Rick Landesberg

Rick Landesberg

Rick founded Landesberg Design in 1982. His work has received awards from
the American Institute of Graphic Arts (AIGA), the Art Directors Club,
Communication Arts magazine, Print magazine, the New York Type Directors
Club, the Art Directors Club of Los Angeles, the Council for the Advancement
and Support of Education (CASE), the American Association of Museums, and
the University and College Designers Association (UCDA).

Rick has lectured on design issues nationally and abroad, and has judged the Communication Arts Design Annual competition. He was a founder and board member of the Pittsburgh chapter of the AIGA, and belongs to the Association of Professional Design Firms (APDF) and the Society for Environmental Graphic Design (SEGD). Rick taught design at Carnegie Mellon University for 15 years, and serves on the board of Calliope: The Pittsburgh Folk Music Society (he loves traditional Appalachian music), and he also serves on the communications advisory board of the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust; the public art committee of Riverlife Task Force; and the advisory board of Migration Policy Institute.

Rick received a BFA from University of the Arts in 1973, and also holds a Certificate, Advanced Course of Study, from Central St. Martins College of Art, London, England.