Massimo Vignelli was an Italian designer best known for the iconic signage and maps he produced for the New York City Subway and Washington Metro. Vignelli worked within the broader scope of Modern ...

and the original subway map for New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority (1970). Massimo was born in Milan, Italy, in 1931, Massimo Vignelli studied architecture in Milan and Venice between 1950 ...

and the Washington D.C. metro. Together, they founded Vignelli Associates, through which they worked with clients such as IBM, Bloomingdales, and Knoll. In 2008, Massimo and Lella Vignelli donated the ...