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Armando milani biography

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Born in Milan, Lombardy, 1940. From 1959 to 1963 he studied at the Umanitaria School in Milan under Albe Steiner. In 1965 he opened his own studio in Milan and started to collaborate with Giulio Confalonieri and Studio Boggeri. In 1976 his brother Maurizio joined him. The year later he moved to New York City to work at Vignelli Associates on major corporate identity programs. During his career he served prestigious clients including De Padova, Montecatini Edison, Roche, Touring Club of Italy, and the United Nations for which he designed a poster for the world peace that has become a world classic. Member of AGI. Honorary Member of AIAP. He taught and exhibited both in Italy and abroad, and his work has been published on the most important design magazines. He also publishes some book about graphic design.

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Armando Milani

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  • Artist:     Armando Milani
  • Year:     2008
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Artist Bio:Armando Milani was born in Milan and studied at the Scuola Umanitaria in Milan with Albe Steiner before opening Milani Design studio in the 1970s. His work includes branding programs, logo design, corporate identity programs, book design, and posters. He has been a professor at Cooper Union and Art Directors Club, New York; University of Lawrence, Kansas; Parsons School of Design, Santo Domingo; University of Beijing, China; Istituto Europeo di Design and Politecnico University, Milan; University of Santander, Spain; and Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Egypt.He has been a member of AGI Alliance Graphique International since 1983. He organizes seminars and workshops on design that are held around the world, including in his fifteenth-century mill in Provence, France. He is author of the book Double Life of 80 AGI designers and of many articles
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Armando Milani

Milan, Italy, 1940

Who’s Who

Armando Milani is an internationally acclaimed Italian graphic designer, the elder brother of Maurizio Milani.

From 1959 to 1963 he studied at the Umanitaria School in Milan—then the most famous graphic design school in Italy—under Albe Steiner, a pioneer of Italian graphic design. In 1965 he started working with Giulio Confalonieri—a prominent graphic designer—and since 1967 he collaborated with Antonio Boggeri, the founder of the pioneering Studio Boggeri.

The same year he opened his own studio in Milan focusing on corporate graphics, marks, and posters. In 1976 his brother Mauriziojoined him and the year later he moved to New York City to work with Massimo Vignelliat Vignelli Associates, where he worked major projects including the corporate identity programs of Lancia Automobiles and Ciga Hotels. In 1980 he opened another Milani Deisgn’s office in New York City.

During his career, he served prestigious clients including DePadova, Montecatini Edison, Roche, Touring Club of Italy, and the United Nations designing many beautiful a

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