Name that Chair
Design Periods
Pets of the ID Department
Program Facts
Vignelli Design
100

Eero Aarnio designed this ball shaped chair in 1963

Ball Chair

100

Popular in the US in the 30/40s this period focused on functionality, clean lines, and integration of outdoor and indoor living

Mid-Century Modern

100

Professor Juan Noguerea has a hotdog dog named

Dieter

100
The first week of the Spring semester, the department holds a week long design sprint called

T-Minus

100

This colorful dinnerware set was produced by 

Heller

200

This chair appeared in the 2023 Barbie movie

Tulip Chair

200

This design period occured from 1913-1933 in Germany

Bauhaus

200

Laura has a Corgi named

Joy

200

On February 24th, the Vignelli Center for Design Studies is hosting a talk by the founders of this Denmark based design studio

Egeværk 

200

The Vignellis designed a subway map for this city

New York

300

This chair, created for a Worlds Fair pavillion, is named after a city in Spain

Barcelona Chair

300

The Chrysler building is an example of the architecture from this design period

Art Deco

300

This ID dog has two different colored eyes

Juan's hotdog dog Dieter

300

The ID department used to have this covering its floors

Carpet

300

This was the Vignellis favorite typeface

Helvetica

400

This chair can be found in the lobby of the Eastman building underneath Josef Albers Homage to the Square painting

Cassina LC3 Grand Modele Armchair

400

An ugly design movement that uses a LOT of concrete was a response to post WW II needs for fast, inexpensive, sturdy buildings

Brutalism

400

Graham has a beautiful husky named

Kaia

400

MetaProject is currently how many years old

16

400

This tiny square stool designed in 2005 is called

Vignelli Cube

500
Manufactured by Knoll, this chair was designed by the Vignellis

Handkerchief Chair

500

An Italian postmodern design collective active until 1987

Memphis Group

500

Our program director has a very fat cat named

MEATBALL

500

True or false: Industrial design in the best major at RIT

True

500

Massimo Vignellis favorite number was

23