Louise Fili Ltd

Head straight to your local post office today and get a sheet or two of our newest Love stamp for the USPS. Sealed with Love has been issued just in time for Valentine’s Day and is available now!

Here at last: Elegantissima: The Design and Typography of Louise Fili goes on sale today. Here’s what Milton Glaser has to say: “How does the old become new? Ask Louise Fili, who has the extraordinary ability to seamlessly transform something old, familiar, traditional, iconic, and reassuring into an image that is surprising, fresh, unexpected, and beautiful. I believe it’s magic.”

New to the market: Ambessa (Ethiopian for lion) is a line of imported teas for chef Marcus Samuelsson.
The flavors trace his personal voyage—from African birthplace (Safari Breakfast) through Swedish childhood (Lingonberry Green), Swiss apprenticeship (Choco Nut) and finally to American home (Earl of Harlem).

Join Louise Fili to study design and typography at the SVA Masters Workshop in Rome from May 27th to June 10th. Sbrigati! Only a few spots remain. More details here.

Just in time for Valentine’s Day, the U.S.P.S. has issued a new Love stamp, designed by Louise Fili Ltd. At 1.2 ” x .9″ and 250 million impressions, this is the smallest thing we have ever designed, with the largest print run.

Congratulations to the entire Louise Fili Ltd staff, John Passafiume and Dana Tanamachi, on being named Young Guns by the Art Director’s Club. An exhibition will be held at the ADC gallery in early October.

Our SVA subway poster has emerged from underground to take its place at the center of the universe, better known as the corner of Third Ave and 23rd Street. We are thrilled that the poster, a whopping three stories tall, features an arrow that points not just to the School of Visual Arts but also to our studio. Come visit us both.

Introducing Steven Heller and Louise Fili’s latest collaboration, Scripts: Elegant Lettering from Design’s Golden Age. This book includes over three hundred examples of elegant and eccentric scripts  from pre-Modern to Modern—from France, Italy, Germany, and England as well as the United States. Featuring type specimens, book covers, sheet music, children’s books, handwriting manuals, labels, advertisements and packages, this is a veritable festival of rare and unknown scripts between flexi-covers. Just published by Thames & Hudson, and available on Amazon.

Swipe your metro card and check out Louise Fili Ltd’s new subway poster for School of Visual Arts. The design is an homage to the urban mosaic artisans of the early 20th century, and after hours of painstaking Photoshop work, John and Dana agreed that it may have been easier to create it out of actual tiles. The poster premieres at your local stop today, where it will be until the end of May.

Now available for purchase at SVA’s CAVA Computer Store, 207 E. 23rd Street in NYC or through CAVA’s Online Catalog. Available in two sizes: 46″ x 30″ and 27″ x 17.5″, $35 each

To commemorate the 150th anniversary of the unification of Italy, Rizzoli International asked Louise Fili Ltd to design the covers for Romanzi d’Italia, a series of the ten great novels that shaped the nation—from I promessi sposi to Pinocchio. The books have an authentic yet timeless look, employing historical wood type and ornament to approximate the feel of a custom letterpressed hardcover book with a cloth spine. See an interview in Italian with Louise.