Stefan Sagmeister: 7 rules for making more happiness

http://www.ted.com Using simple, delightful illustrations, designer Stefan Sagmeister shares his latest thinking on happiness -- both the conscious and unconscious kind. His seven rules for...

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I spent the best part of last yearworking on a documentaryabout my own happiness --trying to seeif I can actually train my mindin a particular way,like I can train my body,so I can end up with an improved feelingof overall well-being.Then this January,my mother died,and pursuing a film like thatjust seemed the last thing that was interesting to me.So in a very typical, silly designer fashion,after years worth of work,pretty much all I have to show for it are the titles for the film.(Music)They were still donewhen I was on sabbatical with my company in Indonesia.We can see the first part here was designed here by pigs.It was a little bit too funky,and we wanted a more feminine point of viewand employed a duckwho did it in a much more fitting way --fashion.My studio in Ba...