Flashforward has always been as much about design and inspiration as it is about code, and so we’re very proud to be having Stefan Sagmeister present the opening session of Flashforward2005 San Francisco:

“Made You Look Again” — One of the world’s truly brilliant graphic designers opens Flashforward with some “old work” including his infamous Lou Reed posters, crude type cut into human skin, headless chickens and some Rolling Stones for good measure. The Austrian former hard rock singer then moves on to “new work” including his Talking Heads CD covers, Ben & Jerry’s social responsibility graphics and Guggenheim catalogs. Along the way he reveals epiphanies (”Buying the same amps and guitars as Pink Floyd doesn’t make you Pink Floyd”), goals (”To touch hearts with good design”) and his deepest questions (”Can I be happy as a designer and can I do work that increases the happiness of others?”). Not to be missed.

More about Sagmeister:

• Check out his elegant, goofy, Flash-powered company & portfolio site…
• The London Design Museum has an in-depth profile…
• An excellent interview at the AIGA Design Forum…
• An online reprint of an interesting 2002 conference presentation…

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