Louise Fili is director of Louise Fili Ltd, a New York City design firm specializing in brand development for restaurants, specialty food packaging, and book design. The co-author of over twenty books on design and typography with her husband, Steven Heller, Fili has also written and designed books on Italian design and culture. She is a member of the Art Directors Hall of Fame and is a recipient of the Medal for Lifetime Achievement from both the AIGA and the Type Directors Club. A best-selling monograph of her work, Elegantissima, was published in 2012. Panorama Magazine in Milan wrote: “Few designers from the other side of the Atlantic understand Italian art and culture better than Louise Fili.”