Michael Artman - Landesberg Design

Michael’s strengths are brand identity design, editorial design and strategy, and illustration. Since joining the firm in 2014, he has produced award-winning work for clients including Kenyon College, Valparaiso University, University of Pittsburgh, Tulane University, Wheeling Symphony Orchestra, City Theatre, and more. His redesign of Phillips Academy’s Andover magazine was a finalist for the prestigious Robert Sibley Magazine of the Year Award. 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.

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.

My hidden talent

I’m a former chess champion. Not quite a “grandmaster,” but good enough.