Stefan Sagmeister (1962- ) is among today’s most important and influential graphic designers. Born in Austria, he has lived and worked in New York since 1993. Renowned for album covers, posters, installations and his recent book of life lessons, Things I have learned in my life so far, Sagmeister brings a fresh perspective to the role and work of a designer. In this podcast interview with Debbie Millman, he discusses his year away from his New York-based design practice, his personal time in Bali, as well as discussing his new, in-progress documentary film, Happiness.

Taken from Design Observer, Design Matters with Debbie Millman.

Design Matters is one of the first design shows on the radio, it’s hosted by Debbie Millman. She is the president of the AIGA, Chair of the Masters program in Branding at SVA and she is also the author of one of my favorite books, How to Think Like a Great Graphic Designer. Her show was started in 2005 and has recently been adopted/hosted on the new Design Observer website.

She recently did an interview with Mr. Stefan Sagmeister, if you have some free time I recommend giving it a listen.