These are some low quality iphone videos of projected motion pieces from stefan sagmeister’s happy show. i took these a couple of weeks ago when i was in chicago, and have now discovered that they do not exist on the internet in a more flattering quality. i find them very inspiring for the projects ahead and design in general, so i share them with you. i continued to do research on these motion pieces, the happy show as a whole, and sagmeister himself (because he is so brilliantly wonderful). fun tidbit: the piece “now is better” was submitted to a design competition, and received first place but was then disqualified because it was deemed to be…not design. NOT DESIGN?! bah. sagmeister fought this verdict and claimed the award in end, and not for the first place position but for his work to be recognized as design.
both of these motion pieces are exploring idea’s of happiness (like two different poems by the same author? eh?). sagmeister spent ten years and traveled all around the globe in his research and design work focused on happiness. i wish i could do that for this project.
I made up a nice little presentation on dk (aka digital kitchen). here’s a link.