A designer, inventor, innovator, blogger and just not like everyone else - these definitions are the best fit for Artemy Lebedev, the founder of the eponymous design studio. There has been a lot of talk about him for a long time, although he himself prefers to keep his private life in the shadow of professional fame.
The wife of Artemy Lebedev is a figure as extraordinary as the famous designer himself, and even mystical, because information about her is not available to the general public. Everyone knows that the versatile Lebedev does not seek to reveal the secrets of his personal life and to devote anyone to them, in particular the representatives of the media.
Family and childhood, early career
Artemy comes from a very eminent family of the writer Tatyana Tolstoy and the philologist Andrei Lebedev, therefore it is not surprising that Artemy grew up as an extraordinary and very extraordinary, versatile personality. He is known to the general public, first of all, as a designer, the author of the visual design of such giant companies as Yandex. He also owns other soul-sinking logos. Today he owns virtually all large government orders, he is a participant and winner of almost all tenders.
Lebedev is also actively involved in educational activities, travels around the country with lectures on design and the creation of convenient, practical things for everyday life, for example, he teaches how to create a work of art from a garbage can. Artemiy's pen also publishes masterpieces; on the website of his famous “Art. Lebedev Studio” there is even a special section where he places funny typos, trying to ridicule the illiteracy of some authors. By the way, this studio, where Lebedev is the creator and co-owner, is one of the most expensive and demanded in the capital. In addition, "A-square" and "Artographica" also belong to the extraordinary designer.
At the end of the 80s. the Lebedev-Tolstoy family went to the USA, the city of Baltimore, where Tatiana taught at the university. Nothing is known for certain about Artemy's life there, but he literally fled from there back to Moscow, where he immediately entered the journalism faculty of Moscow State University. By the way, Lebedev did not receive his diploma, because he was expelled from the second year for systematic absenteeism. However, Artemy has been an active truant since his school days, which in no way prevented him from becoming one of the most successful and wealthy people in Russia. He also could not boast of academic success.
Years of activity, extraordinary position
Artemy Lebedev's activity began in 1992 - at this difficult time he started his business together with a couple of friends. Lebedev was helped by his acquaintance with the art director Arkady Troyanker, from whom the aspiring designer adopted many "tricks", and also learned how to run his own business.
Despite his eminent origin (Lebedev is the great-grandson of Alexei Tolstoy by his mother), he left the family very early on free bread (16 years old). At the end of the 90s. Artemy is already becoming the most famous metropolitan designer and is quickly making a worthy fortune for himself. Today Lebedev is also known as a scandalous person, because the designer will definitely not get into his pocket for a word and can give a worthy rebuff to any interlocutor. Artemy gained fame as a blogger, in this field he also gained popularity and a large number of fans from among his Internet subscribers.
First of all, Lebedev is a reformer; today he prefers to rely exclusively on himself in matters of doing business. Today, in his studio, despite the liberty of morals, there are unspoken laws. According to one of them, for example, employees cannot discuss each other's fees, for this dismissal is provided. According to Lebedev, this is an essential factor responsible for the success of any project.
Secrets of personal life
The private life of Artemy Lebedev is very closed and practically inaccessible to prying eyes. However, the extraordinary designer became famous as the father of many children of 6 boys and 4 girls. According to him, he devotes a lot of time to raising his offspring and does it with great pleasure. The eldest child is over 20 years old, and the youngest daughter was born in 2017.
It is only known for certain that he was officially married exactly once to Marina Litvinovich. By the way, Lebedev's wife is also a graduate of Moscow State University, the Faculty of Philosophy. Enough is known about her activities, for example, for some time Marina was engaged in the development of the design of the official website for Boris Nemtsov. Litvinovich is an active politician; she has always openly expressed her position, in contrast to her husband, who prefers travel and new impressions to politics. In particular, Marina launched an active social network "VKontakte" in connection with the death of miners in Kuzbass, for which she was later repeatedly condemned by followers.
The journalist account of this girl also has many famous investigations, because she worked with very popular people, for example, with Mikhail Khodorkovsky. Litvinovich heads the Fund for Assistance to the Victims of Terror, back in 2004 she was recognized as the youngest successful politician in Russia.
In 2001, the couple had a son, Savva. In an interview with Yuri Dudyu Lebedev, he admitted that on the eve of the wedding, he decided to arrange a bachelor party directly on the Facebook social network, which his wife did not like very much. Subsequently, Artemy literally had to beg for forgiveness. Lebedev's current status is unknown. There are suggestions that he is legally married to designer Alena Lebedeva. Although Lebedev himself did not receive official confirming information about the marriage with his colleague, this is so in the spirit of Artemy, which does not surprise anyone.
