Dezeen podcast: in this podcast recorded at Vienna Design Week, graphic designer Stefan Sagmeister talks about his Austrian background, the benefits of keeping a diary and trying to prevent his studio growing.

Top portrait is by John Madere. Above: Worrying solves Nothing, made of coat hangers in Linz. Photograph is by Otto Saxinger

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Sagmeister also introduces his ongoing project Things I have Learned in My Life So Far, in which notes from his own diary are emblazoned across billboards and magazine pages.

Above: Assuming is Stifling, for GGG / DDD gallery annual report. Photograph is by Matthias Ernstberger

During Vienna Design Week the Austrian-born, New York-based designer gave a lecture presenting this project, as well as launching a book he's designed about the Viennese design scene, entitled New Vienna Now.

Above and below: Having Guts Always Works Out For Me, for .copy magazine. Photographs are by Bela Borsodi

Vienna Design Week took place 1-10 October.

Above: Having Guts Always Works Out For Me, for .copy magazine. Photographs are by Bela Borsodi

The information that follows is from Vienna Design Week:

“Everybody should talk about everything that’s everywhere. Design is everywhere.”

Stefan Sagmeister (b. Bregenz, 1962) set up his New York studio Sagmeister Inc. in 1993 and has designed for the Rolling Stones, HBO, and the Guggenheim Museum, et al.

Above: Having Guts Always Works Out For Me, for .copy magazine. Photographs are by Bela Borsodi

In 2008, Abrams published Things I have learned in my life so far by Sagmeister.

Above: Having Guts Always Works Out For Me, for .copy magazine. Photographs are by Bela Borsodi

Sagmeister Inc. has had solo shows in Zurich, Vienna, New York, Berlin, Tokyo, Osaka, Prague, Cologne, Seoul, and Miami.

Above: Having Guts Always Works Out For Me, for .copy magazine. Photographs are by Bela Borsodi

Sagmeister currently teaches at the School of Visual Art in New York and lectures throughout the world.

Above: Having Guts Always Works Out For Me, for .copy magazine. Photographs are by Bela Borsodi

Nominated for eight Grammy awards, he finally won two: for the Talking Heads and Brian Eno & David Byrne.

Above and below: Keeping a Diary Supports Personal Development, one minute movie shot in Singapore

He has won practically every other significant design award.

Above: Keeping a Diary Supports Personal Development, one minute movie shot in Singapore

He studied at the Vienna University of Applied Arts, was a Fulbright Scholar, and received a Master’s degree from the Pratt Institute in New York.

Above: Keeping a Diary Supports Personal Development, one minute movie shot in Singapore

Above: Keeping a Diary Supports Personal Development, one minute movie shot in Singapore

Above: Keeping a Diary Supports Personal Development, one minute movie shot in Singapore

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