Profile
Studio
LS is a communication design studio established in Milan in 2006 by Alberto Cantone and Paolo Ciampagna.
We partner with cultural, commercial, public and private institutions, NGOs and international organizations, working with them to communicate, inform and engage people by shaping visual identities, editorial projects, digital tools and environmental spaces.
Our approach combines context analysis, content organisation, and narrative development to deliver projects defined by clarity, impact and performance.
Beyond our professional practice, we are educators, lecturing at design schools—such as CFP Bauer, IED Milano, Politecnico di Milano and Isia Urbino—and public programs.
Alberto and Paolo with Elena and Elisa in their studio in Milan.
Clients
COMMERCIAL / PRIVATE
Active Games, Beatrice Villata Interior Designer, Bwin Party, Concrete Investing, Fausto Lupetti editore, Gioco Digitale, Impresa Rusconi, IPPI, La Cafferia, Leroy Merlin, Mamoli Robinetteria, Mangelo, Marina Rinaldi, Mazzucchelli 1849, Mia Care, Mia Fintech, Mia Platform, Minolta, MultiAir Italia, OCIS, P101, Pisa Orologeria, Recanati Europe, Ristorante Luce, Santambrogio Design Studio, Think Global, Vivisol – Sol Group, Zucchi Group.
CULTURAL / PUBLIC
AFOL Metropolitana, Comune di Mantova, Comune di Milano, Fondazione Teatro Fraschini, IED Istituto Europeo di Design, MAN – Museo d’arte provincia di Nuoro, MUFOCO (MUNAF) – Museo di Fotografia Contemporanea, Museo della Stampa di Mondovì, Regione Lombardia, Rete Fotografia, Teatro dal Verme e i Pomeriggi Musicali.
NGOs / HUMANITARIAN
IFRC – International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, IOM – International Organization for Migration, MSF – Medici Senza Frontiere, Source International, The Good Lobby, UNDCO – United Nations Development Coordination Office, UNDIS – United Nations Disability Inclusion Strategy, UNDP – United Nations Development Programme, UNFPA – United Nations Population Fund, UNICEF – United Nations agency for children, UNIDO – United Nations Industrial Development Organization, United Nations, UNPRPD – Global Disability Fund.
People
Alberto Giorgio Cantone
Paolo Ciampagna
TEAM
Elisa Navoni
Elena Panetti
COLLABORATIONS 2006/2025
Riccardo Anelli, Elena Bonanomi, Marta Croce, Daria Donadoni, Livia Galeazzi, Fabio Gioia, Emilio Grazzi, Charlotte Orsi Mazzucchelli, Matteo Pont, Paola Ribaudo.
Exhibitions
2024
Graphic Days, Torino
2024
Big Biennale Internazionale Grafica, Milano
2017
AIAP Community Rome
2016
ADI Design Index
2013
The New Italian Design – La Triennale di Milano, San Francisco, California
2015
Triennale di Milano, The New Italian Design 2.0, International exhibition (Bilbao, Pechino, Cape Town)
2013
Plaster – CoCA, Center of Contemporary Art Znaki Czasu, Toruǹ, Polonia
2013
Grafici Mobili – Corraini Edizioni, Milano
2013
Aiap Community – Aiap, Milano
2011
La mano del Grafico – FAI Villa Necchi, Milano
2011
150 – Fiera della Grafia, Civitanova Marche
2010
Pagine da colorare – Liberei 121+ e Corraini edizioni, Milano
2010
Don’t belive the type… In Sanghai – Ship of fools gallery, Shangai
2008
Manifestinno – Aiap, Aosta
2008
Aiap Community – Aiap, Aosta
2007
Aiap Community – Aiap, Perugia
2007
Attraversamenti – Biennale della grafia, Trevi
2006
Le reliquie di sottospirito – Aiap, Milano
Publications
2013
Font In Use – blog
2013
It’s Nice That – blog
2013
The New Italian Design – La Triennale di Milano, San Francisco, California
2013
Plaster – CoCA, Center of Contemporary Art Znaki Czasu, Toruǹ, Polonia
2013
Grafici Mobili – Corraini Edizioni, Milano
2013
Aiap Community – Aiap, Milano
2011
La mano del Grafico – FAI Villa Necchi, Milano
2011
150 – Fiera della Grafia, Civitanova Marche
2010
Pagine da colorare – Liberei 121+ e Corraini edizioni, Milano
2010
Don’t belive the type… In Sanghai – Ship of fools gallery, Shangai
2008
Manifestinno – Aiap, Aosta
2008
Aiap Community – Aiap, Aosta
2007
Aiap Community – Aiap, Perugia
2007
Attraversamenti – Biennale della grafia, Trevi
2006
Le reliquie di sottospirito – Aiap, Milano
About this website
Nowadays digital infrastructure has become one of the fastest-growing sources of energy consumption worldwide. Data centers, networks, and AI models now account for an increasingly significant share of global electricity use, and their demand continues to rise.
While technological progress enables new forms of creativity and communication, it also requires us to be aware of its environmental impact.
For this reason, this website integrates energy-conscious design principles and offer a low-data version that reduces bandwidth, processing, and display energy requirements. A small gesture — but one that reflects a broader responsibility in how we design and experience the digital space.
The low-resolution mode is a technical option and a visual statement. The dithered images reinterpret digital imperfection as an aesthetic language — one that values reduction, clarity, and intent over excess. This suggests a different approach: lighter, slower, and more deliberate.
The full-resolution image size is 291 KB in WebP format.
The dithered, low-resolution version of the same image is 75 kB in GIF format.
DARK MODE
Optimized for low-light environments and reduced screen power consumption.
HI-RES/LOW-RES
Dithered images and lighter pages reduce data and energy use — an aesthetic and environmental choice.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Thanks to Luigi Bevilacqua (↗︎), whose technical insight and good humour made this website possible.