Quote of the day
What we observe is not nature itself but nature exposed to our method of questioning. Our scientific work in physics consists in asking questions about nature in the language that we possess and trying to get an answer from experiment by the means that are at our disposal.
Massimo Vignelli
Born: January 10, 1931
Died: May 27, 2014 (aged 83)
Bio: Massimo Vignelli was an Italian designer who worked in a number of areas ranging from package design through houseware design and furniture design to public signage and showroom design. He was the co-founder of Vignelli Associates, with his wife, Lella.
Known for:
- The Vignelli Canon (2010)
- Vignelli From A to Z (2007)
- Design is one (2004)
- Knoll Design (1981)
- ?-!: design Ruedi Baur, Pippo Lionni (1991)