Named after the New York City based Italian designers, Massimo and Lella Vignelli, this 15,500 square foot facility also holds the archives of their work as Vignelli Associates.

A groundbreaking event took place on October 7, 2008,[2] and the grand opening was held on September 16, 2010.

The college also has international exchange programs with the Anhalt University of Applied Sciences in Dessau, Germany, and in Copenhagen, Denmark.

[4] Other than the Vignelli collection, the college also includes work from Unimark International (where the Vignellis worked prior to starting their own firm), and boasts 35 collections of modernist graphic designers such as Lester Beall, Will Burtin, Cipe Pineles, William Golden and Alvin Lustig, which the university had begun to collect from the mid-1980s.

[5] While the archives are primarily for the research and study purposes, they are also open for public viewing.