--- description: The renowned designer did work for Bloomingdale's, the National Park Service, Xerox, IBM and Ford and has been exhibited internationally title: Graphic Designer Massimo Vignelli Dies at 83 image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt89a4e070b6a159bc/698690fde53aba00dd4d2bcb/massimo-vignelli-dead.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Style](/tag/style/) ## Style Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Graphic Designer Massimo Vignelli Dies at 83  by [Nolan Feeney](/author/nolan-feeney/)  ## Nolan Feeney Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close May 27, 2014 10:27 PM CUT  Massimo Vignelli poses on the Exhibition "Kkann: lacqua - il Flusso " of Artist Dario Milana, At Milan Stock Exchange Opening Days on Nov. 18, 2011 in Milan. Massimo Vignelli poses on the Exhibition "Kkann: lacqua - il Flusso " of Artist Dario Milana, At Milan Stock Exchange Opening Days on Nov. 18, 2011 in Milan.Pier Marco Tacca—Getty Images  by [Nolan Feeney](/author/nolan-feeney/)  ## Nolan Feeney Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close May 27, 2014 10:27 PM CUT Acclaimed graphic designer Massimo Vignelli, whose most recognizable works include the original American Airlines logo and a 1972 New York City subway map, [died Tuesday at age 83](http://bigstory.ap.org/article/graphic-designer-massimo-vignelli-dies-83 "undefined"). Yoshiki Waterhouse, who worked at the designer’s company, said Vignelli had been sick and died in his Manhattan home, the Associated Press reports. Vignelli, who was born in Italy and immigrated to the United States in the 1960s, also created memorable work for Bloomingdale’s, the National Park Service, Xerox, IBM, Gillette and Ford, which has been exhibited in museums around the world, [the New York _Times_ reports](http://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/28/business/massimo-vignelli-a-modernist-graphic-designer-dies-at-83.html# "undefined"). But the most enduring, perhaps, is the subway map. His “contribution to improving the way New Yorkers find their way around the subway system is hard to overstate, and it will endure for a long time to come,” MTA spokesman Kevin Ortiz told the AP. Vignelli is survived by his wife and business partner, Lella, as well as two children and three grandchildren. _On desktop, roll over this graphic to get a closer look; on mobile, click to zoom._ [](http://time.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/massimo-vignelli-1972-subway-map-1300.jpg "undefined")MTA \[[_AP_](http://bigstory.ap.org/article/graphic-designer-massimo-vignelli-dies-83 "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/120992/massimo-vignelli-obituary/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/120992/massimo-vignelli-obituary/"},"headline":"Graphic Designer Massimo Vignelli Dies at 83","datePublished":"2014-05-27T22:27:27.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T08:04:17.250Z","description":"The renowned designer did work for Bloomingdale's, the National Park Service, Xerox, IBM and Ford and has been featured in many international exhibits","url":"https://time.com/120992/massimo-vignelli-obituary/","keywords":["Style","Fine Art"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt89a4e070b6a159bc/698690fde53aba00dd4d2bcb/massimo-vignelli-dead.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Nolan Feeney","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/nolan-feeney/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt89a4e070b6a159bc/698690fde53aba00dd4d2bcb/massimo-vignelli-dead.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Massimo Vignelli Dead","caption":"Massimo Vignelli Dead","creditText":"Pier Marco Tacca—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/style/","name":"Style"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/120992/massimo-vignelli-obituary/","name":"Graphic Designer Massimo Vignelli Dies at 83"}}]}] ```