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.

Why design?

I almost missed the boat. I was always interested in art as a hobby, and was always eager to create the art for club t-shirts, event flyers, and whatever else my friends and family needed. It wasn’t until my junior or senior year of high school that I found out that there was something called “graphic design” and that my hobby could be a career.

If I could magically acquire a new skill, I'd…

Whatever skill is needed to make me a Ron-Swanson-level woodworker.