Why Design? - Stefan Sagmeister (AT/US)

“Everybody should talk about everything that’s everywhere. Design is everywhere.”

Stefan Sagmeister (b. Bregenz, 1962) set up his New York studio Sagmeister Inc. in 1993 and has designed for the Rolling Stones, HBO, and the Guggenheim Museum, et al. Nominated for eight Grammy awards, he finally won two: for the Talking Heads and Brian Eno & David Byrne. He has won practically every other significant design
award. In 2008, Abrams published Things I have learned in my life so far by Sagmeister. Sagmeister Inc. has had solo shows in Zurich, Vienna, New York, Berlin, Tokyo, Osaka, Prague, Cologne, Seoul, and Miami. Sagmeister currently teaches at the School of Visual Art in New York and lectures throughout the world. He studied at the Vienna University of Applied Arts, was a Fulbright Scholar, and received a Master’s degree from the Pratt Institute in New York.
www.sagmeister.com