Research: March 2009

Thursday, March 5, 2009

Stefan Sagmeister

"Stefan Sagmeister is one of today's most innovative and influential graphic designers. His conception and application of graphic design goes above and beyond traditional notions of the practice, taking it to the realm of performative and conceptual art, painting and sculpture. Sagmeister is most widely known for his album cover artwork for bands like The Rolling Stones, Talking Heads and Lou Reed, and for books, like Mariko Moriís Wave UFO for the Kunsthaus Bregenz, which function as sculptural objects."

- The Errant ∆sthete

"Stefan Sagmeister's creative world is marked by his innovative way of merging the unmergeable."

- Dexigner

"Sagmeister's cover designs visualize musical contents; through traditional techniques such as typography and processing, they capture the public's attention."

- Mak-online

Set the Twilight Reeling

Promo Poster for album

"Lyrics are extremely personal...."

Bridges to Babylon

CD Packaging

Vilcek Award, 2006

Sculpture Design: Trophy

Tuesday, March 3, 2009

Paula Scher

Scher has developed identities, packaging for a broad range of clients from The New York Times Magazine to Target, from the New Jersey Performing Arts Center to The Daily Show With Jon Stewart.

"Paula Scher has designed a new identity for the Philadelphia Orchestra...Scher's redesign coincides with the arrival of Charles Dutoit as the orchestraís new chief conductor and artistic adviser, and the new identity establishes a classical and modern brand for this important institution...There is a playful balance of scale between the mark and the logotype, and the P may also be used by itself in applications where a small scale would render the logotype illegible, or where the mark and logotype may appear as separate elements.

- Pentagram

"With a career spanning 35 years so far, Paula Scher continues to set standards in graphic design with bold imagery and a highly illustrative approach to typography."

- Computer Arts