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.

A favorite structure or environment is:

I was really moved by the Berlin Wall Memorial when I visited last year. It’s incredibly tragic and emotional, yet so hopeful and intensely human.

What is something you are insanely curious about?

I’ve always been excited by outer space. My big dream as a kid was to work for NASA.