Designer Stefan Sagmeister Comes to The Jewish Museum, 5/2

The Jewish Museum is presenting Writers and Artists Respond: Stefan Sagmeister on Thursday, May 2 at 6:30 pm. The award-winning designer Stefan Sagmeister will speak about his recent projects, including the current exhibition, Six Things: Sagmeister & Walsh, on view at the Museum through August 4, 2013. This program continues Writers and Artists Respond, a series of thought provoking discussions and performances by artists, musicians and writers in The Jewish Museum's galleries.

Tickets for the May 2 conversation are FREE with Pay What You Wish museum admission. A limited number of stools are available on a first come first served basis. For further information, the public may visit TheJewishMuseum.org or call 212.423.3200.

The designers Stefan Sagmeister and Jessica Walsh are known for their experimental typography and striking visual imagery. Six Things marks the first exhibition of their newly minted design firm Sagmeister & Walsh. For the last ten years, Sagmeister has researched the nature of happiness, asking, "Is it possible to train my mind in the same way I can train my body?" In five short films and a sculpture, the studio investigates six things, culled from Sagmeister's diary, that he believes have increased his personal happiness. In addition, intrigued by a recent nationwide survey in which Jews reported the highest levels of well-being of all religious groups, Sagmeister & Walsh have placed a text in the gallery that connects this scientific data to his personal exploration of happiness.

Stefan Sagmeister, born in Bregenz, Austria, in 1962, established the design firm Sagmeister Inc. in New York in 1993. He is the recipient of many awards, including two Grammy awards for his packaging designs, the Lucky Strike Designer Award, and an award from the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum.

Public Programs at The Jewish Museum are supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs. Major annual support is provided by public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature.