Lella and Massimo Vignelli: Two Lives, One Vision

Appendix: Awards and Accolades

152 Appendix: Awards and Accolades The Vignellis’ work has been included in the permanent collections of several museums, notably the Museum of Modern Art, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Cooper-Hewitt Museum, and the Brooklyn Museum in New York; the Victoria and Albert Museum in London; the Musée des Arts Decoratifs in Montreal; and the Die Neue Sammlung in Munich. They have been the subject of multiple videos; a 2012 feature-length film, Design Is One: Massimo & Lella Vignelli; and two television programs, The Artist Toolbox: Massimo & Lella Vignelli in 2011, and Interior Design: The New Freedom: Massimo and Lella Vignelli in 1981. A monographic exhibition of the Vignellis’ work toured Europe between 1989 and 1993, and was featured in Barcelona, Budapest, Copenhagen, Helsinki, London, Moscow, Munich, Paris, Prague, and St. Petersburg. Shared Vignelli Awards 1973 Industrial Arts Medal, American Institute of Architects (AIA) 1982 Honorary doctorate in fine arts, Parsons School of Design, New York 1983 Gold Medal, AIGA 1988 Interior Design Hall of Fame 1991 Gold Medal for Design, National Arts Club 1992 Interior Product Designers Fellowship of Excellence 1994 Honorary doctorate in fine arts, Corcoran School of Art, Washington, D.C. 1995 Design Award for Lifetime Achievement, Brooklyn Museum 1996 Honorary Royal Designer for Industry Award, Royal Society of Arts, London 2003 National Lifetime Achievement Award, National Museum of Design at Cooper-Hewitt, New York 2004 Visionary Award, Museum of Art and Design, New York 2005 Architecture Award, American Academy of Arts and Letters, New York 2011 President’s Medal, Architectural League of New York 2014 Il Ponte, Fondazione Europea Guido Venosta, Milan, Italy 153 Lella Vignelli Lella Vignelli is the subject of a 2013 monograph, Hall of Femmes: Lella Vignelli (Stockholm: Oyster Press, 2013). Her work has been widely featured in design publications in the United States and abroad. She has been a frequent speaker and juror for national and international design organizations. She is a member of the American Institute of Graphic Arts (AIGA), the Decorators Club of New York, the Industrial Designers Society of America (IDSA), and the International Furnishings and Designer Association (IFDA). Massimo Vignelli Massimo Vignelli is a past president of the Alliance Graphique Internationale (AGI) and the American Institute of Graphic Arts (AIGA), a vice president of the Architectural League, and a member of the Industrial Designers Society of America (IDSA). His work, his writings, and his interviews have been published worldwide. He has taught and lectured on design in major universities and cities in the United States and abroad. Massimo Vignelli’s many awards include: 1964 Gran Premio Triennale di Milano. 1964 Compasso d’Oro, Italian Association for Industrial Design (ADI) 1982 New York Art Directors Club Hall of Fame 1985 The first Presidential Design Award, presented by President Ronald Reagan, for the National Park Service Publications Program 1987 Honorary doctorate in fine arts, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, New York 1988 Honorary doctorate in fine arts, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, Rhode Island 1991 Masters Series Award, School of Visual Arts, New York 1993 New York State Governor’s Award for Excellence 1994 Honorary doctorate in architecture from the University of Venice, Italy 1998 Compasso d’Oro, Italian Association for Industrial Design (ADI) 2000 Honorary doctorate in fine arts, Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, California 2002 Honorary doctorate in fine arts, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, New York ...