Massimo Vignelli (Italian pronunciation: [ˈmassimo viɲˈɲɛlli]; January 10, 1931 – May 27, 2014) was an Italian designer who worked in a number of areas ranging from package design through houseware design and furniture design to public signage and showroom design.
The Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s new digital map also includes updates on elevators and escalators that are out of service.
Design Emergency is a collaborative initiative between Paola Antonelli, senior curator of architecture and design at the Museum of Modern Art, New York, and Alice Rawsthorn, design critic and author of Design as an Attitude.
Patagonia escalates activism with voting rights push before elections.
On Martin Luther King Jr. Day this year, the Atlantic decided to recirculate King’s famous “Letter From Birmingham Jail,” which the magazine had run in its August 1963 issue and republished, in print and online, in 2018. Several hours later, the publication’s staff noticed that Google’s Ad Exchange platform, which...
Back in the day, diversity in the field of graphic design was far from visible. While studying in the early 90’s we learned of famous designers like Saul Bass, Milton Glaser, Paul Rand, and more. Although these designers changed the way graphic design is seen, we did not see graphic...
In the South Bronx in the 1970s, hip-hop culture was just beginning to form at large musical gatherings called jams. In abandoned buildings packed with people, a group of DJs developed techniques like sampling, breakbeats, scratching, cutting, and backspinning. But news of a jam didn’t spread by word of mouth...
Inspired by a child’s handwriting, the cursive logo has been masterminded by Gucci creative director Alessandro Michele and has received a mixed reaction from fans. Gucci has revealed a new logo inspired by children’s handwriting. Led by Gucci creative director Alessandro Michele, the new temporary logo was first revealed earlier...
HOW DOES MAGIC HAPPEN? The Ogilvy advertising legend—“one of the leading minds in the world of branding” (NPR)—explores the art and science of conjuring irresistible products and ideas.
Design leaders from across the world come together to figure out what the problems in the field of design are and provide the opening for solutions, which in turn give you a leg up on your career.