Stefan Sagmeister posted 07 February 2006
Kunsthaus Bregenz billboards :: January 2006 :: Vector art
I worked with Stefan to create one of his installation pieces of “20 things in my life I have learned so far.” (His life.) Part of a series of pieces he does creating sentences from a list of things he’s learned. (Here’s an example.)
Photos courtesy of the Kunsthaus Bregenz.
This project covers 6 billboards, which are approximately 11 feet by 11 feet, postioned along this busy street near the Kunsthaus Bregenz museum in Bregenz, Austria. The installation will be up Jan 26 2006 – March 19 2006.
Stefan conceived the project and the medium, and I created the text and ornament under his instruction to make it “beautiful & legible”. Printed in reflective silver foil on a red background, it says, in Bregenz dialect: “Jömmara isch blöd. I söt eappas tua odr’s vergessa,” (Complaining is silly. Either act or forget.)
I nailed the ornament on the first sketch. Then we went through 7 rounds on the text style until I came up with the “furry type.” Fur got a really positive reaction in Stefan’s New York office, so with a little more improvement, the goaty, tufty fur type made its way into the world.
Thanks Stefan, this is surely one of my proudest moments.
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