Stefan Sagmeister
New York
Stefan Sagmeister wurde 1962 in Bregenz in Österreich geboren. Er studierte Grafik und Design an der Universität für angewandte Kunst Wien und am Pratt Institute in New York. Nach einem Aufenthalt in Hongkong bei der Agentur Leo Burnett gründete er 1993 in New York seine eigene Agentur, Sagmeister Inc. Seiner Passion für Musik hat er mit CD-Cover Designs und Packaging für namhafte Interpreten Rechnung getragen. 1997 und 1999 gestaltete er Poster für das AIGA (American Institute of Graphic Arts), die Titelseite für das Designmagazin »Print« (März/April 1996) sowie die New York-Ausgabe des japanischen Designmagazins »Idea«. Stefan Sagmeister erhielt für seine Arbeiten zahlreiche internationale Auszeichnungen, darunter einen Grammy für ein Albumdesign der Talking Heads. Aktuell wurde er mit dem Lucky-Strike-Award 2009 ausgezeichnet. Er unterrichtet an zahlreichen Hochschulen, unter anderem an der School of Visual Art sowie an der Cooper Union School of Art in New York.
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Stefan Sagmeister was born 1962 in Bregenz\Austria. He studied graphics and design at the University of Applied Arts in Vienna and at the Pratt Institute, New York. After spending some time with the Leo Burnett Agency, Hong Kong, he established his own agency in New York in 1993, Sagmeister Inc. His passion for music is reflected in his designs for CD covers and the packaging for renowned interpreters. In 1997 and 1999 he designed posters for the AIGA (American Institute of Graphic Arts), the cover for the design magazine »Print« (March/April 1996) as well as for the New York edition of the Japanese design magazine »Idea«. Stefan Sagmeister has received numerous international awards, among them a Grammy for an album cover for Talking Heads. He is teaching at several Academies, among them the School of Visual Art and the Cooper Union School of Art in New York.
www.sagmeister.com
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Things I have learned in my life so far.
Astonishingly, Stefan Sagmeister has only learned twenty or so things in his life so far. But he did manage to publish these personal maxims all over the world, in spaces normally occupies by advertisements and promotions: as billboards, projections, light-boxes, magazine spreads, annual report covers, fashion brochures, and, recently, as giant inflatable monkeys. In this presentation Sagmeister throws his diary, a lot of design, and a little art together with a pinch of psychology and a dash of happiness into a blender and pushes the button. It tastes surprisingly yummy.
This book was published in Spring 2008 by Abrams featuring 15 different covers and 256 pages.
Concept: Stefan Sagmeister
Design: Stefan Sagmeister & Matthias Ernstberger
Photo: Henry Leutwyler
Illustration: Yuki Muramatsu, Stephan Walter
Editor: Deborah Aaronson
Production: Anet Sirna-Bruder
Client: Abrams Inc.
Year: 2008
Reini_Dear_Girls
My shy Austrian friend Reini visited New York and was worried that nobody is going to talk to him and all the sophisticated New York women are going to hate him.
We put up these posters in the Lower East side. At a little party we gave for him the poster was the conversation piece that started him talking to a beautiful woman and they did go out.
Its one of the few pieces of successful advertising I have been involved with.
Concept & Design: Stefan Sagmeister
Anni_Kuan_Iron
Burn-marked Fall/Winter 2003 brochure for Anni Kuan, an Asian fashion designer working in New York.
We bought 10 irons and utilized them like printing presses, -- an iron burns through the 16 pages of one brochure in 5 minutes.
Concept: Stefan Sagmeister
Illustration/Photography/Design: Julia Fuchs
Typography: Matthias Ernstberger
Client: Anni Kuan
Date: 2003
size: 16 x 23 inch, 410 x 585 mm
Photo Credits for Stefan Sagmeister Show:
Photo Courtesy of Tom Powel and Deitch Projects
Sagmeister Aiga Detroit poster
Art Direction: Stefan Sagmeister
Photography: Tom Schierlitz
Client: Aiga Detroit
Date: 1999
Size: 27.5" x 39" (69 x 99 cm)
Everybody (always) things they are right.
....about everything.
concept: Stefan Sagmeister
design: Matthias Ernstberger
photo: Bela Borsodi
Sagmeister_Inc_exhibit_GGG_DDD
A poster advertising design exhibitions in Osaka and Tokyo with a classic before/after situation. The top picture shows Stefan Sagmeister at 178 pounds, the bottom picture shows him one week later, having consumed all the shown food items and gained 25 pounds.
Not an enjoyable binge.
Art Direction: Stefan Sagmeister
Design: Stefan Sagmeister, Matthias Ernstberger
Photography: Tom Schierlitz
Client: DDD gallery, Osaka and GGG gallery, Tokyo
Date: 2003
Size: 28.5" x 40.5", 720mm x 1030mm
AIGA Colorado Banana Poster
Sagmeister Inc.
Art Director: Stefan Sagmeister
Design: Joe Shouldice
Photography: Henry Leutwyler
Client: AIGA Colorado
Date: 2008
Stefan Sagmeister
© by Cris Cassady
Things_to_do
Invitation Card for the AIGA Atlanta lecture
Design: Stefan Sagmeister
Client: Aiga Atlanta
Date: 1999
