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Sagmeister, a native of Austria, received his MFA
in graphic design from the University of Applied
Arts in Vienna and, as a Fulbright Scholar, a master’s
degree from Pratt Institute in New York. He formed
the New York based Sagmeister
Inc. in 1993 and has since designed graphics
and packaging for the Rolling Stones, David
Byrne, Lou Reed, Aerosmith and Pat Metheny. His
work has been nominated four times for the Grammies
and has won most international design awards. In
2001 a monograph about his work titled Sagmeister:
Made You Look was published by Booth-Clibborn
editions.
Keynote: What things I have
learned in my life so far?
Astonishingly, Stefan Sagmeister has only learned
20 or so things in his life so far. But he did manage
to publish these personal maxims all over the world:
as billboards, projections, light-boxes, magazine
spreads, annual report covers and, recently, as
giant inflatable monkeys. Stefan 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 yummy.
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