Sam Colavecchio - Landesberg Design

Sam comes to Landesberg Design from Carnegie Mellon University, where she earned a Master’s Degree in Design; she also has a BA in Gender, Sexuality and Women’s Studies from the University of Pittsburgh. Prior to joining LD, Sam had experience working with Pittsburgh-area nonprofits: designing educational and marketing communications for The Center for Student Diversity and Inclusion at CMU, and supporting Pennsylvania Organization for Women in Early Recovery (POWER) in both client-facing and communications roles. Sam’s design approach balances conscientious research and thoughtful decision making with curious, unexpected, and joyful typographic solutions.

My “tombstone” typeface:

I first fell in love with typography during handwriting classes in elementary school. So maybe something handwritten by me as a kid would feel like coming full circle.

Dinner with one person living or dead—who?

PJ Harvey. I admire how she is not contained by mediums or expectations. She’s a personal hero of mine and is one of the most creative people I can think of.