- Massimo Vignelli was born on January 10, 1931 in Milan, Lombardy, Italy. He was an actor, known for Helvetica (2007), Design Is One: The Vignellis (2012) and Imagine (2003). He was married to Lella Vignelli. He died on May 27, 2014 in New York City, New York, USA.
- SpouseLella Vignelli(1957 - May 27, 2014) (his death, 1 child)
- At age 16, he became an architectural draftsman. He studied art and architecture in Milan and Venice, and worked as a designer for Venini Glass, a renowned manufacturer on the island of Murano.
- He was a graphic designer whose creations include book covers, shopping bags, kitchen-wares, furniture, corporate logos, and a map of the New York City subway system. His clients included American Airlines, Ford, IBM, Xerox, Gillette, the National Park Service, Bloomingdale's, and Saks Fifth Avenue.
- His works are in the permanent collections of the Museum of Modern Art, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum, as well as museums in Philadelphia, Montreal, Jerusalem, Munich and Hamburg.
- He and his wife Lella founded their own design firm in 1971. Mrs. Vignelli worked hand in hand with her husband, managing the business and helping with design.
- [remarking that he would have liked the job of developing a corporate identity for the Vatican] I would go to the pope and say, "Your holiness, the logo [the cross] is O.K. but everything else has to go."
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