Fili's Elegantissima

installation view of a red-framed mirror with a showcase cabinet, red furniture, and a white paper poster with a portrait on it, and the title is The Lover

light globe made of yellow fabric with miscellaneous drawings on it

A cabinet with a drawer full of socks. the cabinet is painted in purple like other recipients, and the packages on it

A wall with a poster on a red background and the message: It's never too late to get where you're going.

a red phone table with a red phone on it and a few magazines next to the telephone

a purple vintage couch next to a wall with a purple wallpaper with rounded white lines as a pattern

fridge shelves with different cans and products

a table with papers, coffee mugs, and glass curved lids

Fili’s Elegantissima

Dec 02 2013

Photographs by Esther Ro-Schofield

Elegantissima: The Design and Typography of Louise Fili, the monograph by MFAD faculty member Louise Fili, is an exhibition with the same name on view from November 21 through January 2014 at The Memorial Gallery at Farmingdale State College. Designed by Kevin O’Callaghan, Fili’s work is displayed in five thematic environments, including a kitchen, cafe and boudoir, representing a few of her 2,000 book covers and jackets, food, wine and liquor packaging, restaurant identities, clothing labels, business logos and entrepreneurial products. Watch a video of the installation here.

On Saturday December 7 the exhibition will be open exclusively for MFAD students, faculty and friends. Sign up here.

The Memorial Gallery is located in Hale Hall, on the campus of Farmingdale State College, SUNY, 2350 Broadhollow Road (Route 110). Gallery hours are Monday through Friday, 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Saturdays by appointment: Call 631.794.6118.