Art. Lebedev Studio
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{{Infobox company
| name = Art. Lebedev Studio
|logo = Art lebedev.jpg
|logo_size = 100px
|type = Private
|foundation = 1995
|industry = Internet
|location_city = Moscow
|location_country = Russia
|key_people = Artemy Lebedev
|homepage = {{Official URL}}
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Art. Lebedev Studio is a design firm in Russia, founded in 1995 by Artemy Lebedev.
The studio creates industrial and graphic design for commercial entities and does not accept projects from private citizens and political or religious organizations. Its motto is "Design will save the world." As of November 2011, it has five principal art directors and over 300 employees. The studio has its headquarters in Moscow, as well as other offices in Kyiv, London and New York City.{{cite web|url=http://www.artlebedev.com/studio/ |title=A few words about Art. Lebedev Studio |publisher=Artlebedev.com |accessdate=14 May 2011}}
Art. Lebedev Studio is owned by the holding company Art. Lebedev Group (ALG), which owns several other design and advertising companies.{{citation needed|date=March 2016}}
History and work
File:Artemy Lebedev.jpg, the Studio's founder, in 2005]]
The studio began with graphic design, then expanded to include interfaces, web design, and most recently industrial design. It has an educational center, a publishing house, a media department, and several software teams. In 2011, Russian advertising research company AdMe called them the leading web studio in Russia.{{cite web|url=http://www.adme.ru/research/2007/04/04/16614/ |title=Результаты рейтинга: TOP-100 ведущих веб-студий 2007 |publisher=Adme.ru |accessdate=14 May 2011 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080918004827/http://www.adme.ru/research/2007/04/04/16614/ |archivedate=18 September 2008 }}
= Website =
The studio's official website is available in Russian and English. The Russian version of the site has technical advice in HTML, XML, XSLT, JavaScript, CSS and other web technologies. The site is typeset as if it were a printed book; for example, punctuation marks and characters which extend to the left (Ф, О, Т, V, т and several others) are rendered several pixels to the left when they are at the beginning of a line.{{cite web|url=http://www.artlebedev.com/mandership/120/ |title=Artemy Lebedev's .com-Mandership, § 120. Hanging punctuation |publisher=Artlebedev.com |date=19 October 2005 |accessdate=14 May 2011}}
= Design work =
Art. Lebedev Studio produced the design for Russian search engine Yandex, financial group Alfa-Bank, the news sites Lenta.Ru and Gazeta.Ru and Russian promotional websites for Microsoft and Intel.{{cite web|url=http://www.artlebedev.com/everything/ |title=Portfolio of Art. Lebedev Studio |publisher=Artlebedev.com |accessdate=14 May 2011 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110506040555/http://www.artlebedev.com/everything/ |archivedate=6 May 2011 }}
They designed the Optimus Maximus keyboard, with customizable Organic light-emitting diode displays on every key, and the Just5 Brick mobile phone.{{Cite web|url=http://calvertjournal.com/news/show/1245/art-lebedev-studio-launches-90s-style-mobile-phones|title=Art Lebedev Studio launches 90s-style mobile phone {{!}} News|access-date=18 September 2016}} They also won a public vote for the best redesign of the Moscow Metro map, in 2013.
See also
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- Parser, a web scripting language developed by the studio for its web projects and released as free software.
References
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External links
- {{Official website}}
- [https://www.engadget.com/2011/12/06/art-lebedev-details-optimus-popularis-keyboard-puts-mini-six-up/ Engadget - Art Lebedev details Optimus Popularis keyboard, puts Mini Six up for pre-order]
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