Now is Better

Stefan Sagmeister

Stefan Sagmeister’s newest project encourages long-term thinking and reminds us that many things in the world are improving

Initially conceived in 2020 as the world entered pandemic lockdown, Stefan Sagmeister has created a book that looks at the state of the world today, illuminating, through collected data, how far we’ve come, and encouraging us to think about where we can go from here. Statistics are vividly brought to life, as numbers are transformed into graphs, inlaid into nineteenth-century paintings, embroidered canvases, lenticular prints, and hand-painted water glasses. Now is Better is an intriguing and thoughtful visual meditation on our daily lives.

Stefan Sagmeister formed the New York-based Sagmeister Inc. in 1993 and has since designed for clients as diverse as the Guggenheim Museum, the Rolling Stones, and HBO. His work is in museum collections around the world, including the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Philadelphia Museum of Art, the Art Institute of Chicago, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, and the Museum of Applied Arts (MAK) in Vienna. He teaches in the graduate department of the School of Visual Arts in New York.

Stefan Sagmeister is a celebrity in the design community, lecturing and exhibiting his work internationally

The book includes a foreword from psychologist and leading authority on language and the mind, Steven Pinker; a featured essay by graphic designer and historian Steven Heller; and a conversation between Sagmeister and Hans Ulrich Obrist, curator and artistic

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This new book will appeal to all visually minded readers, providing a positive reaction to the tumultuous news cycle of recent years

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Follows the success of Sagmeister’s previous publications, including Beauty (Phaidon, 2018) which has sold more than 50,000 copies to date

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Now is Better is a softcover with flaps and is contained within a die-cut slipcase. Each book is accompanied by a lenticular print designed by Sagmeister. 3,000 copies will feature signed lenticular prints.

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