Stefan Sagmeister on Beauty as Function

It’s hard to say what iconic graphic designer and typographer,
Stefan Sagmeister, is most known for. His multi-decade career was
first formed as the New York-based Sagmeister INC. in 1993 and
went on to become Sagmeister & Walsh in 2012. Some of his
best-known work includes iconic album covers and posters for
artists like The Rolling Stones, the Talking Heads, and
more--some of which went on to receive Grammies, cementing him as
an epochal visual artist of our time. His intimate self-portrait
captured in “The Happy Film” turns himself into a deeply
self-reflective design project, exploring questions like--can I
redesign my personality to become a better person? Or, perhaps
for his advocacy on the power of time off and the year-long
sabbatical he takes every seven years. A practice he ultimately
credits for breathing new life and perspective into his
work. 


But what does this approach to design have to do with cities?
Well, everything. He joined Martin Barry in a conversation
discussing his Austrian roots, his influences from different
cities, and happiness as related to the importance of beauty as a
utility for any properly functioning building, space, or city.


Design and the City is a podcast produced by
reSITE about the ways we can use design to make cities more
livable and lovable. reSITE is a global non-profit and platform
connecting people and ideas to improve the urban environment. We
work at the intersection of architecture, urbanism, politics,
culture, and economics, acting as a catalyst for social action
and innovative leadership. We encourage the exchange of ideas
about making cities more livable, competitive, resilient,
inclusive, mobile, and designed with humans in mind to protect
and public space, architecture, and sustainable development in
cities.





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This podcast was produced by Alexandra Siebenthal, with support
from Martin Barry, Radka Ondrackova, Elizabeth Mills, and
Elizabeth Novacek It is recorded at WeWork Prague, with the
support of the Prague Ministry of Culture as well as Nano
Energies, and edited by LittleBig Studio.