ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Stefan Sagmeister - Graphic designer
Renowned for album covers, posters and his recent book of life lessons, designer Stefan Sagmeister invariably has a slightly different way of looking at things.

Why you should listen

Stefan Sagmeister is no mere commercial gun for hire. Sure, he's created eye-catching graphics for clients including the Rolling Stones and Lou Reed, but he pours his heart and soul into every piece of work. His design work is at once timeless and of the moment, and his painstaking attention to the smallest details creates work that offers something new every time you look at it.

While a sense of humor invariably surfaces in his designs, Sagmeister is nonetheless very serious about his work; his intimate approach and sincere thoughtfulness elevate his design. A genuine maverick, Sagmeister achieved notoriety in the 1990s as the designer who self-harmed in the name of craft: He created a poster advertising a speaking engagement by carving the salient details onto his torso.

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Stefan Sagmeister: Things I've learned in my life so far

Стефан Сагмајстер зборува за тоа што научил

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Дизајнерската „рок звезда“ Стефан Сагмајстер дава краток, духовит говор за животните лекции, претставени преку изненадувачки видови на дизајн (меѓу кои и... мајмуни на надувување?).
- Graphic designer
Renowned for album covers, posters and his recent book of life lessons, designer Stefan Sagmeister invariably has a slightly different way of looking at things. Full bio

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I was here about four years ago,
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Бев тука пред околу четири години
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talking about the relationship of design and happiness.
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и зборував за врската помеѓу дизајнот и среќата.
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At the very end of it, I showed a list under that title.
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На крајот покажав една листа со овој наслов.
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I learned very few things in addition since
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Оттогаш научив многу малку нови работи...
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(Laughter) --
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(Смеа)
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but made a whole number of them into projects since.
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Но, многу од нив претворив во проекти.
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These are inflatable monkeys in every city in Scotland:
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Ова се мајмуни на надувување во секој град во Шкотска.
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"Everybody always thinks they are right."
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„Секој... секогаш... мисли... дека... е... во право“.
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They were combined in the media.
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Беа споени во медиумите.
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"Drugs are fun in the beginning but become a drag later on."
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„Дрогите... се забавни... во почетокот... но... потоа... стануваат проблем.“
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We're doing changing media.
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Ги менуваме медиумите.
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This is a projection that can see the viewer
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Ова е проекција која може да го види гледачот,
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as the viewer walks by.
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додека тој поминува.
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You can't help but actually ripping that spider web apart.
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Не можете, а да не ја скинете пајаковата мрежа.
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All of these things are pieces of graphic design.
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Сите овие работи се примери на графички дизајн.
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We do them for our clients.
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Ги правиме за нашите клиенти.
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They are commissioned.
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Нарачани се.
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I would never have the money to actually pay for the installment
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Никогаш не би имал пари да платам за инсталацијата
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or pay for all the billboards or the production of these,
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или да платам за сите билборди или за нивната изработка.
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so there's always a client attached to them.
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Значи, секогаш има клиент поврзан со проектот.
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These are 65,000 coat hangers in a street
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Ова се 65.000 закачалки на улица
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that's lined with fashion stores.
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на која има модни продавници.
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"Worrying solves nothing."
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„Грижата не решава ништо“.
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"Money does not make me happy"
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„Парите не ме прават среќен“
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appeared first as double-page spreads in a magazine.
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се појави прво на две страници во весник.
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The printer lost the file, didn't tell us.
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Печатницата го изгубила документот и не ни кажаа.
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When the magazine -- actually, when I got the subscription --
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Кога го добив списанието,
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it was 12 following pages.
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беше на 12 последователни страници.
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It said, "Money does does make me happy."
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Пишуваше: „Парите ме прават среќен“.
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And a friend of mine in Austria felt so sorry for me
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На еден мој пријател од Австрија толку му било жал за мене,
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that he talked the largest casino owner in Linz
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што го убедил сопственикот на најголемото казино во Линц
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into letting us wrap his building.
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да ни дозволи да му ја завиткаме зградата.
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So this is the big pedestrian zone in Linz.
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Ова е големата пешачка зона во Линц,
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It just says "Money," and if you look down the side street,
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и пишува „Пари“, а ако погледнете на другата страна,
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it says, "does not make me happy."
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пишува „не ме прават среќен“.
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We had a show that just came down last week in New York.
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Имавме шоу, кое заврши минатата недела во Њујорк.
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We steamed up the windows permanently,
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Трајно ги замагливме прозорците
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and every hour we had a different designer come in
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и на секој час имавме различен дизајнер
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and write these things that they've learned into the steam in the window.
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кој на замаглениот прозорец пишуваше што научил.
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Everybody participated -- Milton Glaser,
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Сите учествуваа...Милтон Глејзер.
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Massimo Vignelli.
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Масимо Вињели.
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Singapore was quite in discussion.
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Доста дискутиравме за Сингапур.
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This is a little spot that we filmed there
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Ова е краток спот што го снимивме таму,
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that's to be displayed on the large JumboTrons in Singapore.
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за да се прикаже на големиот ЏамбоТрон (екран) во Сингапур.
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And, of course, it's one that's dear to my heart,
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Секако, спотот ми е посебно драг,
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because all of these sentiments --
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затоа што сите тие емоции,
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some banal, some a bit more profound --
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некои банални, некои подлабоки,
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all originally had come out of my diary.
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сите произлегоа од мојот личен дневник.
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And I do go often into the diary
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Често се навраќам на мојот личен дневник,
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and check if I wanted to change something about the situation.
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и проверувам дали нешто би променил за ситуацијата.
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If it's -- see it for a long enough time,
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Ако нешто ми паѓа во очи подолго време,
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I actually do something about it.
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превземам нешто за тоа.
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And the very last one is a billboard.
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И последното е билборд.
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This is our roof in New York, the roof of the studio.
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Ова е нашиот кров во Њујорк... кровот на студиото.
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This is newsprint plus stencils that lie on the newsprint.
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Ова е хартија за весници и матрици поставени на хартијата.
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We let that lie around in the sun.
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Го оставивме тоа да стои на сонце.
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As you all know, newsprint yellows significantly in the sun.
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Како што знаете, оваа хартија многу пожолтува на сонце.
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After a week, we took the stencils and the leaves off,
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После една недела ги извадивме матриците и листовите,
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shipped the newsprints to Lisbon to a very sunny spot,
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и ги испративме билбордите во Лисабон, на едно многу сончево место.
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so on day one the billboard said,
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Така, првиот ден на билбордот пишуваше
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"Complaining is silly. Either act or forget."
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„Жалењето е смешно. Или делувај или заборави.“
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Three days later it faded, and a week later,
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После три дена буквите избледеа, а после една недела
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no more complaining anywhere.
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немаше повеќе жалби и поплаки.
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(Laughter)
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(Смеа)
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Thank you so much.
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Многу ви благодарам.
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(Applause)
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(Аплауз)
Translated by Zoran Blazevski
Reviewed by Biljana Dijanisieva

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ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Stefan Sagmeister - Graphic designer
Renowned for album covers, posters and his recent book of life lessons, designer Stefan Sagmeister invariably has a slightly different way of looking at things.

Why you should listen

Stefan Sagmeister is no mere commercial gun for hire. Sure, he's created eye-catching graphics for clients including the Rolling Stones and Lou Reed, but he pours his heart and soul into every piece of work. His design work is at once timeless and of the moment, and his painstaking attention to the smallest details creates work that offers something new every time you look at it.

While a sense of humor invariably surfaces in his designs, Sagmeister is nonetheless very serious about his work; his intimate approach and sincere thoughtfulness elevate his design. A genuine maverick, Sagmeister achieved notoriety in the 1990s as the designer who self-harmed in the name of craft: He created a poster advertising a speaking engagement by carving the salient details onto his torso.

More profile about the speaker
Stefan Sagmeister | Speaker | TED.com

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