"Stefan Sagmeister is a New York-based graphic designer and typographer currently living in Bali, Indonesia.[1] He has his own design firm—Sagmeister Inc.—in New York City. He has designed album covers for Lou Reed, OK Go, The Rolling Stones, David Byrne, Aerosmith and Pat Metheny. Sagmeister goes on a year-long sabbatical around every seven years, where he does not take work from clients. Currently on one in Bali, Indonesia, he is resolute about this, even if the work is tempting, and has displayed this by declining an offer to design a poster for Barack Obama's presidential campaign. Sagmeister spends the year experimenting with personal work and refreshing himself as a designer."

It is always refreshing to be able to be purely creative, to design for yourself and with no responsibility. I'm hoping this year I have the personal time to do just this, to experiment with personal work.