Sagmeister
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- qruise
Why the fuck is he famous? Cuz he gives lots of speeches about taking year-long sabbaticals?
how nice it must be to be privileged enough to be that pedantic.
- animatedgif0
Better ideas than you could come up with even if you had a 10 year sabbatical maybe?
mad?
jelly?
etc?
- monospaced0
have you carved an AIGA poster into your naked flesh? no?
then shut up
- pedantic hipster masoquistmaquito
- "masoquist" LOLanimatedgif
- monospaced0
And while we're at it. Steven Spielberg.
Why the fuck is he famous? Cuz he gets lots of Executive Producer credits on other people's movies? how nice it must be to be priveleged enough to be that pedantic
- Uh, ET? Have you heard of it??mg33
- :Dmonospaced
- thanks for making my point mg33monospaced
- you made no point, a point would be pointing out sagmeisters etdummies
- I already did that, dummiesmonospaced
- maquito0
Ask David Carson.
- letterhead0
lol @ "famous"
- letterhead0
he's not famous. He is an interesting figure in the relatively small world of graphic design who found his niche and makes a good living doing what he loves. Nothing wrong with that
- d_rek0
Outside of the derisive, uninformative, all-expenses-paid college campus lecture tours I thought he was a pretty nice dude. I talked with him about 10 minutes at a post-lecture dinner. I can't say i'm a huge fan of his work but he didn't come off as uber-snobbish. At least he gave me the time of day, which is more than I can say for some of the other 'famous' designers i've met. *cough* ellen lupton, that one douchebag from Design Army *cough*
- identity0
people are attracted to him (as a figure) and his work because he clearly loves doing what he does - and that is contagious.
- gramme0
I've noticed that most of Sagmeister's detractors are either doing work of a lesser quality than his, or they don't show their work at all (however good or bad it may be). This tells me that many complaints about his "fame" in our little industry are driven by insecurity and jealousy.
Not everything he does is my cup of tea, personally. But I think he's brilliant in general, and he's shown a lot of courage in the way he's run his business.
- yupmonospaced
- And most of Spielberg's detractors haven't even made a short film...ORAZAL
- zoozoo0
my 2 cents:
sabbaticals are a good idea.
even if your not rich - taking time off to do something different, even if it is waiting tables, can be refreshing.
- doesnotexist0
i think the hatred/jealousy/lousy feelings towards him come from his decision and action to take a year long sabbatical to focus on design.
who here has the time & money to do such a thing? it's kind of ridiculous, but he did it, and it shows in his work (what with all the passion and stuff).
- non0
Who the fuck cares if he takes a sabatical? Good for him. He's doing what he loves and people are buying in.
- clearThoughts0
Your jealousy is making him a tiny bit more 'famous' in the form of a forum post.
He must be doing something right.
- < is this the long form of:
"Haters Gonna Hate"
??rosskemp
- < is this the long form of:
- monkeyshine0
He's an inspired designer who has found a way to live the way he likes...how could you fault him that? I personally like the way he thinks and he also seems to be a pretty nice guy. Years ago I was burnt out, thinking of quitting design and read one of his books. He put his email addy in the book so, on a whim, I emailed him a brief email thanking him for the book and how it was helping me re-group. He emailed me back within an hour with a little pep talk. I'll never forget that.
And I'm pretty sure if I decided that within 5 years it was absolutely imperative to take a year off, I could probably adjust my life to make that happen. It's all about priorities and choices.
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- I'm impressed with the effort you put into your jackasserymonkeyshine
- panacea0
- Sagmeister is hotter than nike golf shoes.handle
- Nope, someone put his burning face out with a golf shoepanacea
- HIm and Seal are gonna double team you.toodee
- My fav line here is that someone put out his burning face with a bag of nickels.brandon_phillip
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- he hepanacea
- SteveZissou0
Seems like a cool guy with interesting things to say...
- zoozoo0
anyone with sag and meister in their names are automatically entitled to year-long sabbaticals.
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- digdre0
I love Stefan