Studied at Graphics and Drawing at the Instituto Statale d’Arte Porta Romana, Florence; Typographic Design at the London College of Printing, London and further studies in Calligraphy, Calligrams and Japanese.

Freelance since 1978. She specialises in book and brochure design, advertising and point of sale.

Banks & venture capitalists: Advent International, Apax Partners, Macquarie Bank, NatWest Bank, Pantheon Venture designing brochures, financial tombstones and presentations.

Pharmaceuticals: Hoechst, ICI designing their manuals and video training presentation of new products.

Publishing: Conran Octopus, Methuen, Mitchell Beazley, Random House Children’s’ Books, Palawan Press, Philip Wilson Publishers, Scala Publishers, Sidgwick & Jackson, designing books, catalogues, brochures, advertising, posters, point-of-sale, exhibition design.

Galleries: The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, The Barber Institute, Birmingham, The Royal Asiatic Society/The Walters Museum, Baltimore, The Frick Collection, New York, The National Gallery of American Art, Washington, The Prado Museum, Madrid designing catalogues and books.

Commercial/law: BBC, Cheltenham & Gloucester Building Society, P&O Nedlloyd, The Police Foundation, Sidley & Austin, Waterstone’s Booksellers designing brochures and presentations.

Packaging and development: Follies of Europe: Architectural Extravaganzas for The Garden Art Press, Citadelle et Mazenod, Paris, DVA, Munich as well as organising the accompanying travelling exhibition. Discovering American History in Britain for Dan Giles Publishing, London.

Currently involved in projects for Rizzoli, New York and design and concept development of a series of wine books for Wine Behind the Label and a series of Garden Guides. Development and design for The Belgian Tourist Board, London and Architectural Extravaganzas: Follies of Eastern Europe as a travelling exhibition, co-edition publishing deals. Working with Lion Productions on Contemporary Folly-makers.