Awardwinning work, fame, even a sizable apartment in new york city. The happy film may not make you happier, but it will surely move you to reexamine your. The happy film is raising funds for the happy film on kickstarter. Stefan sagmeister is known for his work on the happy film 2016, engine room 2008 and helvetica 2007. Stefan sagmeister has designed graphics for clients as diverse as the rolling stones and the guggenheim museum. The exhibition stefan sagmeister the happy show follows presentations at the institute of contemporary art, university of pennsylvania april 4august 12, 2012 and the design exchange in toronto january 9march 3, 20, and will open at moca pacific design center on. Hillman curtis was a filmmaker, new media designer, author, husband and father. The happy film is a documentary in which designer stefan sagmeister conducts a series of.
In the exhibition the happy show, stefan sagmeister asks visitors, how happy are you. Documenting stefan sagmeisters meticulous, entertaining. Sagmeister, as a graphic designer, why is it important to talk about beauty today. In both projects, sagmeister undergoes a series of selfexperiments each experiment lasting three monthswith meditation, cognitive therapy, and moodaltering pharmaceuticalsattempting. Stefan sagmeister may not be the most loving person after this film, but the guy is definitely a great designer. Watch the film host a screening buy some stuff write to us watch the happy film now. From its striking animalthemed opening credits to its use of bunraku puppetry to such whimsical sequences as sagmeister being lifted into the sky by a giant balloon, the happy film. The happy film, is an occasionally affecting tour of one mans methodical, gorgeous solipsism.
Directed by hillman curtis, ben nabors, stefan sagmeister. Austrian graphic designer stefan sagmeister is doing well. His debut film william and the windmill won the grand jury prize at sxsw. Which is perhaps why his latest effort, the happy film, shouldnt. Austrian designer stefan sagmeister tries to redesign his personality to become a happier and better person.
Successful creative designer stefan sagmeister attempts to find the root of human happiness by experimenting with meditation, therapy, and drugs in this graphic design projectturned experimental. A mutual curiosity in the questions surrounding happiness brought the gentlemen together, and thus, the happy film began. Seven years in the making, the happy film began as an attempt to find a design solution to a pressing problem. Last night was a special opening and when i heard that sagmeister would be speaking there, i had to attend.
He has designed album covers for lou reed, ok go, the rolling stones, david byrne, jay z, aerosmith and pat metheny. The happy film centers around our main subject, stefan sagmeister, a new yorkbased graphic designer known for his rock n roll collaborations and typography. He lives in new york, the city of his dreams, and he has success in his work, designing album covers for the. Designer stefan sagmeister lives in the city of his dreams, creating work for the rolling stones and jayz. Stefan sagmeisters newest creation, the happy film creativepro. A must see for fans of sagmeister walsh and anyone seeking 93 minutes of happiness. He lives in new york, the city of his dreams, and he has success in his work, designing album covers for the rolling stones, jayz and the talking heads. When the sabbatical year ended and sagmeister returned to new york city to reopen his studio, he convened with friends and filmmakers hillman curtis and ben nabors. The happy film pitch book both documents sagmeister s touring exhibition, the happy show, and anticipates his ongoing feature length film, the happy film. They can then define their level of happiness on a scale from 1 to 10 by taking a piece of chewing gum from the respective vending machine 1 miserable, 10 ecstatic. Available with english and spanish subtitles austrian designer stefan sagmeister is doing well.
Kudos to stefan sagmeister for 1 his endless creativity as a designer, evidenced over and over in this film. The happy film 2016 directed by stefan sagmeister, ben. In the happy show, he will present the results of his tenyear investigation of happiness. Through meditation, therapy and drugs, he embarks on a journey to redesign himself, painting an insightful and deeplypersonal.
Rentals include 30 days to start watching this video and 48 hours to finish once started. Stephan sagmeister explores this question in a unique documentary film. A feature documentary that follows stefan sagmeister on a survey of design, love, drugs, psychology, and, possibly, fleetingly, happiness. Designer stefan sagmeister lives in the the city of his dreams, creating work for the rolling stones and jayz. Acclaimed artist stefan sagmeister s work has been enjoyed around the world. But in the back of his mind he suspects there must be something. Stefan sagmeisters feature documentary the happy film asks the question how does one become happy. In the happy film, new york city graphic designer stefan sagmeister set out to answer this question by trying three approaches on himself for three months at a time. Designer stefan sagmeister takes us on a personal journey to find out what causes happiness. Stefan sagmeister born august 6, 1962 in bregenz, austria is a new yorkbased graphic designer, storyteller, and typographer. Click here to see which link will work best for your country. Stefan sagmeister is literally naked in this film, both from a literal sense we see everything and also from a figurative sense hes stripped down to his most vulnerable self. The happy film is engaging, introspective, voyeuristic, truthful, humorous and poetically creative.
Extremely artistic film that captures the essence of what it means to struggle with the ups and downs of love, happiness, relationships, death, and overcoming fears. We started a documentary movie about happiness, called the happy film. Stefan sagmeisters newest creation, the happy film. Famous graphic designer stefan sagmeister is still alive as per wikipedia, last update.
Turning himself into a design project, he attempts to change his personality to become. He created the happy film in response to the death of his mother and the breakup of his girlfriend of 11 years. Watch the film host a screening buy some stuff write to us watch the film. It is bookmarked for the art history books of the future. Austrianborn, new yorkbased graphic designer, typographer and artist stefan sagmeister born 1962 often tests and transgresses the boundary between art and design, through his imaginative. In the exhibition the happy show and in the movie the happy film design icon stefan sagmeister got to the bottom of this question. Documenting stefan sagmeister s meticulous, entertaining solipsism in the happy film.
Throughout this book, sagmeister s trademark maxims. But in the back of his mind he suspects there must be something more. With jonathan haidt, sheenah hankin, ben nabors, stefan sagmeister. Following venues in north america, paris and vienna, his successful show will now be on view in germany for the first and only time. Celebrated graphic designer stefan sagmeister known best for designing iconic album covers for the rolling stones, lou reed, jay z and aerosmithtakes on a series of psychological experiments to determine if a person can truly train their mind to get happier. In 1993 stefan sagmeister announced the opening of his graphic design.
The happy show, sagmeister s first museum show in the united states, both documents a series of selfexperiments meditation, cognitive therapy, and moodaltering pharmaceuticals attempting to improve his personal happiness, and anticipates his ongoing feature length film, the happy film. Experimenting with three different approachesmeditation, therapy, and drugs sagmeister embarks on an entertaining and introspective quest, accented with a whimsical panoply of graphics, charts, and proverbs. In the course of a year, sagmeister will experiment with various practices that are widely touted as increasing ones happiness. Genres documentary director ben nabors starring stefan sagmeister. Stefan sagmeister is a graphic design superstar who lives in the us. Watch the happy film online vimeo on demand on vimeo. Its a proper look at all the strategies serious psychologists recommend that improve wellbeing, they include meditation, cognitive therapy and psychological drugs. He lives in new york, the city of his dreams, and he has success watch the happy film online vimeo on demand on vimeo. What if you could redesign your life, treating it as a design project. He lives in new york, the city of his dreams, and he has success in his work, designing album covers for the rolling stones, jayz and the. The event was advertised as a fundraiser for the happy film. Having guts always works out for stefan sagmeister.
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