Fabrizio Schiavi

Fabrizio Schiavi, born June 19, 1971, in Ponte dell’Olio, near Piacenza, is one of Italy’s most influential contemporary graphic designers and type designers. His career is characterized by an unwavering passion for typography and a versatility that has made him a reference point in the international design landscape.

In 1989, Schiavi began his studies in Graphic Design at the Art Institute of Parma, laying the foundation for what would become a brilliant career in the design world. His first professional steps saw him working for three years as a graphic designer at Expanded Music, an important Italian record label that allowed him to refine his skills in the field of musical visual identity.

After his experience at Expanded Music, Schiavi decided to start his own business, founding his graphic design studio, FSD (Fabrizio Schiavi Design), in Piacenza. The studio operates as a multidisciplinary entity that spans from Type Design to corporate identities, from Web Design to traditional Graphic Design.

Schiavi’s client portfolio includes prestigious names in the Italian and international industrial and fashion landscape: Ferrari, C.P. Company, Mandarina Duck, Philip Morris, MTV, Nike, Stone Island, and Beretta. This variety of collaborations testifies to his ability to adapt his creative style to different sectors while maintaining consistently high-quality standards.

Schiavi is particularly recognized for his ambitious typographic project PragmataPro, a monospaced font family optimized for screens and specifically designed to be the ideal font for programming and mathematics. This project represents the culmination of his typographic research, combining technical functionality and aesthetic beauty in a single typeface that meets the needs of contemporary digital communication.

Fabrizio Schiavi stands out as a multidisciplinary designer with a particular predilection for typography, capable of ranging from designing complete visual identities to creating innovative typefaces. His career represents a significant example of how Italian design has managed to maintain its creative identity while adapting to the challenges of the digital world.

Today, from his studio in Piacenza, he continues to influence the contemporary design landscape, demonstrating that typographic research and design innovation can harmoniously coexist with Italian design traditions.