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“I started to begin to be interested in architecture and design when I was 14 years old, which was pretty early in life. And then I would start to look at architectural magazines and I eventually went to the school of architecture too, but one of the things I learned very early is that an architect should be able to design anything from a spoon to the city.”

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Massimo Vignelli

Massimo Vignelli is an Italian-American designer renowned for his contributions to graphic design, interior design, and environmental graphic design. His works include the iconic New York City subway logo, the American Airlines logo, and visual identity systems for numerous brands and institutions. more

“I grew up with a pencil. A pencil was my computer at the time and so drawing, drawing, drawing and the tools of drawing where the usual ones and eventually then you graduated from the tools when the work increases and you start to draw by freehand as precise as possible and as accurate as possible, and I was pretty good at that.”

Grew Computer Grew Up Draws Tools Increase Drawing Usual Accurate Precise Pencils

Author:Massimo Vignelli

“We've had musical stuff in the show [South Park] forever. That's mostly because Trey's a big musical fan, and he's a great songwriter. He's been writing songs his whole life. So since the beginning, we've always put a lot of musical moments.”

Writing Whole Moments Shows Bigs Song Stuff Forever Fans South Musical Whole Life Parks Songwriters Writing Songs

Author:Matt Stone

“I love to musicalize things. You do employ a whole level of gravity. You use the emotional heft of music.”

Whole Use Levels Emotional Gravity

Author:Matt Stone

“Scale is extremely important. Scale is not dimensions. Dimensions are physical and scales are mental.”

Important Scales Dimensions

Author:Massimo Vignelli