Louise fili is a new yorkbased graphic design firm specializing in food packaging, restaurant identities, logos, and book design. Formerly senior designer for herb lubalin, fili was art director of pantheon books for. Louise fili designs with unmatched grace and elegant craftsmanship, unifying old and new to create contemporary forms in typography. Starting out as a book jacket designer to going into restaurants and food packaging, fili realised the most important thing is always to follow your heart. Book design get a custom book layout design online 99designs. We offer topquality professional book cover and page design for authors worldwide.
Fifi oneill introduces french country, romantic and vintage inspired lifestyle and design idea books to foster the beauty of personal expression. Dec 01, 2016 good packaging makes food taste better. Add unexpected color surprising accents delight, surprise and discover new ways to create inspired looks. Linda parke is now our senior designer and will treat you to a beautiful. Based in new york, fili is the founder of louise fili ltd, and she certainly knows a thing or two about brand building and the critical importance of design. Louise fili has been an inspiration for designers around the world since the 1980s, when she raised the bar on book cover design, creating close to two thousand jackets as art director for. Louise fili believes designers need to have their own creative projects to find their design voice. Graphic designer louise fili gave a survey of her career at design indaba conference 20. Louise fili ltd is a graphic design studio that offers unique and elegant solutions to all things related to food, books, and culture, including brand strategy and development for restaurants and specialty food packaging. Louise fili is director of louise fili ltd, a new yorkbased design studio specializing in branding for food packaging and restaurants. The lover was a runaway bestseller pantheons first since dr zhivago in 1958. Book jackets for pantheon books, art direction and design by louise fili. Book designer fiona raven raven book design linda parke. The design and typography of louise fili by fili, louise 952012 on.
Ian hails from brooklyn, new york, but has spent many years living in exotic locations such as india, the philippines, hawaii and california. Find professional book layout designers for your next book. In 1976, fili began working as the senior designer for celebrated graphic artist herb lubalin, and later she lent her talents to pantheon books as an art director, where she masterfully designed roughly 2,000 book jackets. Book designer david moratto, professional interior book. The design and typography of louise fili fili, louise, heller, steven on. The lover, 1985, with lettering by craig decamps and the victorian fairy tale book, 1988, with illustration by john. I sometimes marvel at all the projects ive been involved in the past few years, and ive got more in store right now. Louise fili is a former senior designer for herb lubalin, now running her own design studio where she specializes in packaging, logo and book. She heads louise fili ltd, a graphic design studio that offers unique and elegant solutions to all things related to food, books, and culture. Invited designers including architects, fashion designers, graphic designers, interior designers, landscape architects, product designers, urban designers, and other design professionals have chosen books that inspire them and that have shaped their worldview or their ideas about design.
Formerly senior designer for herb lubalin, louise was art director of pantheon books from 1978 to 1989, where. Her work often draws on inspiration from her love of italy, modernism, and european art deco styles. Book designer david moratto, professional interior book designer. Her work is stylish and distinctive whether its a label for a bottle of wine, a logo for an elegant restaurant or the branding for a line of jams. All structured data from the file and property namespaces is available under the creative commons cc0 license. Louise filis book list favorite books offer a certain intimacyi can remember precisely where and when i found each one, and i keep them nearby on a dedicated shelf in my studio. All of the designers on reedsy can help you create that beautiful book, both inside and out. A designer who is absolutely enthralled with italian culture, louise fili worked in the book publishing business for 11 years and now runs her own design studio where she specializes in. Our staff of professional book designers will work with your input and create a custom layout to. Your book doesnt need to look good it has to look great. A striking, brilliant design is a fundamental element in your book and is central to your.
Ann louise gittleman is an awardwinning new york times bestselling author of over 35 books on health and nutrition including diet, detox, womens health, mens health, perimenopause. Her interest in food and the italian culture started when she was very young. And it all goes back to that sultry evening in july. The quintessential guide to what italians do best, and stylepedia. She is coauthor, with steven heller, of over 25 books on design and typography and has also written and designed elegantissima, a bestselling monograph of. Fili was art director of pantheon books for eleven years, where she designed close to 2000 book jackets.
Your interior book design is just as important as your cover design. Between 1978 and 1989 she designed close to 2,000 beautifully unique book jackets as art director of pantheon books. Louise fili designs with unmatched grace and elegant craftsmanship. Bookbaby will help you provide the best possible reading experience for your books audience. Design pioneer louise fili on gastronomic passion and gangster. I believe in uniqueness, therefore every book cover design that i create is custommade to complement. Formerly senior designer for herb lubalin, louise fili was art director of pantheon books from 1978 to 1989, where she designed close to 2,000 book jackets. Recognized for impeccable craftsmanship, elegant use of typography and designing with a passion and focus that is the envy of every designer. She draws much of her inspiration from italy and eating. See more montecatini takes its cues from the elegant stile liberty travel posters of italy in the early 1900s. Oct 10, 2016 as a designer, writer, blogger, author, and content creator, ive been blessed to live a life thats included lots of personal creativity and innovation.
This edition is for submissions during march, 2017. Formerly senior designer for herb lubalin, fili was art director of pantheon books for eleven years, where she designed over 2000 book jackets. Founded in 1989, louise fili ltd is a graphic design studio specializing in brand development for food packaging and restaurants. Louise fili is a new yorkbased graphic designer and founder of louise fili ltd. Louise fili on typography and gastronomy design indaba. Book design get a custom book layout design online. Louise filis inspiring type of graphic design logoworks blog.
Oct, 2016 fili has been digging through four decades worth of her own work since january, making her way through designs created for louise fili ltd, the studio she founded in 1989, eventually reaching back to the 1970s when she was a 25yearold designer working under iconic designer herb lubalin. As a designer and teacher, i constantly rely on these books not only as a source of inspiration for my own work, but also to share. The book, a physical artefact and a medium of communication, offers an appropriate opening for a survey of women graphic designers. The book designers, alan hebel and ian shimkoviak, have over a decade of dedicated book design experience. The lover, 1985, with lettering by craig decamps and the victorian fairy tale book, 1988, with illustration by john craig.
Louise fili is director of louise fili ltd in new york, specializing in food packaging and restaurant identities. Worryfree book design for authors worldwide, including book cover and page design. From working under an established design industry icon to becoming the art director for a leading. Book designer david moratto, professional interior book designer quality interior book designs, testimonials. Considered a leader in the postmodern return to historical styles in book jacket design, fili explores historic. Formerly senior designer for herb lubalin, fili was art director of pantheon books from 1978 to 1989, where she designed close to 2,000 book jackets. We at louise fili ltd are proud to celebrate our 30th year of creating custom typography for restaurants, food packaging, books and fonts thank you to all the talented. Dec 01, 2016 by nearly every measure, filis career up to this point had been a success. See all books authored by louise fili, including italianissimo. Designers and books spent an afternoon with architect and urban planner denise scott brown at the suburban philadelphia home she shares with her husband, architect robert venturi, talking with her about what went into making the book learning from las vegasand the studio class that prompted ither thoughts about the books significance.
Considered a leader in the postmodern return to historical styles in book jacket design, fili explores historic typography combined with modern colors and. He brings a treasure trove of life experience to his work, including the benefit of 20 years of book design in the publishing industry. Louise fili books list of books by author louise fili. Louise fili ltd is a graphic design studio that offers unique and elegant solutions to all things related to food, books, and culture, including brand strategy and. Linda parke is now our senior designer and will treat you to a beautiful book design. Nov 29, 2004 the book, a physical artefact and a medium of communication, offers an appropriate opening for a survey of women graphic designers. We are a fullservice book design studio specializing in the development of innovative solutions to your book design challenges. Oct 14, 2019 we at louise fili ltd are proud to celebrate our 30th year of creating custom typography for restaurants, food packaging, books and fonts thank you to all the talented designers who have passed through our doors, and to our clients for the creative freedom we craveand for staying in business. For the promo piece, we wanted to give out a sketchbook to all attendees, so for the cover i decided to combine the idea of love with something that would represent louise. Louise may never have known that all the assistant designers, myself. User design offers a complete graphic communication design, illustration and production service, from books to websites, to many other printed and electronic items. At i create oneofakind book cover design for independent authors. I have designed books for a president, a congresswoman, an opera singer, a movie star, a rock star, a corporate mogul, bestselling. She is a member of the art directors hall of fame, and.
See more ideas about louise fili, typography and lettering. Peter mendelsund is an art director and designer in new york city. And complexity, notably how we, as a global civilization, deal with science fiction, taste, social media, the cities we live in, aesthetics, powerpoint, burkas, big tech, fullcontact sports, and other thorny topics. The lover, 1985, with lettering by craig decamps and the victorian fairy tale book. From working under an established design industry icon to becoming the art director for a leading book publisher in new york city, she had accomplished more in her first ten years out of college than most professional designersboth then and nowachieve in an entire career. The design and typography of louise fili sep 5, 2012.
Louise fili is an italianamerican graphic designer recognized for her elegant use of typography and timeless quality in her design. All structured data from the file and property namespaces is available. A striking, brilliant design is a fundamental element in your book and is central to your marketing efforts. Files are available under licenses specified on their description page. He brings a treasure trove of life experience to his. May 21, 2014 while studying graphic design in college, she landed her first job in new york in 1973 as a book artist for knopf. Louise fili reinvented book jacket design in the 1980s during her elevenyear tenure as art director of pantheon books. In february 20, aiga jacksonville hosted its annual event i love design, in which we invited louise fili to speak and promote her new book, elegantissima.
Sep 08, 2014 recognized for impeccable craftsmanship, elegant use of typography and designing with a passion and focus that is the envy of every designer. Her work often draws on inspiration from her love of italy. A designer who is absolutely enthralled with italian culture, louise fili worked in the book publishing business for 11 years and now runs her own design studio where she specializes in restaurant identity, food packaging and book jacket design. Apr 24, 2017 welcome to the e book cover design awards. In 1989 fili founded her own graphic design studio, louise fili ltd, and branched out into the fields of restaurant and food packaging design. Louise fili has been an inspiration for designers around the world since the 1980s, when she raised the bar on book cover design, creating close to two thousand jackets as art director for pantheon books. Louise fili published in louise fili is a former senior designer for herb lubalin, now running her own design studio where she specializes in packaging, logo and book design. Louise fili principal, an expert in italian visual culture, is an internationally celebrated creative director, graphic designer, type designer, and author. A guide to graphic design mannerisms, quirks, and conceits, and more on. Invited designers including architects, fashion designers, graphic designers, interior designers, landscape architects, product designers, urban designers, and other design professionals. As a designer, writer, blogger, author, and content creator, ive been blessed to live a life thats included lots of personal creativity and innovation. Formerly senior designer for herb lubalin, louise was art director of pantheon books from 1978 to 1989, where she designed close to 2,000 book jackets.
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