One of my favourite “characters” in the 2007 Helvetica typeface documentary was Massimo Vignelli. The Milanese designer came across as confident, opinionated and uncompromising, plus he had a rad sense of personal style and the greatest quote in the whole film: “The life of a designer is a life of fight. The fight against the ugliness. Just like a doctor fights against disease. For us, the visual disease is what we have around, and what we try to do is cure it somehow with design”. He works with his wife, Lella, and their influence is everywhere, from New York City’s 1972 subway map (with Bob Noorda) and IBM to American Airlines and Benetton. Now there’s a documentary film about them called Design Is One. Check out the trailer above. The release date in October 18th.