Massimo Vignelli Architect's White Compact Stacking Dinnerware - Set of 19

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Designed by Massimo and Lella Vignelli. Original mid-century modern architect's stacking dinnerware set consisting of eleven large plates (Height 1" … Read more Designed by Massimo and Lella Vignelli. Original mid-century modern architect's stacking dinnerware set consisting of eleven large plates (Height 1" Diameter 9.75") and eight bowls (Height 2.25" Diameter 5"). The plates and bowls are made with straight sides and a small lip on the bottom enabling seamless stacking. Made of melamine, all of the pieces are dishwasher safe. Some signs of wear, the most major being a nick on the side of a plate as shown in photos. Condition consistent with age and use.

Massimo and Lella Vignelli's designs are in the permanent collections of the Museum of Modern Art, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum in New York, as well as museums in Philadelphia, Montreal, Jerusalem, Munich and Hamburg, Germany.

MOMA Gallery Label: 'Stacking Dinnerware is one of the most successful product designs of the Massimo and Lella Vignelli design studio. It takes advantage of the lightness and flexibility of melamine resin and can be stored as a compact group. The manufacturer Heller introduced the award-winning design to America in a range of colors. Massimo Vignelli is an architect-designer known for his graphic design, including the 1966–70 subway map and sign system for the New York Metropolitan Transit Authority. After studying in Milan and Venice, he and his wife, Lella, also an architect, established the Vignelli Office of Design and Architecture, followed by Vignelli Associates in 1971.' See less