#texfi

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Making of a manual

Every Monday we share an excerpt from a graphic standards manual from the archives. This past Monday we shared the Texfi (textile company) manual. 

See the entire final manual here: http://vignellicenter.tumblr.com/post/172770583707/vignelli-manualsmonday-texfi

We just discovered more of the design process material including pencil sketches by Massimo Vignelli and couldn’t wait to share them! Looks like there were some additional pages that didn’t make the cut in the final manual. We are particularly fond of the logo breakdown line-by-line and the patch for their uniforms!

There is much, much more about this project in the archives, so stay tuned to see more of the making of the Texfi corporate identity!

Texfi sketches for graphic standards manual, circa 1972-1974 Portfoiio T6, Massimo and Lella Vignelli papers Vignelli Center for Design Studies Rochester, New York

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It’s Manuals Monday! Every Monday we feature an excerpt from a graphics standards manual from the archives.

Today’s manual is more than excerpt. Here is the entire Texfi manual! Vignelli Associates designed the symbol for this textile company in 1972.

“The symbol for a textile company expresses the essence of weaving: crossing threads to make a pattern. Every time you look at it you find a new pattern.” –– P. 3, design: Vignelli. 

Texfi graphic standards manual, circa 1974 Massimo and Lella Vignelli papers Vignelli Center for Design Studies Rochester, New York

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It’s a bird! It’s a plane!

Every Monday we share an excerpt from a graphic standards manual from the archives. This past Monday we shared the Texfi (textile company) manual. And then we shared some of the process sketches by Massimo Vignelli for making the manual for Texfi. 

ICYMI: http://vignellicenter.tumblr.com/search/texfi

But we didn't know that Vignelli also designed airplane graphics! Here are some sketches for the potential airplane for Texfi. We even have some correspondence about FAA regulations regarding placement of these graphics and a discussion about the tail antenna on the Merlin III jet distorting the logo. Although we can’t find any proof Texfi used these designs in real life, we do love finding these unexpected stories in the archives! 

Texfi sketches for airplane graphics, circa 1972-1974 Portfoiio T6, Massimo and Lella Vignelli papers Vignelli Center for Design Studies Rochester, New York