Sagmeister, Stefan, 2008, What I have learned in my life so far Stefan Sagmeister, AbramsImage 3 - Art Grandeur Nature (trying to look good limits my life) by Stefan Sagmeister, 2004. part of an on-going typographic project ‘20 things i have learned in my life so far’.

Stefan Sagmeister, Sagmeister Inc, 2004, Me-dia Temple, Viewed 20th of July 2011 <http://www.sagmeister.com>

Images1 - Stefan Sagmeister8 - Lou Reed Poster ‘set the twilight reeling by Stefan Sagmeister,1996, Viewed 5th August 20119 - Art Grandeur Nature - Good 10 - AIGA Lecture poster by Stefan Sagmeister, 1999, Viewed 20th of July 2011 <http://www.sagmeister.com11 - Art Grandeur Nature - My Life (trying to look good limits my life Stefan Sagmeister 2004, Viewed 5th of August 2011 <http://www.sagmeister.com

image 4 - Mossenger By Anna Garforth, 2008, Viewed 3rd of August 2011 <http://www.todayandto-morrow.net/2008/08/28/mossenger/>

Image 5 - SAGMEISTER-STYLE by Ashley N. Bey-dler, 2008, Viewed 3rd of August 2011 <http://glittergirl5.deviantart.com/art/Sagmeister-style-102135842>

Images14 - Good Designers Copy Great Designers Steal. (Close up) By Emma Butler, Viewed 3rd of August 2011 < http://www.behance.net/em-mabutler/frame/1003351>15 - Good Designers Copy Great Designers Steal. (Full view) By Emma Butler, Viewed 3rd of August 2011 < http://www.behance.net/em-mabutler/frame/1003351>

Image12 - Leo Burnett by Leo Burnett, Viewed 4th of August 2011 <www.leoburnett.com>

Image13 - Tibor Kalman, Viewed 3rd of Au-gust 2011, < http://designinfo.tumblr.com/post/4781701927/tibor-kalman-passed-away-in-may-1999-here-is-a>

Image 2 - Stefan Sagmeister, Viewed 3rd of August 2011, http://blog.philstrahl.com/tag/sagmeister/>

Design Museum, 2006, Viewed 1st of August 2011 <http://designmuseum.org/design/stefan-sagmeister>

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Stefan Sagmeister was born in Austria 1962, he is the creator of Sagmeister Inc.Sagmeister studied at the University of Applied Arts Vienna, Vienna, before receiving a scholarship to study at Pratt Institute in New York City.

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Stefan Sagmeister is a designer that has changed the world. Sagmeister’s grandfather was a sign painter, this caused Stefan Sagmeister to constantly see his grandfathers signs around the house, the typographic skills of his grandfather greatly influenced Sagmeister. He is now following his tradition with his own typographic skills.

Stefan Sagmeister also has released two books known as “Sagmeister, Made You Look & Things i have learned in my life so far”

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Sagmeister has greatly influenced contemporary design by revealing various unique designs, the unique form of typography in large scale, life sized objects and Sagmeisters large “out there” works including sagmeisters “Everybody always think’s they are right” piece where he left several giant inflated balloon monkeys around Glasgow, Aberdeen, Edinburgh, Inverness, Dundee, and Stirling.” .

This display has influenced many contemporary designers to push the boundaries, and remove limiters for themselves, and do works that are extraordinary and outrageous.

Sagmeister’s work in typography has contributed greatly towards the art of typography and typefaces. Sagmeister uses random objects to create letters and or words for sentences, similar to Emma Butlers ‘Good Designers Copy Great Designers Steal’ which was influenced by Sagmeister.

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Sagmeister is famous for his outrageous style of design and presentation.

Sagmeister’s works generally revolve around creating posters/advertisements for events and/or albums. He generally prefered to create album covers as his main design jobs.

Sagmeister uses his body as a medium for many of his works, for example; The AIGA Lecture Poster, where he carved the information for the poster onto his own body with an X-acto knife. Sagmeister’s poster for his studio’s exhibition in Osaka and Tokyo in 2003 where he displayed himself at his normal weight and his new weight after spending a week bingeing on junk food.

Sagmeister is an skilled typographer creating words using typography and nature in large scale, in doing so he then combines the words to create sentences revealing how he feels. e.g. “Trying To Look Good Limits My Life” (above_

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Sagmeister has worked for various people/companies around the world. Sagmeister worked for the Schaupielhaus Group in 1984, afterwards he moved onto working for the Advertising agency Leo Burnett in 1991, afterwards he landed a job with the graphic designer Tibor Kalman at M&Co in 1997 after it closed down Sagmeister opened his own company known as Sagmeister Inc. The website was created in 2004 , Art Direction by Stefan Sagmeister, Concept & Design by Richard The, ThegreenEy1, User Interface and Backend by Willy Sengewald. and Sponsored by Media Temple.

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Due to his unconventional style in his work, it has had a major impact on design in recent years, his work in typography utilising nature, to create words, many designers are using similar typographic styles in their works, adver-tisements, etc

Sagmeister has left a major impact on the design industry especially around the area of typefaces/typography.

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AIGA Poster(Left) Art Grandeur Nature - My Life (Bottom)

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Works of Sagmeister

Lou Reed Poster(Left) Art Grandeur Nature - Good (Bottom)

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