About us
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The ArtGraphics.ru branding agency was founded in 2000 by Andrew Pourtov and Olga Pourtova.
Andrew Pourtov was born in the Sergiev Posad district of the oblast of Moscow (Russia). At the same time as studying at secondary school he graduated from correspondence schools of physics and mathematics. In 1998 he enrolled in the engineering faculty of Moscow Bauman state technical university and graduated from here in 1994 magna cum laude. After graduation he worked in an electronics sales company and was head of the sales department of Videoservice Corporation, where he analyzed, predicted, and managed the sales of video products of such film companies as Columbia Tristar, Buena Vista and Walt Disney throughout Russia. In 2000, Andrew became the co-founder and director general of ArtGraphics.ru studio. In 2003 he successfully completed the correspondence course “Basics of intellectual property” at WIPO (Geneva). In 2004 he became the publisher and editor-in-chief of Identity magazine, which after its first issue received the accolade of the “The Advertisement and Marketing Debut of the Year”. In 2006-2007 Andrew was the producer of the conference HiBrand 2007, which was recognized by “Marketing Management” magazine as the best conference in Russia in 2007. Andrew has written dozens of articles about branding in the Russian and foreign news media and is the author of over 30 registered trademarks. He has directly participated in practically all the branding projects of ArtGraphics.ru as a brand strategist, consultant or project manager. He is the producer of the international conference HiBrand 2008 Corporate Branding, the chairman of the steering committee of the international contest ”Identity: Best of the Best”, a member of the steering committee of the contest “Brand of the Year” in Belarus, and participates regularly as a judge in several designer contests in Russia. As the editor-in-chief of Identity magazine Andrew attends all the most interesting conferences on branding and marketing in Russia and the CIS, and periodically speaks and holds master classes at Russian and international conferences, exhibitions and festivals of marketing, branding, advertisement and design.
Tel.: +7 (495) 757-1985,
+7 (985) 761-6272, +7 (916) 674-7869
Olga Pourtova was born in Komsomolsk-on-Amur (Russia). She has always been interested in drawing: first spending several years in an art studio, then 4 years in a school of art. During her studies in Petrozavodsk state technical university she worked for some time as a street portrait artist. After graduating from the university she worked for three years as a designer in advertising agencies in the cities of Petrozavodsk and Moscow. In 2000, she co-founded the ArtGraphics.ru studio and became its art director. Since 2004 Olga has also been the art director of Identity magazine, which covers various issues of branding and design. In 2004, she attended Tagir Safaev’s classes in the Higher Academic School of Graphic Design. In 2005 and 2006 she attended two courses of lectures on general and higher typography by Maxim Zhukov. Olga frequently takes part and has often won prizes in various contests and exhibitions dedicated to graphic design. In addition, she often participates in such events as a judge. Olga is one of the best logo trademark and corporate identity designers in Russia. As an art director and brand consultant she participated in virtually all the projects undertaken by ArtGraphics.ru. As a designer she completed many important projects which achieved distinction in many design and advertising contests and festivals such as “Tamga”, PROFI, “Golden Flea”, “Idea!”, Moscow International Advertising Festival, “Grafit”, DeArt etc. Olga has written several articles about corporate identity and brand architecture, and she is the author and co-author or over 90 trademarks. She combines the work as art director in ArtGraphics.ru and Identity magazine with tutorage; she employs students and trainees, participates in their graduation work, gives lectures, and holds master classes on the creation of trademarks and corporate identity.
Tel.: +7 (495) 757-1985, +7 ( 985) 761-6272
E-mail: olga@artgraphics.ru