Artifact Design
- Open roles
- 0
- Founded
- 1998
- Employees
- 11-50
- Offices
- 1
About Artifact Design
Artifact Design is a design-driven production and post-production studio based in Atlanta, Georgia. Founded in 1998 by animator Ken Vale and two colleagues from the video production industry, it began as a boutique business focused on 3D animation and motion graphics. Its capabilities subsequently expanded to encompass live-action production, editorial, visual effects and finishing for advertising agencies, television networks and brands.
The studio combines visual design with production and post-production services. Its design work includes concept art, art direction, illustration, broadcast title packages and motion graphics. Animation capabilities span 2D motion design, 3D modeling, character animation and computer-generated imagery. Projects can also draw on commercial directing and cinematography, allowing live-action footage and animated elements to be developed within the same production.
Visual effects and finishing
Artifact’s visual effects work includes on-set supervision, matte painting, set extensions, crowd duplication, compositing and the integration of practical and digital effects. Editorial, color correction and grading support delivery for broadcast television and digital platforms. This combination enables the studio to contribute across multiple stages of a campaign, from establishing its visual approach through completing the final images.
Its work for Georgia Lottery through BBDO Atlanta includes visual effects, CG and finishing for commercials featuring Kevin the Goat. For the Keno! spot The Fire King, Artifact completed design and visual effects work supporting the campaign’s medieval-fantasy setting and fire-breathing character.
The studio’s broader portfolio includes broadcast branding and promotional work for Cartoon Network, NBC Sports, HBO Latino and OWN, alongside commercial projects for Bridgestone Golf, The Home Depot and Bayer Crop Science. Healthcare work includes a seven-spot Tampa General Hospital campaign involving on-set VFX supervision, editorial, visual effects and color grading. Across these projects, Artifact applies its animation, design and finishing capabilities to network identities, product advertising, public-service messaging and other screen-based content.
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Ownership history
In his 2017 interview, Ken Vale said he bought out his two founding partners within the company’s first few years and became its sole business owner.
Operating model
The studio describes a core in-house team supported by specialist networks that scale with project requirements. Its official About page promotes camera-based collaboration with clients on either coast, allowing national agency relationships to be served from Atlanta.
Historical creative leadership
Ryan Tuttle’s tenure as creative director spanned approximately twelve years. In 2023, he moved to independent studio Mr. Wolf to lead advertising projects and help build its Atlanta commercial team; that move did not establish a corporate affiliation between the studios.
Notable credits
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Where Artifact Design is based
- 455 Glen Iris Drive NE, Studio F, Atlanta, GA 30308, United StatesAtlanta, Georgia, United States
Atlanta office
HeadquartersOverall company headquarters and physical production and post-production studio in Atlanta’s Old Fourth Ward.
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