Young Guns

Nick Misani is a freelance designer who specializes in meticulously-crafted, illustrative lettering. Formerly the senior designer at Louise Fili Ltd in New York City, Nick is passionate about typography, decorative arts, design history, and old crafts—especially when reimagined in contemporary, unexpected ways. He was named a Young Gun by the Art Directors Club, an Ascender by the Type Directors Club, and has been featured by the AIGA, How Magazine, Communication Arts, Fast Company, Adobe, and Wired. His work has been included in several books on design and lettering and over the years, he’s had the pleasure of working with clients including Apple, Target, Pepsi, Airbnb, Penguin Radom House, Vanity Fair, The Village Voice, and the Hillary Clinton Campaign.

Nick is also a speaker and an educator, having taught workshops and given keynotes at lettering and typography conferences around the United States and internationally.