The Vignelli Canon
The famous Italian designer Massimo Vignelli allows us a glimpse of his understanding of good design in this book, its rules and criteria. He uses numerous examples to convey applications in practice — from product design via signaletics and graphic design to Corporate Design. By doing this he is making an important manual available to young designers that in its clarity both in terms of subject matter and visually is entirely committed to Vignelli’s modern design.
The famous Italian designer Massimo Vignelli allows us a glimpse of his understanding of good design in this book, its rules and criteria. He uses numerous examples to convey applications in practice — from product design via signaletics and graphic design to Corporate Design. By doing this he is making an important manual available to young designers that in its clarity both in terms of subject matter and visually is entirely committed to Vignelli’s modern design.
English edition – also available in German
“an easy-to-read, handheld guide to good graphic design and typography by the late legend Massimo Vignelli”
– SEGD
“The first half of the book, with sets out Vignelli's fundamental design principles, is one of the clearest guides to the modernist design aesthetic available anywhere.”
– Creative Bloq
“It's a concise—yet highly biased—introductory book on design that I think can be enjoyed by non-designers and designers (...) now that I’m a little older, I can actually appreciate his dogma without agreeing with it.”
– Natasha Jen, partner at Pentagram
