Summary: Stefan Sagmeister’s key note presentation delivered on Thursday September 15 2005 at ExperimentaDesign2005 – Bienal de Lisboa, Portugal Lisbon Conferences, Centro Cultural de Belém A native of Austria, Sagmeister 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, Talking Heads and Lou Reed. Having been nominated five times for the Grammies he finally won one for the Talking Heads boxed set. He also earned won most international design awards. In 2001 a best selling monograph about his work titled “made you look”was published by Booth-Clibborn editions. Solo shows on Sagmeister Inc s work have been mounted in Zurich, Vienna, New York, Berlin, Tokyo, Osaka, Prague, Cologne and Seoul. Stefan has always worked hard to keep the studio small (currently himself, Matthias Ernstberger and one intern). He lectures extensively on all continents.
