What have you learnt?

I met Stefan Sagmeister and had a brief conversation with him after listening to him talk at the Design Museum in London last week. I was even given a signed copy of his new book because I was the first person to ask him a question! While I wasn’t as inspired as I was after the first time I saw him in 2004, there were a few inspiring stories and pieces of work. One of them (which you can participate in) is a website to promote his book which is based on typographic explorations of various quotes that summarise things he has learnt in his life. The site has the same name as the book, Things I have learned in my life so far, and it encourages people to write things they have learnt and then express them using a variety of mediums. I think it’s particularly interesting because people use a combination of languages, written and visual (as well as the actual medium) to communicate something they really believe in, which makes them really personal and gives a real insight in to the author. Sagmeister originally developed his quotes from his diary so when it was time to execute the quote “Keeping a diary supports personal development” he wanted to make it special so flew to Singapore to film this beautiful sequence. My first contribution is here.