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Oral history interview with Massimo Vignelli

Interviewee:
Vignelli, Massimo  Search this
Interviewer:
Riedel, Mija, 1958-  Search this
Creator:
Nanette L. Laitman Documentation Project for Craft and Decorative Arts in America  Search this
Names:
Benetton (Firm)  Search this
Container Corporation of America  Search this
Herman Miller, Inc.  Search this
Knoll Associates, inc.  Search this
Metron Orts- und Regionalplanung  Search this
Nanette L. Laitman Documentation Project for Craft and Decorative Arts in America  Search this
New York City Transit Authority  Search this
New York Herald. (New York.)  Search this
Rochester Institute of Technology  Search this
Sansoni (Firm)  Search this
Steelcase, Inc.  Search this
United States Postal Service  Search this
United States. National Park Service  Search this
Venini International  Search this
Vignelli Associates  Search this
De Carlo, Giancarlo, 1919-2005  Search this
Domus  Search this
Eames, Charles  Search this
Eames, Ray  Search this
Eckerstrom, Ralph E. (Ralph Eugene), 1921-  Search this
Eco, Umberto  Search this
Frau, Poltrona  Search this
Gardella, Ignazio  Search this
Graves, Michael, 1934-2015  Search this
Kacik, Walter  Search this
Kahn, Louis I., 1901-1974  Search this
Le Corbusier, 1887-1965  Search this
Loos, Adolf, 1870-1933  Search this
Mies van der Rohe, Ludwig, 1886-1969  Search this
Pagano, Giuseppe, 1896-1945  Search this
Pomodoro, Arnaldo, 1926-  Search this
Ponti, Gio, 1891-1979  Search this
Rams, Dieter  Search this
Scarpa, Carlo, 1906-1978  Search this
Terragni, Giuseppe, 1904-1943  Search this
Toscani, Oliviero  Search this
Venturi, Robert  Search this
Vignelli, Lella  Search this
Zevi, Bruno, 1918-2000  Search this
Extent:
9 Items (Sound recording: 9 sound files (6 hr., 52 min.))
153 Pages (Transcript)
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Pages
Interviews
Sound recordings
Date:
2011 June 6-7
Scope and Contents:
An interview of Massimo Vignelli conducted 2011 June 6-7, by Mija Riedel, for the Archives of American Art's Nanette L. Laitman Documentation Project for Craft and Decorative Arts in America, at Vignelli's home and office, in New York, New York.
Vignelli speaks of his youth and early start in art design and architecture; his early work at Catiglione architects at the age of 16; his father; his education; meeting his favorite architects; his influences; architecture and design magazines; organic and rationalist architecture in Italy; influence of Ignazio Gardella; Adolf Loos' idea of spoon to the city; European, American, and Italian architecture; education in Milan; his work with Venini Glass; Italian design; his early graphic work; design and vulgarity; marriage and working with Lella Vignelli; graphic design work at the Container Corporation; concept of design as a whole; his work on corporate identities; his establishment of Vignelli Associates; introduction and use of Helvetica in the United States; working with Knoll; choosing clients; design and culture; his work on St. Peter's Lutheran Church; design work for the United States National Parks newspaper design and layout; Unimark; timelessness and design; working with Poltrona Frau, Zero Labor design; major influences; his work for the United States Postal Service; connectivity and context in architecture; his clothing designs and historical perspectives on clothing; postmodernism; his work on the New York Subway; design work before and after computers; Japanese architecture and design; his work as a teacher; Oliviero Toscani and working for Benetton; America and international design; modernism and the office building; modern design and furniture; a timeline of his career; the Vignelli Center at RIT and archiving. Vignelli also recalls, Le Corbusier, Mies van der Rohe, Giuseppe Terragni, Giuseppe Pagano, Domus, Gió Ponti, Metron, Bruno Zevi, Ignazio Gardella, Ray and Charles Eames, Giancarlo De Carlo, Venini Glass, Carlo Scarpa, Ralph Eckerstrom, Umberto Eco, Sansoni Publishing House, Vignelli Associates, Walter Kacik, Helvetica, Knoll, St. Peter's Lutheran Church, National Parks, New York Herald, Unimark, Lella Vignelli, Arnaldo Pomodoro, Poltrona Frau, Dieter Rams, Louis Kahn, Stendig Calendar, A to Z, Salon de Mobile, Michael Graves, Robert Venturi, Oliviero Toscani, Benetton, Herman Miller, Steelcase, and the Vignelli Center.
Biographical / Historical:
Massimo Vignelli (1931- ) is a designer in New York, New York. Mija Riedel (1958- ) is an independent scholar in San Francisco, California.
General:
Originally recorded as 9 sound files. Duration is 6 hr., 52 min.
Provenance:
This interview is part of the Archives of American Art Oral History Program, started in 1958 to document the history of the visual arts in the United States, primarily through interviews with artists, historians, dealers, critics and administrators.
Occupation:
Architects  Search this
Topic:
Architectural design  Search this
Architecture, American  Search this
Architecture -- Europe  Search this
Architecture, Italian  Search this
Architecture -- Italy  Search this
Architecture, Japanese  Search this
Architecture -- United States  Search this
Art -- Study and teaching  Search this
Costume design  Search this
Design  Search this
Designers -- New York (State) -- New York -- Interviews  Search this
Furniture design  Search this
Postmodernism  Search this
Genre/Form:
Interviews
Sound recordings
Identifier:
AAA.vignel11
Archival Repository:
Archives of American Art
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw916685527-6bb7-4c68-bd7f-5aed686eb0fb
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-aaa-vignel11
Online Media:

Karuro Sukarupa [SD Henshūbu]

Title:
カルロ・スカルハ / [編者SD編集部]
Architect:
Scarpa, Carlo 1906-1978  Search this
Editor:
Yokoyama, Tadashi 1939-  Search this
Toyota, Hiroyuki  Search this
Author:
Kajima Shuppankai SD Henshūbu  Search this
Physical description:
162 pages illustrations, plans 30 cm
Type:
Books
History
Place:
Italy
Italie
Date:
1978
20th century
20e siècle
Topic:
Architecture--History  Search this
Architecture--Histoire  Search this
Architecture  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1111778

Carlo Scarpa a Castelvecchio a cura di Licisco Magagnato ; saggi critici di Licisco Magagnato [and others]

Author:
Scarpa, Carlo 1906-1978  Search this
Magagnato, Licisco  Search this
Subject:
Scarpa, Carlo Architekt  Search this
Physical description:
171 pages illustrations (some color) 27 cm
Type:
Books
Criticism, interpretation, etc
Place:
Verona (Italy)
Italy
Verona
Castelvecchio Pascoli
Date:
1982
Topic:
Buildings  Search this
Ausstellung  Search this
Museum  Search this
Restaurierung  Search this
Buildings, structures, etc  Search this
Castelvecchio  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1115592

Carlo Scarpa : i vetri di un architetto / Marino Barovier

Title:
Vetri di un architetto
Author:
Barovier, Marino  Search this
Scarpa, Carlo 1906-1978  Search this
Subject:
Scarpa, Carlo 1906-1978  Search this
Physical description:
303 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 28 cm
Type:
Exhibitions
Place:
Italy
Date:
1997
C1997
20th century
Topic:
Architect-designed glassware--History  Search this
Glassware--History  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_759449

2MAK : Räume = Spaces : the MAK backstage book 2001, Wien-Los Angeles / MARS, MAK Art Society ; [edited by Desirée Treichl-Stürgkh ... [et al.]]

Title:
MAK backstage book 2001, Wien-Los Angeles
Räume : the MAK backstage book 2001, Wien-Los Angeles
Spaces : the MAK backstage book 2001, Wien-Los Angeles
2MAK 2001
Author:
Treichl-Stürgkh, Desirée  Search this
Kounellis, Jannis 1936-  Search this
Turrell, James  Search this
Johnson, Philip 1906-2005  Search this
Scarpa, Carlo 1906-1978  Search this
MAK Art Society  Search this
Österreichisches Museum für Angewandte Kunst  Search this
MAK-Center for Art and Architecture, Los Angeles  Search this
Subject:
Turrell, James  Search this
Johnson, Philip 1906-2005  Search this
Scarpa, Carlo 1906-1978  Search this
Kounellis, Jannis 1936-  Search this
Österreichisches Museum für Angewandte Kunst  Search this
MAK-Center for Art and Architecture, Los Angeles  Search this
Physical description:
190, [4] p. : ill. (chiefly col.), facsims., map, plans, ports. ; 30 cm
Type:
Books
Date:
1999
C1999
20th century
Topic:
Art, Modern  Search this
Architecture, Modern  Search this
Call number:
N6490 .A122 1999
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_839837

Carlo Scarpa : das Handwerk der Architektur = the craft of architecture / herausgegeben von Peter Noever ; mit Beiträgen von Tadao Ando, Roberto Gottardi, Arata Isozaki ; und einem Gespräch mit Giovanni Anfodillo

Title:
31Carlo Scarpa : the craft of architecture
Author:
Scarpa, Carlo 1906-1978  Search this
Noever, Peter 1941-  Search this
Anfodillo, Giovanni  Search this
Österreichisches Museum für Angewandte Kunst  Search this
Subject:
Scarpa, Carlo 1906-1978  Search this
Physical description:
121 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), plans ; 26 cm
Type:
Exhibitions
Place:
Italy
Date:
2003
20th century
Topic:
Architecture--History  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_766118

Carlo Scarpa : architecture in details / Bianca Albertini, Sandro Bagnoli ; foreword by Stefan Buzas ; introduction by Maria Antonietta Crippa ; English translation by Donald Mills

Author:
Albertini, Bianca  Search this
Bagnoli, Alessandro  Search this
Subject:
Scarpa, Carlo 1906-1978  Search this
Physical description:
ix, 226 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 31 cm
Type:
Books
Notebooks, sketchbooks, etc
Date:
1988
Call number:
NA2707.S3 A4 1988X
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_368601

Carlo Scarpa : Venini, 1932-1947 / Marino Barovier ; [exhibition curated and catalogue edited by Marino Barovier ; photographs, Ettore Bellini, Francesco Barasciutti]

Editor of compilation:
Barovier, Marino  Search this
Artist:
Scarpa, Carlo 1906-1978  Search this
Sonego, Carla  Search this
Photographer:
Bellini, Ettore  Search this
Barasciutti, Francesco  Search this
Host institution:
Fondazione "Giorgio Cini"  Search this
Subject:
Scarpa, Carlo 1906-1978  Search this
Venini, Paolo 1895-1959  Search this
Venini S.p.A  Search this
Physical description:
489 pages : illustrations ; 31 cm
Type:
Exhibitions
Exhibition catalogs
History
Place:
Italy
Venice
Date:
2012
20th century
Topic:
Art glass--History  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1032588

Carlo Scarpa architetto poeta : Exhibition, Royal Institute of British Architects ... 27 February - 12 April 1974

Author:
Scarpa, Carlo 1906-1978  Search this
Royal Institute of British Architects  Search this
Subject:
Scarpa, Carlo 1906-1978  Search this
Physical description:
[24] p. : ill ; 21 cm
Type:
Books
Date:
1974
1974]
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_952516

Glass of an architect

Author:
Barovier, Marino  Search this
Scarpa, Carlo 1906-1978  Search this
Art Media (Association)  Search this
Palazzo Martinengo (Brescia, Italy)  Search this
Subject:
Scarpa, Carlo 1906-1978  Search this
Physical description:
303 p. : ill. (some col.), ports. ; 29 x 25 cm
Type:
Exhibitions
Place:
Italy
Date:
1998
C1998
20th century
Topic:
Architect-designed glassware--History  Search this
Glassware--History  Search this
Call number:
NK5205.S28 A413 1998
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_691022

Carlo Scarpa il progetto per Santa Caterina a Treviso [catalogo e mostra a cura di Marilena Boccato, and others ; traduzione, Sarah Curl]

Title:
Progetto per Santa Caterina a Treviso
Author:
Scarpa, Carlo 1906-1978  Search this
Author:
Boccato, Marilena  Search this
Subject:
Scarpa, Carlo 1906-1978  Search this
Santa Caterina (Church : Treviso, Italy)  Search this
Physical description:
149 pages illustrations (some color) 25 cm
Type:
Exhibitions
Exhibition catalogs
Place:
Italy
Treviso (Italy)
Treviso
Date:
1984
20th century
Topic:
Architectural drawing  Search this
Artists' preparatory studies  Search this
Buildings  Search this
Buildings, structures, etc  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1111724

The other city the architect's working method as shown by the Brion cemetery in San Vito d'Altivole = Die andere Stadt: die Arbeitsweise des Architekten am Beispiel der Grabanlage Brion in San Vito d'Altivole Carlo Scarpa

Author:
Scarpa, Carlo 1906-1978  Search this
Subject:
Brion Cemetery (San Vito d'Altivole)  Search this
Physical description:
397 pages illustrations (some color) 29 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
Italy
Date:
1989
20th century
Topic:
Architectural drawing  Search this
Psychology  Search this
Brion Cemetery (Treviso, Italy : Province)  Search this
Scarpa, Carlo  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1111748

Elemente des Bauens bei Carlo Scarpa Franco Fonatti

Author:
Fonatti, Franco 1942-  Search this
Scarpa, Carlo 1906-1978  Search this
Subject:
Scarpa, Carlo 1906-1978 Criticism and interpretation  Search this
Physical description:
95 pages illustrations (some color) 24 cm
Type:
Books
Criticism, interpretation, etc
History
Place:
Italy
Date:
1985
20th century
Topic:
Architecture--History  Search this
Architecture--Details  Search this
Architecture  Search this
Architektur  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1111622

[Carlo Scarpa]

Author:
Scarpa, Carlo 1906-1978  Search this
Colegio Oficial de Arquitectos de Catalunya y Baleares Delegación de Gerona  Search this
Physical description:
93, [26] pages illustrations 30 cm + 32-page English translation
Type:
Periodicals
Place:
Spain
Date:
1983
20th century
Topic:
Architecture, Modern  Search this
City planning  Search this
Call number:
NA1123.S35 A4 1983
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1111623

Notiziario / Banca Popolare di Verona-Banco S S. Geminiano e S. Prospero

Sponsoring body:
Banca popolare di Verona--Banco S. Geminiano e S. Prospero  Search this
Host institution:
Museo di Castelvecchio (Verona, Italy)  Search this
Palazzo Barbaran da Porto (Vicenza, Italy)  Search this
Subject:
Scarpa, Carlo 1906-1978  Search this
Scarpa, Carlo 1906-1978  Search this
Scarpa, Carlo 1906-1978  Search this
Physical description:
volumes : illustrations ; 24 cm
Type:
Periodicals
Catalogs
Exhibitions
Place:
Italy
Date:
1939
20th century
Topic:
Architecture--History  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1085568

Carlo Scarpa : Palazzo Abatellis : la Galleria della Sicilia, Palermo 1953-54 / Sergio Polano

Author:
Polano, Sergio  Search this
Subject:
Scarpa, Carlo 1906-1978  Search this
Galleria regionale della Sicilia  Search this
Physical description:
118 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
Italy
Palermo
Palermo (Italy)
Date:
1989
©1989
Topic:
Art museums--Conservation and restoration  Search this
Palaces--Remodeling for other use  Search this
Buildings, structures, etc  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1076693

Carlo Scarpa, disegni Museo nazionale di Reggio Calabria, maggio-giugno 1981 Soprintendenza archeologica della Calabria

Author:
Scarpa, Carlo 1906-1978  Search this
Istituto universitario statale di architettura (Reggio di Calabria, Italy)  Search this
Italy Soprintendenza archeologica della Calabria  Search this
Museo nazionale di Reggio Calabria  Search this
Physical description:
[28] leaves illustrations 24 cm
Type:
Books
Exhibitions
Exhibition catalogs
Date:
1981
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1111621

Carlo Scarpa architecture and design edited by Guido Beltramini, Italo Zannier ; photographs by Gianantonio Battistella, Václav Šedý ; texts by Kurt W. Forster, Ilaria Abbondandolo, Laura Orsini

Author:
Scarpa, Carlo 1906-1978  Search this
Beltramini, Guido  Search this
Zannier, Italo  Search this
Battistella, Giannantonio  Search this
Šedý, Václav  Search this
Forster, Kurt Walter  Search this
Abbondandolo, Ilaria  Search this
Orsini, Laura  Search this
Centro internazionale di studi di architettura "Andrea Palladio" di Vicenza  Search this
Physical description:
318 pages illustrations (some color), plans (some color) 30 cm
Type:
Catalogs
Catalogues raisonňs
History
Place:
Italy
Italië
Date:
2007
20th century
Topic:
Architecture--History  Search this
Architecture  Search this
Gebouwen  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1111718

Villa Ottolenghi Carlo Scarpa Francesco Dal Company

Title:
Carlo Scarpa
Author:
Dal Co, Francesco 1945-  Search this
Author:
Scarpa, Carlo 1906-1978  Search this
Subject:
Scarpa, Carlo Criticism and interpretation  Search this
Villa Ottolenghi (Bardolino, Italy)  Search this
Casa Ottolenghi (Bardolino, Italy)  Search this
Physical description:
128 pages illustrations (some color) 23 cm
Type:
Books
Criticism, interpretation, etc
History
Place:
Italy
Bardolino
Bardolino (Italy)
Date:
1998
Bardolino
20th century
Topic:
Architecture--History  Search this
Architecture  Search this
Buildings  Search this
Architecture, Domestic  Search this
Architects  Search this
Buildings, structures, etc  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1111666

Carlo Scarpa und das Museum Christine Hoh-Slodczyk ; mit Photographien von Gerhard Weiss

Author:
Hoh-Slodczyk, Christine  Search this
Scarpa, Carlo 1906-1978  Search this
Weiss, Gerhard 1949-  Search this
Physical description:
104 pages illustrations (some color) 25 cm
Type:
Books
Criticism, interpretation, etc
History
Place:
Italy
Date:
1987
20th century
Topic:
Architecture--History  Search this
Art museum architecture  Search this
Architecture  Search this
Gebouwen  Search this
Musea  Search this
Museumsbau  Search this
Restaurierung  Search this
Scarpa, Carlo  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1111736

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