Since the very beginning of illo (when the studio was incomprehensibly called ilenoliukgo and our HQ was a small kitchen), our purpose was to provide a bold design perspective to the world of innovation, on a global scale. We started working for micro-startups, and we are now happy to include some of the biggest digital brands on earth among our clients (it didn't happen overnight).
Our design DNA takes its cues from some of the greatest Italian designers (the likes of Munari, Sottsass & Vignelli) and feeds on contemporary illustration and the international animation scene. We also like to compare our work to another great Italian symbol: Pizza Margherita, because it’s simple, iconic & has a limited color palette! Just like we aim to shape our projects.

We also founded the studio to create a place we would be happy to work in. Building and shaping our own studio culture is something that makes the whole team proud and it’s one of the main reasons why talents want to join us. We eat together (with lunch & snacks courtesy of the studio), we have weekly creative talks — where everyone has the opportunity to present a creative topic, unrelated to our studio work.
We go for annual creative retreats around the world to foster our design-thinking (and have fun at conferences, in pools or on camels). And every other year we organize crazy brillo parties ("brillo" in Italian means both “I sparkle” and “I am slightly drunk”, the perfect combo for a festive mood). In short, we aim to create the kind of environment that inspires people to give, and feel, their best.