Copies signed by Vignelli, pictured here with Cifuentes and Waterhouse, are for sale for $1,200, as well as unsigned copies for $300.

Vignelli from A to Z by Massimo Vignelli (Images Publishing Group, 2007). A reminder of the scope and influence of the recently departed Vignelli.

A Nelson jewelry cabinet and Massimo Vignelli lamp.

2002, Massimo Vignelli / Vignelli Associates.

Mirror by MAP for Sabi, $160 Not only is it irresistibly cute, Sabi’s mirror is also designed for universal use. Installation is a breeze: Punch out the to-scale template from the packaging and hang it with the included adhesive or easy-mount screw.

The Sydney home of Leanne Carter-Taylor and Trent Carter-Brugman via the Design Files.

Also consider also Vignelli Associates' Cats and Dogs guidebooks from 1985.

The March 1, 1943 issue of Life magazine included one of publishing’s more intriguing fold-outs; the first example of Buckminster Fuller’s Dymaxion Map. Less outlandish today, in an age of Feltron and infographic overload, Fuller’s fold-out projection was an outlier that raised serious philosophical and political points. With no fixed direction and less distortion than then-current maps, the Dymaxion Map sought to do away with judgements based on size and position, and make the underlying point that we’re all together on spaceship Earth. Fuller deliberately presented humanity as "one island, in one ocean," so we could better face our common problems together.

This kitchen in Austin, Texas, was designed by Royce Flournoy and expertly combines black, Shaker-style cabinets, white subway tiles, Carrera marble countertops, and wooden floors to create a balance between rustic warmth and industrial simplicity.

Bonus round: James Turrell-like neon of the old Artemide store in Miami from 1987. Vignelli Associates also did the interior design for the Italian lighting company's Dallas and New York City showrooms.

A Nelson Ball Clock and subway sign decorate one hallway.

Francesco and Mafalda’s bedroom is open and playful with only a bit of Algue by Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec guarding the stairs. The lamp was designed by Francesco himself and the decal on the wall is from My Vinilo.

Vignelli designed every issue of Architectural Record magazine for a few years in the early 1980s. In typical Vignelli fashion, the design was based on a grid system to ensure consistency and continuity of design.

Lella Vignelli, Serenissimo table, 1985.

Massimo Vignelli-designed New York City subway diagram

“The client wanted an interior space where you could read the materiality of the building elements like understanding the ingredients in a recipe,” principal architect Elizabeth Webster explains. The extension features distinctly textured materials: an exposed timber ceiling, painted brick walls, and polished concrete floors. Warm lighting by Brinklicht unifies the space.

Book jackets by Alvin Lustig and a vintage subway sign hang over a custom bed by Jeff Jenkins Design + Development.

The entire bathroom is based on a grid, informed by Brigham’s background in graphic design. The 4” redwood slats form the base measurement; the height of the sink, the bath, and all other features are built in multiples of four. Each piece was designed to either project from or recess back into the wall, continuing seamlessly into the next fixture. Everything from the medicine cabinet to the planters floats off the ground, opening the space.

The "lost" subway stations of NYC.

Such wood-burning stoves like the cast-iron Venax are popular in Brazil, particularly in the countryside. - Pato Branco, Brazil Dwell Magazine : November / December 2017

A subway rider takes a rest.

All of the apartment’s fixtures are by Kohler, including the kitchen sink and faucet as well as the Tea-for-Two bathtub, Vox square sink, and Catalan mirror in the bathroom. The Thassos marble subway tile is by Ann Sacks.

The bathroom features terrazzo floor tiles—which have a similar pattern to the material used to construct the fireplace in the living room.

The kitchen in this family home in Sydney by Australian architects Bennett and Trimble enjoys morning light from two east-facing windows: one on the first level, and the other positioned up high near the roof’s northeastern corner. A KWC Eve faucet, Franke sink, and Miele appliances complement the elegant subway tile backsplash.

A map on the wall shows where MAR pulls its culinary inspiration from. Photo by: Tiffany Orvet

Last but not least, Emily Fischer and Haptic lab also offer these supremely tactile designs: titled Soft-Map City Quilts, they're a series of hand-stitched, all-white designs that outline the streets of major cities: from Boston (seen here), to Brooklyn, Chicago, London, Los Angeles, New Orleans, New York, Paris, Philadelphia, Rome, San Francisco, and Washington D.C.

Designed by Ritika Mathur of Denmark’s Copenhagen Institute of Interaction Design, "Memory Maps" uses GPS technology and a radio frequency identification reader to enable individuals with early-stage memory impairment to record and map experiences.

Arsenal Subway Stop -- Paris Here’s Manal Rachdi and Nicolas Laisné proposal to turn the underground station at Arsenal, near Versailles, into a garden. Candidate Kosciusko-Morizet told Elle France that she normally takes lines 8 and 13 and often finds “moments of grace” on the subway. Photo courtesy Laisné Architecte.

The Low Line -- New York Pitched in the wake of the High Line’s incredible success, the Low Line calls for turning an unused station at Delancey into a subterranean park, lit by natural sunlight “pumped in” via fiberoptic cables and mirrors. Currently, project leaders including architect James Ramsey of RAAD Studios and Dan Barasch, are working on gaining access to the site, after a successful Kickstarter campaign in 2012 that raised over $150.000. Photo courtesy RAAD Studio.

Arsenal Subway Stop -- Paris Here’s another proposal from the same architects to transform the same space into a restaurant. Photo courtesy Laisné Architecte.

Dupont Underground -- Washington, D.C. Where others see an abandoned trolley station below Dupont Circle, architect Julian Hunt see art, specifically, art galleries. His proposed Dupont Underground project would turn this slightly dank cavern and former transport hub into a centerpiece of the Capital cultural scene, featuring avant-garde visual art and architecture. Photo courtesy stereogab, Creative Commons.

Musical Subways -- New York Last year, LCD Soundsystem frontman James Murphy proposed turning the subway into a musical instrument of sorts, where turnstiles would create different notes. "There would be a thing that would make a beep of a certain note," he told The Verge, adding that it would generate a random note based on a percentage to "hopefully make a really beautiful piece of music." So far, it hasn’t come to fruition. New York I love you, but you’re bringing me down. Photo courtesy mecredis, Creative Commons.