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Please join us for our next Open Houses! March 20-21, 2024 10am-4pm.

The NYC subway map that never was. Or at least it was never implemented.

The NYC Subway graphics are some of the most requested artifacts from the Vignelli archives. We acquired this unique “verbal map” aka “The Directory” aka the “How to get there” map in 2022. Our archivist put it on display for the first time in 50 years at our Open Houses in September 2022!

 “The Verbal Map described how to reach a destination, which train to get, where to change, and when to get out.” – Massimo Vignelli [comment on Michael Bierut’s essay “Mr. Vignelli Map” for Design Observer]

Printed on very glossy paper in full color, this map is large like the station size maps. Printed in two parts [top and bottom] each half measuring 29.5” x 47.5”.

In the Graphic Standards Manual on Page 3 “Diagram of Basic Sign Distribution” it describes the various maps to be installed:

Maps: System maps (implemented, the famous one),

neighborhood map (not implemented),

‘How to get there’ map (not implemented but we have the prototype!)

From the Graphics Standards Manual on page 75, “The Directory”:

“The directory is designed to help a passenger find his “Destination” and “How to get there” quickly and easily. Each station will have its own directory listing all other station alphabetically and numerically. Each station will be followed by the color disc designating he trains that stop there. If there is no direct train, transfer information will follow the station name. This directory will be placed at all important points in the subways station both inside and outside the turnstiles.”

We also have the Dekalb Av Signage Study “analyzed and completed by Joan Charysyn and Virginia Macintosh” for Unimark International in 1971 which shows a mockup of the various maps and states “A directory and three maps will eventually be in use in all subway stations.”

Be sure to join us for our next Open Houses and see what other surprises you can discover! Learn more opn our events page: https://www.rit.edu/events/vignelli-center-spring-open-house

Image descriptions:

Detail of “verbal map” aka “The Directory” aka the “How to get there” map

image of entire map

Video clip of map

Photo of Open Houses with logo

vintage 35mm slide of detail of “verbal map”

NYCTA Graphics Standards Manual pg. 75 “The Directory”

NYCTA Graphics Standards Manual pg. 75 “The Directory”

Slideshow of Dekalb St study: coversheet, Directory from Grand Central, System Map, Neighborhood map, and 5 Boroughs map

Vintage 35mm slide of 57th Street station signage

Vintage 35mm slides of 57th Street station signage

#vignelli #design #design archives #archives #graphic design #1970s #subway map #nyc subway

[so-me-so]

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#massimo vignelli #vignelli #metafora #lella vignelli #interior #interiordesign #london #design #coffeetable #uk #italian design #italy #massimo lella vignelli #modern #shapes #home

[speakspeak]

— Massimo Vignelli

#massimo vignelli #vignelli #art #design #graphic design #designer #modern #modernism #modernist

[bloggraphismesherbrooke]

Massimo Vignelli

Massimo Vignelli est un graphiste reconnu, né en Italie le 13 janvier 1931 et mort le 27 mai 2014. Il étudie dans différentes écoles dont la Arts High School, la Brera Academy of Arts, l’École d’architecture Politecnico et à l’Université de Venise. Vignelli fait de courts stages auprès de designers et d’architectes depuis son très jeune âge, c’est-à-dire depuis qu’il a 16 ans. Il déménage aux États-Unis, où il commencera à enseigner à l’Institut de Design (New Bauhaus) à Chicago. Il enseigne également par la suite dans différentes écoles telles que l’École de design de l’Université de Venise, l’École d’architecture de l’Université Columbia et le Philadelphia College of Art. Il influence l’univers du graphisme grâce à ses œuvres ayant un style simple. Au cours de sa carrière, il joint l’agence Unimark, mais il ouvre également le Lella & Massimo Vignelli Office of Design and Architecture et l’entreprise Vignelli Associates. Il crée une variante de la police Bodoni, possédant les dimensions de la police Helvetica, qu’il nomme Our Bodoni. Il reçoit de nombreuses récompenses et reconnaissance. Aussi, plusieurs de ses œuvres figurent dans divers musés à travers le monde entier.  

Cette œuvre, conçue par Massimo Vignelli est le visuel d’entreprise de la compagnie Knoll, une société de meubles. Le projet consistait à créer toutes les identités visuelles de la compagnie, incluant le logo, les brochures, les publicités, la papeterie, etc. Il s’agit de l’un de ses projets préférés. Le but du concept était qu’il soit efficace, fonctionnel, simple et équilibré. Le concept utilisant la typographie comme seul élément visuel permet de créer une composition équilibrée, dynamique, mais à la fois efficace, car on la reconnaît facilement. Les lettres de différentes couleurs composent non seulement le nom de l’entreprise, mais cela crée à la fois une identité visuelle à cause de sa disposition. Chaque élément est à une place précise et y est pour une raison. Cette composition se basant sur une grille permet la composition du visuel principal, mais aussi de l’alignement des informations se situant dans le coin gauche.

#massimo vignelli #vignelli #graphismesherbrooke #basicdesign #designers

[design-is-fine]

Massimo Vignelli, Harper’s Illustrated Handbook of Cats or Dogs, 1985. Via Vignelli Archive

#massimo vignelli #sketch #design process #scribble #1980s #black and white #cats #animal #animals

[guy60660]

Lella + Massimo Vignelli | Design-Milk

#Lella + Massimo Vignelli #design #design-milk

[grundoonmgnx]

The High Road Design, Sackville N.B. Transit Service by Massimo Vignelli, 2023

Digital

#massimo vignelli #deez nuts #the high road design #sackville

[searchsystem]

Massimo Vignelli / Stendig / Calendar / 1973

#massimo vignelli #stendig #calendar #1973 #numbers #typography

[garadinervi]

The Vignelli Center for Design Studios at RIT, Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT), Rochester, NY, 2010

(via typoswiss)

#graphic design #typography #geometry #school #brochure #catalogue #catalog #cover #vignelli center for design studios #massimo vignelli #lella vignelli #rochester institute of technology #2010s #vignelli associates

[fashionbooksmilano]

Triennale Cento Anni di Manifesti

testi di Mario Piazza e Stefano Boeri

progetto grafico Norm, Zurigo

Marsilio Arte, Venezia 2023, 184 pagine, 22,5x33,5cm, ISBN 9791254631584

euro 40,00

email if you want to buy [email protected]

Triennale Milano è da cento anni un punto di riferimento internazionale per la cultura del progetto. Dal 1923, con l’avvio delle Esposizioni Internazionali, ha investigato e mostrato il meglio delle arti decorative, del design e dell’architettura italiana e internazionale. Un enorme patrimonio di storie che è stato interpretato e comunicato dai migliori progettisti grafici nelle diverse epoche.

Dagli anni del cartellonismo d’artista, alla grafica progettata, al visual design, il volume consente di ripercorrere, attraverso manifesti e immagini, la storia di Triennale Milano e al contempo di tracciare una storia della progettazione grafica, oltre che della comunicazione e del costume.

Centinaia di manifesti di grandi grafici, come: Aldo Scarzella, Giovanni Guerrini, Marcello Nizzoli, Michele Cascella, Mario Sironi, Enrico Ciuti, Max Huber, Ernst Scheidegger, Marco Del Corno, Eugenio Carmi, Roberto Sambonet, Massimo Vignelli, Albe Steiner, Giulio Confalonieri, Italo Lupi, Alberto Marangoni, Bob Noorda, Mauro Panzeri, Giorgio Camuffo, Anna Kulachek, 2x4; Pierluigi Cerri, Theo Crosby, Wim Crouwel, Michel Folon, Felix Humm, Norm, Massimo Pitis, Leonardo Sonnoli, Ettore Sottsass, Studio FM Milano, TassinariVetta, George Tscherny, Heinz Waibl, Lance Wyman.

16/03/24

#Triennale #cento anni manifesti #Albe Steiner #Italo Lupi #Ettore Sottsass #Bob Noorda #Massimo Vignelli #Giulio Confalonieri #Roberto Sambonet #Pierluigi Cerri #graphic design books #Stefano Boeri #fashionbooksmilano

[rohan-the-designer]

#cinema 4d #3d art #arnold render #massimo vignelli

[vignellicenter]

Happy 2024!

We're celebrating the new year with some deep cuts from the Vignelli archives: 1970s calendars

1977 Ciba Geigy

This is a rare one! A calendar for Swiss pharmaceutical company Ciba-Geigy.

The cover reads [in six languages]:

With our best wishes for the New Year

Avec nos meilleurs voeux pour l’An nouveau

Herzlichen Glückwusch zum neuen Jahr

Con nuestros mejores votos para el Año Nuevo

Con I migliori auguri per un felice Anno Nuovo

Com os nossos melhores votos para o Ano novo

Features beautiful scenic photos of Switzerland which are accompanied by an essay about environmental conservation by Dr. Bruno Moeckli, also in six languages.  

Excerpt from “Swiss Landscapes” essay in calendar [sorry, only posting in English due to space]:

“Wild scenery in Switzerland is now confined to nature conservation areas and some alpine peaks, In the process, too little thought was given to the preservation of the physical essentials of life, namely water, air and soil. Now, what formerly gave concern only to artists and idealists becomes of vital importance to us all.

With the growing realization of the extent to which the despoilation of air, water, and other natural resources has progressed, it has also been realized that the various aspects of nature conservation and environmental protection share the same ultimate objective: to permit the harmonious co-existence of all forms of life, whether human, animal or plant, all of which require an environment in which they can continue to flourish in the future. Despite his mastery of science and technology, man is no exception to this rule. Furthermore, man as a creature of aesthetic sensibilities is capable of appreciating and benefiting from natural beauty, both physically and spiritually.”

Click through all the images to also see Vignelli-designed pharmaceutical packaging for Ciba-Geigy from 1976.

#vignelli #design #design archives #graphic design #1970s #calendars

[so-me-so]

Design store - Another September www.instagram.com/another_september/

#massimovignelli #harveyguzzini #guzzini #vignelli #design #metafora #coffeetable #massimo vignelli #harvey guzzini #olympe lamp #london #uk #interior #interiordesign

[wintercorrybriea]

massimo vignelli’s home

#massimo vignelli #set room n design

[bolly--quinn]

season 2! what a concept!

#russian doll #russian doll netflix #russian doll s2 #russian doll season 2 #nadia vulvokov #natasha lyonne #fan art #art #amramart #the bg was based off of massimo vignelli's subway maps if you couldn't tell !!! #as a new yorker it just felt right tbh #it's a bunch of nadia's btw #eyestrain #tw eyestrain #<< just in case

[goodgarbs]

Design| View This pop-Art Penthouse On Park Avenue

Designer and architect Crina Arghirescu Rogard delivers a Pop-Art dream inside the penthouse at 432 Park Avenue, New York. Adorning this upscale top-level penthouse are a series of thoughtfully curated fine art that dive into energizing pop themes. Rogard provides this awe-inspiring venue with an outstanding view of the thriving city with the owner’s collection of museum-quality artworks, by…

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#432 Park Avenue #Archetecture #Art #Daniel Buren #Design #Jean Pierre Laporte #Kenneth Noland #Luigi Caccia Dominioni #Massimo and Lella Vignelli #New York #Penthouse #Richard Long