Stefan Sagmeister will explore the possibilities to achieve happiness as a person and as a designer, his tactics to make sure his work remains a calling without deteriorating into a job as well as the chances to design pieces that induce happiness in the audience. Various clips from his upcoming documentary feature: "The Happy Film" will be shown. Hosted by AIGA Louisville.
Reception at 6:00pm, talk begins at 7:00pm.

About Stefan Sagmeister
Stefan Sagmeister is a designer who blends typography and imagery in striking, fresh, ambitious, and unsettling ways. This inspirational and intriguing designer is recognized for his unorthodox, provocative designs that challenge the status quo and question the designer’s role in society.
Sagmeister formed the New York based Sagmeister Inc. in 1993 and has since designed for clients as diverse as the Rolling Stones, HBO, and the Guggenheim Museum. Having been nominated eight times he finally won two Grammies for the Talking Heads and Brian Eno & David Byrne package designs. He also earned practically every important international design award.
In 2008 a comprehensive book titled "Things I have Learned in my Life so far" was published by Abrams. Solo shows on Sagmeister Inc’s work have been mounted in Paris, Zurich, Vienna, Prague, Cologne, Berlin, New York, Miami, Los Angeles, Chicago, Toronto, Tokyo, Osaka, Seoul and Miami. He teaches in the graduate department of the School of Visual Art in New York and lectures extensively on all continents. In 2012 young designer Jessica Walsh became a partner and the company was renamed into Sagmeister & Walsh.
A native of Austria, he received his MFA from the University of Applied Arts in Vienna and, as a Fulbright Scholar, a master’s degree from Pratt Institute in New York.
After his studies he worked as a creative director for Leo Burnett in Hong Kong and for M&Co. in New York.