President of Vignelli Associates, New York.
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 (AGI) 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; the 1982 Art Directors Club
Hall of Fame; the 1983 AIGA Gold Medal;
and the 1985 USA President’s Design Excellence
Award. In 1996 he received the Honorary
Royal Designer for Industry Award from
the Royal Society of Arts, London.
Lella and Massimo Vignelli received
the 2003 National Design Award for Lifetime
Achievement, and in 2005 received
the Architecture Award from the American
Academy of Arts and Letters.
