I picked this note from the cool hunter, and thought it is worthwhile to post it at the occasion of the ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY of BIEST-BLOG.
Stefan is one of the guys who left the narrowness of home. We grew up in the same town in Western Austria, a decent small place some of you may know from the »Bregenzer Festival« on the lake of Constance. Both our families were and are still fairly close.
Stefan has made it. He gained fame for his album artwork – Lou Reed’s Set The Twilight Feeling and
The Rolling Stones’s Bridges to Babylon. Now, it happens to him as it happened to many a famous graphic designer after a successful career in advertising. He feels this need to take off for other goals or better different territories.
The old maxim that says »to become old is to become wise« not necessarily holds true. That is most likely what Stefan likes to express with his exhibits. The human creature and his/her relation to the monkey, well, it is a never ending debate about similarities, dominance and equality. Graphic designer Stefan Sagmeister obviously feels that monkeys have more to contribute to the men-centered discourse about wisdom than we think.
Collectively, they spell out »everyone always thinks they are right«
and form part of Sagmeister’s global project: »Things I have learned in
my life so far«
Sagmeister designed the 30ft
creations as part of The Six Cities Design Festival that kicked off in
Scotland on May 17.
The inflatables were erected in Glasgow, Edinburgh, Inverness,
Aberdeen, Dundee and Stirling as part of the three-and-a-half-week
festival designed to illustrate the importance of design and
architecture in Scotland.
The series will be featured in his forthcoming book due to be released
later this year, showcasing the designer’s work from the past four
years. The Six Cities Design Festival, featuring more than 250
free events and exhibitions will finish in early June.
