
THE POSTWAR WORLD 1950–2000III
MODERNISM AND THE INTERNATIONAL STYLE 1950–19796
UNIMARK AND
THE NEW YORK CITY SUBWAY SYSTEM
NEW YORK CITY TRANSIT AUTHORITY
GRAPHICS STANDARDS
New York, New York, USA
Unimark International (est. 1965), Designers
New York, New York, USA
1966
After completing his architectural studies in
Milan and Venice in 1960, Massimo Vignelli
(b. 1931) moved to the United States. In 1965,
Vignelli became cofounder and design director
of Unimark International, at the time, one of the
largest graphic design consulting firms in the
world, with more than 400 employees in forty-
eight offices worldwide.
Unimark was created by Vignelli and ...