"In 2000, Austrian born, New York-based graphic designer Sagmeister created this book"s eponymous list in his diary, including twenty statements such as: "Trying to Look Good Limits My Life", "Assuming is Stifling" and "Worry Solves Nothing". These "maxims," which Sagmeister admits verge on the "banal" but which are also devoid of cynicism, were transformed into art projects: "Assuming is Stifling" graced the cover of a Japanese annual report; "Everybody Always Thinks They are Right" was represented by six 33-foot white inflatable monkeys, each one displaying a different word. This "design book for non-designers" is itself an experiment in form, comprised of 15 booklets in a box whose cover is a cut out of Sagmeister"s face; when inserted, each completes the portrait in a different way. One of the booklets includes essays on Sagmeister"s oeuvre, the most interesting by critic Heller, who states: "This is truly the nexus of art and design in the service of expression". This book is bound to be of interest to followers of Sagmeister"s work, as well as to the general reader in search of an invigorating approach to graphic design and, one might argue, autobiography".
Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. Это и многое другое вы найдете в книге Things I Have Learned in My Life So Far (Stefan Sagmeister)