Marcello Minale: A Pioneer of Italian Design

Marcello Minale (1938 – 2000) was an Italian designer. He was born in the Libyan city of Tripoli.

Biography

He worked as a designer at the Finnish advertising agency Taucker and as an art director at Mackkinointi Uiherjuuri. He was the design director at the Young and Rubicam advertising agency in London until 1964. He founded a design firm with Brian Tattersfield in 1964. He was elected president of London’s Designers’ and Art Directors’ Association in 1982. Graphics, furniture, interiors, and packaging (for Suchard, Boots, and Gilbey’s) were among his clients, along with Cubic Metre Furniture, Zanotta, and Aqualisa Showers.

Recognition

His work was displayed at the Design Centre in London in 1979 and the Museo d’Arte Contemporanea in Milan in 1983. 1977 the New York Art Directors’ Club awarded him the Gold Medal.

Sources

Byars, M., & Riley, T. (2004). The design encyclopedia. Laurence King Publishing.

Woodham, J. M. (2006). A dictionary of modern design. Oxford University Press.

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Who were Minale Tattersfield?

The Minale Tattersfield partnership was a multidisciplinary design agency with studios in London, Paris, and Brisbane; it is perhaps best known for the design of logos, including those for Harrods (1967), the FA Premier League (1992), and the Sydney Olympic Games (1993). It has also worked in many other fields, such as architecture and public spaces, such as its designs for London Transport’s Hammersmith Underground Station (1989), BP petrol stations (early 1990s), Zanotta furniture, and packaging, such as that for Johnnie Walker whisky (1978) and San Pellegrino mineral water (1999).

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