Stefan Sagmeister on Sustaining Creativity
by Maria PopovaWe love, love, love designer and provocateur Stefan Sagmeister. In this excellent talk from The 99%, he shares some nuggets of insight on creative habituation, desensitization and how not to take creativity for granted — something that could befall most of us as we do what we do day in and day out, regardless of how much we may enjoy it and how much pride we may take in it.
Both of Sagmeister’s books, Things I Have Learned In My Life So Far and Made You Look, remain among our all-time favorites. Taste the magic below:
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