Artemy Lebedev

Artemy Lebedev in Krasnoyarsk

Artemy Lebedev (born 13 February 1975, Moscow) is a Russian designer and businessman. He is the founder of the design company Art. Lebedev Studio.^[1] He is also an avid blogger,^[2] known for his rather provocative views and frequent usage of obscene language.

Lebedev is the son of Tatyana Tolstaya and a member of the Russian aristocratic Tolstoy family. He spent 1 year studying in Parkville High School, after returning to Moscow, he enrolled at Moscow State University, but dropped out during his second year. He spent the following years working for a few design studios until 1995 when he founded his own company Art. Lebedev Studio, which is known outside of Russia for creating products like Optimus Maximus keyboard.

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