Stefan Sagmeister
Stefan Sagmeister
Stefan Sagmeisteris a New York-based graphic designer and typographer. Sagmeister co-founded a design firm called Sagmeister & Walsh Inc. with Jessica Walsh in New York City. He has designed album covers for Lou Reed, OK Go, The Rolling Stones, David Byrne, Jay Z, Aerosmith and Pat Metheny...
NationalityAustrian
ProfessionDesigner
Date of Birth6 August 1962
CountryAustria
honest
You're authentic when you're honest.
design make-you-happy
Yes, design can make you happy.
overcoming turns wells
Whenever I do overcome my inherent fear, it turns out well.
design looks typography
I discovered that I never really used Helvetica but I like to look at it. I like the VW beetle, too, although I've never driven one.
work-out guts
Having guts always works out for me.
drug drag feels
Drugs feel great in the beginning and become a drag later on.
pain heart joy
Peter Noever is a pain in the ass and a joy in the heart.
blow yield rooms
Being in a foreign place, preferably for the first time, having seen many things and collected new impressions, and returning to an empty hotel room with an hour or so to blow. That mix often yields fine results.
running cutting mind
In running, I know that I can train as much as I want and Im never going to break the world record for the five miles. Its partly genetics; Im just not built for it. But if I worked really hard, I might be able to cut my time by half. Could I do the same thing with my mind and my well-being?
interesting honest
Everyone who is honest is interesting.
welcome computer excuse
Any excuse to get away from the computer screen is welcome.
absolutely downtown good modernist neutrality ridiculous sure thirties toronto
Downtown Toronto is a very good place to talk about the neutrality of modernist architecture. I'm sure this kind of box-building was interesting in the Twenties, Thirties and Forties, but I think it's absolutely ridiculous to build like this in 2013.
design fine people stay
Some people said, 'Oh you're going to become a fine artist now and do exhibits and stuff.' But I have no desire to do that. I really like design and I'm going to stay with it.
believe design great impression lasting piece sure teeth time
If you want to communicate something, you'd better make sure that your design piece is well-dressed and that its teeth are fixed. At the same time, I still believe that if it is only stylistically great and it has nothing to say, it still is not going to make a lasting impression on anybody.