RISD Textiles 2018

Mirtha Dermisache

“I started writing and the result was something unreadable.”

Designing a book about designing

There are two books called design: Vignelli. The first published in 1981 contains black and white images of the designs of Massimo and Lella Vignelli. The second design: Vignelli book was published in 1990. It is bigger, has more images (and in color!), and more text. This second volume coincided with an exhibition of the Vignellis’ work which traveled all over the world.

More about design: Vignelli:

Vignellis + Calendars http://vignellicenter.tumblr.com/post/109605388552/design-vignelli-calendar-sketches

Book Awareness week http://vignellicenter.tumblr.com/post/103220013657/design-vignelli-book-manuscripts-sketches

Picturing the Vignellis http://vignellicenter.tumblr.com/post/97669218762/design-vignelli-two-books

The grid is everything http://vignellicenter.tumblr.com/post/95909526072/design-vignelli-book-grids

Sketch by Massimo Vignelli for design: Vignelli book (circa 1981) pencil on paper Massimo and Lella Vignelli Papers Vignelli Center for Design Studies Rochester, New York

Sketchbook by Michael Bierut for design: Vignelli book (circa 1981) pencil on paper Massimo and Lella Vignelli Papers Vignelli Center for Design Studies Rochester, New York

design: Vignelli book (excerpts), 1981 10 1/8” x 10 1/8” Massimo and Lella Vignelli Papers Vignelli Center for Design Studies Rochester, New York

Layout designs with grid for design: Vignelli book (circa 1990) 15” x 22” Portfolio V12, Massimo and Lella Vignelli Papers Vignelli Center for Design Studies Rochester, New York