and Massimo Vignelli: The 1982 AIGA Medal, by AIGA Interview with Massimo Vignelli, by Debbie Millman Lella Vignelli, by Michael Bierut The Black Rule, by Lorraine Wild John Madere: Massimo Vignelli Mr. Vignelli's Map, by Michael Bierut Vignelli's Herald (or Heralding Vignelli), by Steven Heller Massimo Vignelli vs. Ed Benguiat (Sort Of), Annotated by Julie Lasky Massimo Vignelli's Desk, by Alice Twemlow Dot Zero, by Michael Bierut The Kindness of Strangers, by Jessica Helfand Massimo Vignelli: Oppositions, Skyline and the Institute, Gallery: Kim Fðrster Heller on Heller, by Steven Heller Whew! And finally, yesterday's interview with Debbie Millman: Massimo Vignelli, Audio Design Matters 2009-2011 [UPDATE: Wait, there's more!: Looking Back, Thinking Forward: A Narrative of the Vignellis, by Jan Conradi Design is One—Lella and Massimo Vignelli, video by Kathy Brew and Richard Guerra Design Observer is on fire!]

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