Louise Fili is a graphic designer and lettering artist based in New York City. As the principal of Louise Fili Ltd., she has focused her work on brand development for food packaging and restaurants since she founded her studio in 1989. A protégé of Herb Lubalin and former carte blanche art director at Pantheon Books, her letterforms and work have become world-renowned for their detail, elegance and ability to preserve a visual culture of her Italian and Italian-American heritage.

She has achieved critical acclaim with awards from The Society of Illustrators, The New York Art Director’s Club, The Bologna Book Fair and has had multiple The James Beard nominations. The Library of Congress, the Cooper-Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum and the Bibliothèque Nationale all permanently house much of her work. She and her husband, Steven Heller, have co-authored numerous books on different art styles and graphic design.