Stefan Sagmeister is a New York-based graphic designer, storyteller, & typographer. Stefan was born August 6, 1962 in Bregenz, Austria. He has won several Grammy Awards, including Best Recording Package & Best Box or Special Limited Edition Package. He is best known for his part in the movie, The Happy Film. Stefan Sagmeister is an inspiration & intriguing designer who is has also been recognized for his unorthodox, provocative designs that tweak the status quo and question the designers role in society. "Long ago, Sagmeister, whose motto was “Style=Fart,” replaced style with attitude. His designs are rooted in disorienting images and self-defining aphorisms. With apparent ease, Sagmeister morphs—as tricksters are wont to do—taking on various skins, from graphic designer to conceptual typographer to performance artist. When the mood strikes, he returns to being a designer, and a completely new cycle of transformation commences." For an AIGA lecture in 1999, he famously had the lettering for the event poster carved into his naked body; for his 2003 “Sagmeister on a binge” exhibition poster, he ate 100 different junk foods, gaining more than 25 pounds, and took “before” and “after” photographs of his semi-nude body. For a short typographic film, he dangled precariously out of an upper-story window of the Empire State Building as police scrambled with nets below. The list goes on.
Sounds like a wild guy.... Crossing boundaries... he even tried and failed at film making...
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