Moleskine Books （named for those smart-looking archival sketchbooks with rounded corners） extends the idea of keepsake ideation sketches with classic designer series showing off inspiration and process work。 Previous editions include familiar names like Paul Rand， Seymour Chwast & Milton Glaser。 Louise Fili gets her own well-deserved edition， supported by a personal introduction and process-driven interview by another prolific figure in the NYC design community， writer and proud husband， Steven Moleskine Books （named for those smart-looking archival sketchbooks with rounded corners） extends the idea of keepsake ideation sketches with classic designer series showing off inspiration and process work。 Previous editions include familiar names like Paul Rand， Seymour Chwast & Milton Glaser。 Louise Fili gets her own well-deserved edition， supported by a personal introduction and process-driven interview by another prolific figure in the NYC design community， writer and proud husband， Steven Heller。What makes this volume most noteworthy is how tight and numerous her process images are。 The work her studio has created for numerous restaurants， brands， packaging， books and fonts for designers， is typographically meticulous in research， well-crafted and expressive。 Louise Fili's work has always stood out on its own with a timeless artistry and attention to graphic details， that many of her outtakes are more like alternate design variations， than （hardly） rejected work。 The precision of her first comps or sketches， knowing early on what she wanted to achieve and mirroring them in the final designs is remarkable and incomparable。 Likewise， her responses to each interview question is distinctive and explicit in her wording。Full of personal anecdotes about clients， visual inspiration sources， before/after comparisons and design devices tenaciously pitched over her career， this book overdelivers within the 144-page count。 I'm surprised that （according to Heller's introduction） she didn't feel people would be interested in seeing her process work collected in a pocket-sized book。 On the contrary， I wish this book wouldn't end and loved every bit of it。 。。。more