Michael Artman - Landesberg Design

Michael’s strengths are brand identity design, editorial design and strategy, and illustration. Prior to Landesberg, he co-founded Artman Purdy Studios to design, produce, and publish Rustbelt Almanac, an artful quarterly magazine celebrating small business owners, social activists, and community-driven initiatives in the Great Lakes Region. His work includes projects for Kenyon College, August Wilson African American Cultural Center, Tulane University, Valparaiso University, and City Theatre.

Michael is also an adjunct design instructor, and past education director for AIGA Pittsburgh.

Early fascination with design?

In elementary school I would draw hockey players in my notebooks during class. I wasn’t conscious of “design.” At some point the hidden “NJ” inside the New Jersey Devils logo revealed itself to me. The logo worked on its own as an appealing symbol, but realizing it communicated something more was eye-opening.

What is something you are insanely curious about?

Molecular Biology. Oh, and the people in the background of live music recordings. Who are you, John Doe, gently laughing from the front row as Rodney Dillard launches into “Never See My Home Again” at the Mecca in 1964? What is your story, and where are you now?