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The Art. Lebedev Studio is the largest Design company in Russia , founded in 1995 by '''Artemy Lebedev'''. They create both Industrial and Graphic Design ; their Motto is "''Design will save the world.''" As of 2005 , they have five principal Art Director s and over 170 employees. HISTORY AND WORK The studio began with graphic design, then expanded to include Interfaces , Web Design , and most recently industrial design. It has its own educational center, a publishing house, a media department, and several Software teams. As a policy, the studio works only for commercial entities and doesn't accept work from private citizens and political, governmental or religious organizations. The studio's website The studio's official website is available in Russian , French and English . Particular attention is given to typesetting, as if the site were a printed book; for example, punctuation marks and the characters Ф, О, C, Т, Л, Я, G, Q, W, V, t, f, т, 1 and 0 are rendered several pixels to the left when they are at the beginning of a line (using Cascading Style Sheets ) because they have parts that extend to the left and moving them improves flow and readability. The website also provides insight into its design concepts. Examples of work in the portfolio are often explained in detail - what were they supposed to signify and how exactly they are supposed to make the subject more accessible to the target public. On the Russian version of the site, free technical advice in HTML , XML , XSLT , JavaScript , CSS and other web technologies is dispensed from the knowledge accumulated by the studio designers. Hiring contests The studio periodically advertises open hiring contests on its website. Candidates are offered to demonstrate their skills in an original manner. For example, graphic designers were offered to retouch a photograph of an immobile crashed car to make it look like it's completely fixed and moving on a highway. Job offers for web designers are often hidden as Easter Egg s on the website or Comment s in HTML. Web design In Russia, the studio is largely known for its web design projects. According to their founder, their biggest contribution to this field has been the invention of Scalable Web Site s, in which key images compress or expand to accommodate available space. Their most popular work may be Yandex , Russia's biggest Search Engine . Industrial design In May 2005 , Samsung released the Sweetheart Microwave Oven designed by the studio. At that time it was unusual for such a large corporation to hire a Russian design firm. The studio recently received extensive media coverage for the Prototype Optimus Keyboard , a Computer Keyboard with customizable graphical displays on every key. Other design projects In 2007 Art. Lebedev Studio has designed the inaugural issue of Russia! Magazine , one of the few English-language periodicals about Russia. SEE ALSO
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