Italo Lupi

Italo Lupi (28 March 1934 – 27 June 2023) was an Italian graphic designer and writer.

Life and career Lupi was born in Cagliari in 1934. He studied architecture at Polytechnic University of Milan and graduated in 1959. After briefly serving as an assistant to professor Pier Giacomo Castiglioni at his alma mater, he started his career as a graphic designer at the La Rinascente Development Office, under the direction of Mario Bellini. After working in the studio of Achille and Pier Giacomo Castiglioni, he opened his own studio, and started collaborating as an art director with major companies and institutions, including IBM and the Triennale di Milano. His last assignment was as image curator of Palazzo Butera in Palermo. He died in Milan on 27 June 2023, at the age of 89.