Louis Filosa

Louis Filosa is a New York-based industrial designer who runs Louis Filosa Studio, established in 2013, alongside his role leading the industrial design team at Smart Design. Through the studio he partners with a select group of clients whose goals align with his own, following a principle he calls “simplicity with soul”: simplifying complex products and giving them an identifiable personality.

His career includes spells as industrial design director at Karim Rashid Studio and at Method, and clients have included Gantri, Restful, CB2, Rodina Illuminacion and Everlane. Awards include a Red Dot for packaging in 2013, NYCxDesign’s best boutique hotel prize for Arlo Hotel in 2017, a Best of Year furniture award for the BoConcept Chelsea collection and a Core77 packaging award for Method Aluminium in 2022, and a place in Time’s Best Inventions 2025.