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
made feels humans
Ensure it feels like it's made by humans, for humans.
design ass
Work your ass off. Don't be an asshole.
thinking desire want
I think it's ultimately inhuman to only see things for their functionality. We want things to be more than that. The desire for beauty is something that's in us, and it's not trivial.
bullshit done enough
I have done enough bullshit lately, I just have to make time for something better. Something good.
believe design teeth
If you want to communicate something, youd 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.
art design pieces
You can have an art experience in front of a Rembrandt... or in front of a piece of graphic design.
needs designer reaching
To be a good designer, you would need to have deep and far-reaching interests outside of the profession.
wind important littles
It is very important to embrace failure and to do a lot of stuff — as much stuff as possible — with as little fear as possible. It’s much, much better to wind up with a lot of crap having tried it than to overthink in the beginning and not do it.
motivational letting-go silly
Complaining is silly. Either act or forget.
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?
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?