Stefan Sagmeister
Keynote Speaker: Co-Founder of Sagmeister & Walsh; Graphic Designer & Typographer
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Stefan Sagmeister Biography
Sagmeister studied graphic design at the University of Applied Arts Vienna. He later received a Fulbright scholarship to study at the Pratt Institute in New York. He began his design career at the age of 15 at "Alphorn", an Austrian Youth magazine, which is named after the traditional Alpine musical instrument.
In 1991, he moved to Hong Kong to work with Leo Burnett's Hong Kong Design Group. In 1993, he returned to New York to work with Tibor Kalman's M&Co design company. His tenure there was short lived, as Kalman soon decided to retire from the design business to edit Colors magazine for the Benetton Group in Treviso, Italy.
Stefan Sagmeister proceeded to form the New York based Sagmeister Inc. in 1993 and has since designed branding, graphics, and packaging for clients as diverse as the Rolling Stones, HBO, the Guggenheim Museum and Time Warner. Sagmeister Inc. has employed designers including Martin Woodtli, and Hjalti Karlsson and Jan Wilker, who later formed Karlssonwilker.
Stefan Sagmeister is a long-standing artistic collaborator with musicians David Byrne and Lou Reed. He is the author of the design monograph Made You Look which was published by Booth-Clibborn editions.
Solo shows on Sagmeister, Inc.'s work have been mounted in Zurich, Vienna, New York, Berlin, Japan, Osaka, Prague, Cologne, and Seoul. He teaches in the graduate department of the School of Visual Arts in New York and has been appointed as the Frank Stanton Chair at the Cooper Union School of Art, New York.
His motto is "Design that needed guts from the creator and still carries the ghost of these guts in the final execution."
Sagmeister goes on a year-long sabbatical around every seven years, where he does not take work from clients.
He has spent many years designing for the music industry. Several years ago he decided to dedicate 25% of his work to the art world, things like books and publications for galleries, another 25% to the scientific community, 25% to social causes, and the remaining quarter has stayed dedicated to the music industry.
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Stefan Sagmeister Speaking Topics
Stefan Sagmeister will talk about art and design and the difference between the two. He’ll show some examples from 500 years ago and some from yesterday. He will examine functionality and uselessness. He will try to figure out of it is more advantageous to be a designer or an artist. Or if it makes any difference at all.
Stefan Sagmeister will use examples from architecture, design and science to show that beauty is no mere surface strategy. He will try to proof that we not only feel differently when we are surrounded by beauty, but we also behave differently.
Stefan Sagmeister will explore the possibilities to achieve happiness as a person and as designer and the chances to design pieces that induce happiness in the audience. Lots of clips from the documentary feature: The Happy Film will be shown.
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Stefan Sagmeister is a keynote speaker and industry expert who speaks on a wide range of topics such as Art, Innovation, Creativity, Design, Music, Literary, Culture, Leadership and TED.
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Stefan Sagmeister generally travels from New York, NY, USA and can be booked for (private) corporate events, personal appearances, keynote speeches, or other performances.
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Stefan Sagmeister is a keynote speaker and industry expert who speaks on a wide range of topics including Art, Innovation and Creativity. The estimated speaking fee range to book Stefan Sagmeister for live events is $20,000 - $30,000, and for virtual events $10,000 - $20,000. Stefan Sagmeister generally travels from New York, NY, USA and can be booked for (private) corporate events, personal appearances, keynote speeches, or other performances. Similar motivational celebrity speakers are Matthew Luhn, Karim Rashid and Matan Berkowitz. Contact All American Speakers for ratings, reviews, videos and information on scheduling Stefan Sagmeister for an upcoming event.
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Stefan Sagmeister Speaking Topics
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Design has to work, art does not.
Stefan Sagmeister will talk about art and design and the difference between the two. He’ll show some examples from 500 years ago and some from yesterday. He will examine functionality and uselessness. He will try to figure out of it is more advantageous to be a designer or an artist. Or if it makes any difference at all.
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Why Beauty Matters talk
Stefan Sagmeister will use examples from architecture, design and science to show that beauty is no mere surface strategy. He will try to proof that we not only feel differently when we are surrounded by beauty, but we also behave differently.
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Design and Happiness talk
Stefan Sagmeister will explore the possibilities to achieve happiness as a person and as designer and the chances to design pieces that induce happiness in the audience. Lots of clips from the documentary feature: The Happy Film will be shown.
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Stefan Sagmeister Reviews
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I attend 50 events per year. I am a speaker myself. I think Stefan is the best speaker I've ever seen, it's that simple. He was mesmerizing.
Publicis Group - Apr 08 2019 -
THANK YOU! That was amazing, e.v.e.r.y.o.n.e. adored both your presentations. What a breathtaking umpf to beauty - and you gave it with such personality and charm that all 1500 people in the hall were smitten - and for all that I know still are :) The feedback I heard simmering on your talk were: Insightful, profound, wisdom and awe. It has been an absolute pleasure to make your acquaintance and work with you. Thank you for all the flexibility and for the absolutely delightful positivity you bring into every room you enter!
That Something - Nov 06 2017 -
The event was quite the success. The workshop went well. The students learned much and profited by their contact with Mr. Sagmeister. The students took him to lunch and continued their conversation with him. He gave a terrific talk to a packed house. The students continue to comment positively of what they learned. I, personally, had a wonderful time talking with him on the drive in from the airport and throughout the following day. One of the reasons I sought Sagmeister as a speaker was the brief time I spent with him during an AIGA talk he gave in Charlotte in the mid-2000s. He was gratuitous and generous. I was impressed that someone so renowned could seem so unaffected. He was every bit as gratuitous and generous during his visit to Longwood.
Longwood University - Apr 30 2014
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