Flavio Milani provides a specialised high end reprographic, prepress, supervision and consultancy services for the creation of fine books and photographic fine art prints. His services are bespoke and executed with dedication and sound craftsmanship.
Flavio started his professional career during the nineties as a photolithographer at a fourth generation run book printing house in Switzerland. He considers his work to be a highly skilled craftsmanship, requiring great finesse and a genuine passion and understanding for the art of book making and printing. Speaking fluent Italian, German and English he collaborates with printing houses throughout Europe and the Far East.
Based in London and working independently since 2009, Flavio provides his expertise to artists, authors, designers, publishers, galleries and cultural institutions in the UK and internationally.
A selection of collaborations include: Michele Arnaboldi Architects, Beares Publishing, Birkhäuser Verlag, Central Saint Martins College of Art & Design, Feilden Clegg Bradley Architects, Fontanka, Four Corners Books, Hatje Cantz Verlag, Hazlitt Holland-Hibbert, Head of Zeus, International Film Festival Locarno, Jannuzzi Smith, Lucasdesign, MIT Press, Modern Art Press, Museum of Design Zürich, Nairobi Contemporary Art Institute, Park Books, Pentagram New York, Royal College of Art, Sammlung LIPSI, Serpentine Galleries, Thomas Dane Gallery, Time Based Editions, Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther König, White Sea Publishing, Whitechapel Gallery, Wilkinson Eyre Architects.
Provided services include:
high end scanning
creative retouching
fine colour reproduction
bespoke colour separations
contract proofing
printing supervision
layout artworking
XML layout automation
digital photographic printing
consultancy on book production and colour management