Maurizio Milani was born in Milan in March 02 1955, studied graphic design under Albe Steiner at the Società Umanitaria. In 1976 he and his brother Armando Milani founded their own graphic design company.
He specialised in corporate identity and signage, since 1981 when he also began to teach. He initially gave courses in Graphic Design at the Società Umanitaria then moved on to teaching at the Istituto Europeo del Design.
At present he teaches Corporate Identity and Signage Programmes at the Accademia di Comunicazione and Industrial Design for Visual Communication in the 3rd Architectural Faculty of the Politecnico di Milano. He lectured at a variety of conferences and masters programmes including those at Università del Progetto di Modena, the Istituto Europeo del Design in Rome, the Master TdC Fashion of Tessile di Como, the Northern Illinois University of Chicago and in numerous other institutions and business.
He created the corporate image for Gruppo Zerowatt, Gruppo Cartario Cordenons, Tessile di Como, Federazione Italiana Malattie Polmonari Sociali, Gruppo Italtel, Gruppo Enimont, for the Property Developers Pietro Mezzaroma and Rione Rinascimento and the signage programmes for Italtel, IEO European Institute of Oncology, Snam, Tessile di Como, Fondazione Policlinico and Ospedale Niguarda in Milan.
His works have been published in the most important italian and international graphic magazines.
The achievements of Maurizio Milani have been celebrated with exibitions organized within various cities around the world, including Milan, Rome, Aosta and São Paolo, Brasil. The exhibition “100 meters with Maurizio Milani, 35 years of graphic design” opened in December 2010 in Milan and in September 2012 in the Fortress of Sarzana.
Some of the most important names in the international media have interviewed him and he has appeared on several of the major italian television networks to talk about his work.
In 2005 he recived a degree honoris causa in science communication at the Isfoa University in Rome.