An artist-s attempts at achieving personal happiness, from meditation to pharmaceuticals
Austrian-born, New York-based graphic designer, typographer and artist Stefan Sagmeister (born 1962) often tests and transgresses the boundary between art and design, through his imaginative implementation of typography.
The Happy Film Pitch Book both documents Sagmeister-s touring exhibition,
The Happy Show, and anticipates his ongoing feature length film,
The Happy Film. In both projects, Sagmeister undergoes a series of self-experiments (each experiment lasting three months)--with meditation, cognitive therapy, and mood-altering pharmaceuticals--attempting to improve his personal happiness. I am usually rather bored with definitions,- Sagmeister says. -Happiness, however, is just such a big subject that it might be worth a try to pin it down.-
The Happy Show, Sagmeister-s first museum show in the United States, documents his adventures in video,
