Limited Edition Poster “Peace&War” (2024) Armando Milani

Born in Milan in 1940, Armando Milani is one of the most relevant professionals in international graphic design. After his studies at Scuola Umanitaria in Milan with Albe Steiner, he started his professional collaboration in Milan with Giulio Confalonieri and later with Antonio Boggeri. He opened his own studio in Milan in 1970 and moved to New York in 1978 to collaborate with Massimo Vignelli. A few years later he opened his own studio in New York as well. He has designed for several brands as De Padova, Cassina, Montedison, Roche, Ibm, Olivetti America, Lancia, Ciga Hotels, and the Italian Cultural Institute of New York, among others. Since the 2000s, after having designed the iconic poster for United Nations Peace & War, he began to dedicate himself increasingly to social communication, to steer the audience's attention to humanitarian and ecological issues. Today he lives between his home studio in Milan and his 17th-century mill in Provence, both places of inspiration for his creativity.

The first project launched by Hats Art Gallery is the iconic Peace&War poster, designed by Armando Milani in 2002, donated in 2003 to the United Nations with the claim Translating War into Peace, and reproduced this year in a limited edition of 99 copies.

Selected for its high design and ethical value, Peace&War represents a symbol of reflection on the duality of peace and conflict, an issue of great relevance and universality.