Stefan Sagmeister

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Stefan Sagmeister (born 1962 in Vorarlberg, Austria) is a graphic designer and typographer currently based in New York City. He has his own design firm, Sagmeister Inc.

1 Biography
2 Selected works
3 Further reading
4 External links

[edit] Biography

Sagmeister studied graphic design at University of Applied Arts Vienna, later receiving the Fulbright scholarship to study at the Pratt Institute in New York.

In 1991, he moved to Hong Kong to work the Leo Burnett's Hong Kong Design Group.

In 1993, he returned to New York to work Tibor Kalman's M&Co design firm. His tenure there was short lived, as Kalman soon decided to retire from the design business to edit Colors magazine for the Benetton Group in Rome.

After the closure of M&Co, Sagmeister formed his own firm, Sagmeister Inc., which operates to this day. Sagmeister Inc. has employed designers including Martin Woodtli; and Hjalti Karlson and Jan Wilker, who later formed Karlssonwilker.

He has designed album covers for Lou Reed, the Rolling Stones, David Byrne, Aerosmith and Pat Metheny.

[edit] Selected works

Poster design for Sagmeister's 1999 talk at the AIGA	Poster design, Lou Reed	Album cover, the Rolling Stones - Bridges to Babylon	Album cover, David Byrne - Feelings
Album cover, Pat Metheny - Imaginary Day	Album cover, Live - The Distance to Here	Album Cover, Lou Reed - Ecstasy