A Rare Interview With Graphic Design Legend Massimo Vignelli

From 2006, the late designer shares the story behind his infamous New York subway map and why typographic elegance will prevail.

This is the third of three excerpts from Helvetica/Objectified/Urbanized: The Complete Interviews by filmmaker Gary Hustwit (read the first two here and here). Join Hustwit Wednesday, March 25, at the Strand in New York for a talk about the book with designers Paula Scher, Tobias Frere-Jones, Karim Rashid, Davin Stowell, and Noah Chasin.—Eds.

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