Philippe Halsman’s Jump. Published by Simon and Schuster, 1959.
Month: May 2014
Dalí Atomicus, 1948. Salvador Dali photographed by Philippe Halsman.
RIP Maya Angelou. Beloved and treasured poet, memoirist, civil-rights activist and professor, 1928-2014.
Maya Angelou with Madonna, Vanity Fair, Africa, July 2007. Photograph by Annie Leibovitz
Friends and admirers with the extraordinary Maya Angelou.
A master at work
Massimo and Lella Vignelli
Publication design by Vignelli… Feltrinelli Editore Book Series, 1964; Audobon Society Field Guides, 1976; IBM Personal Computer Manuals, 1984; Cats and Dogs Guide, 1985; Fodor’s Travel Guides ,1988; Richard Meier Architect, 1984; Hugh Newell Jacobsen Architect, 1988; Zodiac, 1989.
712 Fifth Avenue Construction Signage, Vignelli Associates, New York, 1987.
Designing a good story
Editorial design by Massimo Vignelli (Vignelli Associates, 1962-2008)
Simplify, simplify, simplify
New York Subway Map, 1972. Designed by Massimo Vignelli. When the New York City MTA hired Vignelli to develop a new plan for its subway navigation, he was tasked with streamlining the wayfinding process for riders and bringing New York into the future. Train routes were straightened into neat angles to make a tidy diagram out of the actual snarl of criss-crossing tunnels. Forty years later, graphic designers still laud Vignelli’s map as a triumph and a major breakthrough in information graphics. The rest is history…
