design can make you happy

I recently saw Stefan Sagmeister speak about design. The stories behind his projects were funny, simple and inspiring. He described design as a chair that you build, and keep altering until the point that it is no longer functional, and at that point it becomes art or sculpture. Then you can ask yourself, is this good art? ... ok, maybe you had to be there. so here's a video of him, from the TED conference:


He also has a web project running that invites everyone to participate, so I invite you as well... THINGS THAT I HAVE LEARNED IN MY LIFE SO FAR