Ilenia Notarangelo is Creative Director and co-founder of illo.tv, international motion design & illustration studio, and algo.tv, practice focused on video automation and data-visualization. Born 1985, Italian designer and Creative Director with degree in Cinema & Media Engineering.
Founded illo in 2012 with Luca Gonnelli in Turin, Italy. Leads very diverse team of around 15 people working for clients including Bloomberg, Airbnb, Google, Meta, Samsung, Apple, and innovative startups. As CEO & Creative Director, has been focusing work on developing visual systems for digital products, considering both functional and emotional aspects. Work, awarded by Art Directors Club and Awwwards, focused on bringing visual synthesis, bold color palettes, and clear concepts to world of digital design and technology, with deep passion for what's next in both fields. Featured on Vimeo Staff Picks, Communication Arts, Creative Quarterly, and DDA. Speaker at international conferences including OFFF, Forward Festival, and Mouvo. After years experimenting with automated video creation at illo, co-founded sister studio Algo with Luca Gonnelli, where she acts as Founder & Head of Design. Algo specializes in turning data into videos at scale, working with New York Times, Bloomberg, and platforms building creative tools making motion design more accessible within organizations. Renovating barn and building creative residency program in Langhe region.
Arianna Cristiano, born in Rome, is a Design Director at illo. After studying Graphic Design and Photography, her desire to develop an interdisciplinary approach to visual communication led her to dive into digital illustration and move to Turin in 2016. Her work is defined by a strong use of pop-infused abstraction, expressed through colour, geometry, and visual synthesis — with a touch of irony and irreverence.
At Illo, she pushes the creative direction of projects, always challenging herself and the team across new styles and techniques, turning each one into an opportunity to grow. Over the course of her journey from Intern to Design Director, she has collaborated with a range of internationally renowned clients, including Google, Meta, Apple, Snapchat, Samsung, Storytel, Airbnb, and Vibram. She has been a speaker at Blend, Motion Motion, and Design Bomb 2, and her work has been featured in publications such as Mindsparkle Mag, It’s Nice That, and The Brand Identity.
