Inspiration: Stefan Sagmeister

Stefan Sagmeister AIGA PosterStefan Sagmeister.
For any student or practitioner of graphic design, Stefan Sagmeister must surely be a source of inspiration and maybe a little bit of awe. He certainly is for me. Born in Austria, he is known for his emotional work which covers everything from album covers for Lou Reed and Talking Heads and his famous poster for the AIGA which features typography literally etched into his body.

Read all about it!
An essay by Sagmeister “How Good is Good?” on Typotheque
An interview with him on PingMag
The Design Museum collection entry about him.


Designing Minds have a great set of videos on Sagmeister, which you can view below.

Part 1 of 3

Part 2 of 3

Part 3 of 3


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