Louise Fili, USA

AGI member since 1998

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Formerly senior designer for Herb Lubalin, Louise Fili was art director of Pantheon Books from 1978 to 1989, where she designed over 2,000 book jackets. She has received awards from every major design competition, including Gold and Silver Medals from the New York Art Directors Club and the Society of Illustrators, the Premio Grafi co from the Bologna Book Fair, and three James Beard nominations. In 2004 she was inducted into the Art Directors Hall of Fame. Her work is in the permanent collections of the Library of Congress, the Cooper Hewitt Museum, and the Bibliothèque Nationale de France. She was the recipient of a National Endowment for the Arts design grant to study the work of W.A. Dwiggins, and is co-author, with Steven Heller, of Italian Art Deco, Dutch Modern, British Modern, Deco Espana, German Modern, French Modern, Typology, Design Connoisseur and Euro Deco. Louise Fili Ltd, founded in 1989, specializes in speciality food packaging and restaurant identities.

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    Louise Fili, USA (1998)

    Formerly senior designer for Herb Lubalin, Louise Fili was art director of Pantheon Books from 1978 to 1989, where she designed over 2,000 book jackets. She has received awards from...

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    Louise Fili, USA (1998)

    Formerly senior designer for Herb Lubalin, Louise Fili was art director of Pantheon Books from 1978 to 1989, where she designed over 2,000 book jackets. She has received awards from every major design competition, including Gold and Silver Medals from the New York Art Directors Club and the Society of Illustrators, the Premio Grafi co from the Bologna Book Fair, and three James Beard nominations. In 2004 she was inducted into the Art Directors Hall of Fame. Her work is in the permanent collections of the Library of Congress, the Cooper Hewitt Museum, and the Bibliothèque Nationale de France. She was the recipient of a National Endowment for the Arts design grant to study the work of W.A. Dwiggins, and is co-author, with Steven Heller, of Italian Art Deco, Dutch Modern, British Modern, Deco Espana, German Modern, French Modern, Typology, Design Connoisseur and Euro Deco. Louise Fili Ltd, founded in 1989, specializes in speciality food packaging and restaurant identities.

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