1970s subway map designer Massimo Vignelli dies at 83

Renowned graphic designer Massimo Vignelli, whose vision extended from subterranean transit maps to airline logos, died Tuesday at age 83. He had been ill and died at his Manhattan home, said Yoshiki Waterhouse, who worked at his firm. Vignelli, born in Italy, started his work life in the United States in the mid-1960s.His designs have ended up in museum collections around the world. Among Vignelli’s high-profile projects was a version of the New York City subway map that came out in 1972 — a geometric design lauded by some for its look, but criticized by others because it didn’t easily help with understanding street-level geography. That subway map design was in use until 1979.

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