Watch Stefan Sagmeister’s “7 rules for making more happiness” talk at TED

Using simple, delightful illustrations, designer Stefan Sagmeister shares his latest thinking on happiness — both the conscious and unconscious kind. His seven rules for life and design happiness can (with some customizations) apply to everyone seeking more joy.

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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