LaTigre is a graphic design studio based in Milan(1) founded and directed by Luisa Milani and Walter Molteni. The studio has been constantly and tirelessly searching for multiform and kaleidoscopic(2) visual languages since 2009. The main features of their formal research are synthesis and a vibrant use of color where the boundary between abstract and figurative often dissolves. The language, clean and sophisticated, lively and elegant, combines the rigor of the project with aesthetic lightness.
Luisa Milani and Walter Molteni are members
of Alliance Graphique Internationale (AGI).
Luisa Milani (3)
Founder & Art Director
Walter Molteni (4)
Founder & Art Director
Lidia Ginga Cozzupoli (5)
Designer
Alessandro Leo (6)
Designer
LaTigre srls
via Soperga, 35
20127 Milano, Italy → Map
P.IVA 08720510968
Telephone → +39 02 6704235
Informations → info@latigre.net
Brand strategy
Logo
Identity
Art direction
Books and catalogues
Web design
Packaging
Cartography
Illustration
Infographic
Pictograms
Set design
Consultancy for small businesses, privates and brands. Clients include Bitossi Home, Bulgari, MaxMara, Sportmax, Sunnei.
Ongoing contribution for magazines. Clients include Wired, The Atlantic, The Independent, Elephant magazine, Avaunt Magazine, Entertainment Weekly, Il Sole 24 Ore, The New Yorker, The New York Times, The New York Times Magazine, Variety.
Collaboration with international agencies. Clients include Ogilvy&Mather, Pentagram, Winkreative.
From May 2019 LaTigre is the art director of the Italian design magazine Living – Corriere della Sera.
From September 2021 LaTigre is the art director of the Italian architectural magazine Abitare.
Mostro Graphic Design Camp, Stamps of Quality • Milano, Sept, 2019
Torino Graphic Days, Unconventional Mapping Exhibition, • Torino, Oct 2017
Oggetti di Scena, Piccolo Teatro • Milano, May 2017
Aiap DX 2015 • Milano, Nov 2015
Pick Me Up 2015 • London, 2015
Design Letters, Libreria Corraini 12+ • Milano, Apr 2015
Introducing LT Editions, LaTigre Open Studio • Milano, Dec 2014
Grafici Mobili, Paul Smith “Globe” Heathrow • London, Jan 2013
Grafici Mobili, Libreria Corraini 12+ • Milano, Apr 2013
Food Chocolate Design, Taste Pitti Immagine • Firenze, Mar 2013
Retrobottega, Ferramenta Pietro Viganò • Milano, Apr 2013
ADC Young Guns X, ADC Gallery • New York City, Nov–Dec 2012
SPD 54, 2019 (US), Award of Distinctive Achievement, “Midterm Elections” spot illustrations, The New York Times, AD Donegan Deanna
SPD 53 Gold Medal, 2018 (US), Data Visualization: Information Graphics “Beautiful Information”, Wired Italia (Spring 2017), AD Massimo Pitis and David Moretti
Interni Serie Oro – Icon Makers, Best 100 Italian Photographers & Graphic Designers, Italy, 2017
SPD 52 Silver Medal, 2017 (US), Data Visualization: Information Graphics “State of Emergency”, Wired US (September 2016), AD William Sorrentino
SPD 52 Gold Medal, 2017 (US), “Chapter Openers”, Wired Italia (Spring 2016), AD Massimo Pitis and David Moretti
Laus Award, 2016 (ES), Elephant Magazine (Issue 25), “Infographic Pages”
TDC Competition, 2016 (US), Revolution Department Identity
ADC Young Guns X, 2012 (US)
The History of Graphic Design.
Vol. 2, 1960–Today
(Taschen, 2018)
Playful Data: Graphic Design and Illustration for Infographics
(Sandu Publishing, CN, 2018)
Data Visualization for Success
(Images Publishing, AU, 2017)
Typography 37
(Type Directors Club, US, 2016)
It’sNiceThat.com
(UK, 2016)
Pulp N.8
(ITA/UK, 2016)
MIN
(Thames & Hudson, UK, 2016)
All About Maps
(Sandu Publishing, CN, 2016)
First Things First!
(Gestalten, DE, 2016)
Super-Modified
(Gestalten, DE, 2015)
Good Idea 4
(Hightone, CN, 2015)
Novum (DE, 2015)
Raw Data
(Thames & Hudson, UK, 2014)
Printing Technology
(Liaoning, CN, 2014)
Grafik.net
(UK, 2014)
L’UomoVogue.it
(ITA, 2014)
A Map of the World
(Gestalten, DE, 2013)
Branding Element Logos Vol.2
(Sendpoints, HK, 2013)
GrainEdit.com
(US, 2013)
Introducing: Visual Identities for Small Business
(Gestalten, DE, 2012)
Chois Package
(Choi’s Gallery, CN, 2012)
IdN Volume 19
(HK, 2012)
Magic Branding 2
(Designerbooks, CN, 2011)
Il Futuro nelle mani
(Artieri Domani, ITA, 2011)
Multicolour
(Victionary, HK, 2012)
PrintMagazine.com
(US, 2012)
TheDieline.com
(US, 2011)
Brand Magazine
(Sendpoints, HK)
Touch Magazine (CN)
Eight:48 (UK)
© LaTigre srls, 2009–2019. All rights reserved.
(1) The entrance of our studio in via Luigi Settembrini, Milano.
(2) Our inspirations.
(3) Luisa is art director and co-founder of LaTigre. She holds a degree from Politecnico Milano and gained experience as graphic designer before founding the studio with Walter. Her design approach is solid, concrete yet spontaneous, free from constraints or creative limits. She takes inspiration from everything surrounding her, making intuition a core aspect of her practice. She’s the artistic thinker of the studio. Serendipity is her motto.
(4) Walter is art director and co-founder of LaTigre. Before founding the studio with Luisa he gained experience as graphic designer and advertising by working for different clients. His approach favours a formal research practised through a meticulous study of the sign as expressive of the possibility to render implicit meanings and contents visible. He’s the rational thinker of the studio. He’s also the boss of the music.
