University News Services
RICHMOND, Va. – Massimo Vignelli, the legendary designer, will speak at Virginia Commonwealth University next week about his career and his views on design. Vignelli’s lecture is scheduled for Feb. 11 at 3:30 p.m. at the Grace Street Theater, 930 W. Grace Street. The event is free and open to the public.
Vignelli designed the signage for the New York City and Washington, D.C., subway systems, the U.S. National Park System and Frank Gehry’s Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, Spain, among many other projects over the years. His work with Vignelli Associates, which he established with his wife, Lella, includes graphic and corporate identity programs, publication designs, architectural graphics, and exhibition, interior, furniture and consumer product designs.
Vignelli, a staunch modernist, has also seen his work exhibited and entered into the permanent exhibits of numerous museums, including the Museum of Modern Art and the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, the Musee des Arts Decoratifs in Montreal and the Die Neue Sammlung in Munich.
“Massimo Vignelli is the foremost proponent of modernism in this country, as well as one of its most articulate and passionate defenders,” said Jamie Mahoney, assistant professor of Graphic Design. “It is exciting to have him visit VCU.”
Vignelli’s appearance is being hosted by the VCU School of the Arts Department of Graphic Design.
