Stefan Sagmeister's 'The Happy Show' – currently on view at MAK, Vienna – is a sprawling multimedia exhibition exploring the fundamental sources of personal happiness. Pictured: Everybody Always Thinks They Are Right, 2007. In collaboration with Monika Aichele, Matthias Ernstberger, and Sportogo. Courtesy MAK/Aslan Kudrnofsky

什么让我们快乐？这是设计师斯特凡·萨格迈斯特(Stefan Sagmeister)在维也纳MAK的新秀中提出的-杂乱无章、令人生死攸关的问题。(实际上，他问我们“至少更快乐”-显然，这个人是个现实主义者。)

这个已经在北美和巴黎上演的节目，经过了长达十年的关于幸福的模糊概念的调查，是一种多方面的感官享受，反映了萨格迈斯特作为萨格米斯特作品一半的创作手法。

这个节目的根源在于萨格迈斯特十年前开始做的一场演讲“设计与幸福”。这导致了一部关于这一主题的电影的构思。为此，设计师开发了“侵入性”研究方法-从事药物治疗和认知治疗，以及服用抗抑郁药雷格普(Lexapro)三个月-这是“快乐秀”(The开心秀)背后的研究基础。(今年早些时候，这部电影的资金是通过Kickstarter完成的。)

萨格迈斯特在整个博物馆进行了干预-通过主大厅、设计实验室、当代艺术的永久藏品以及该机构的楼梯井、走廊和电梯。这些都伴随着艺术家写的文字，解释作品，并提供个人见解和思考他们的概念。

高耸在门厅上方的是两只巨大的充气类人猿，它们举着一块标语牌，上面写着“每个人都认为/他们是对的”。萨格迈斯特在谈到这一情绪时写道：“我的生活中所有的小混战都是如此，世界上所有的大冲突也是如此。”“我-我怀疑其他人也是-天生就是一个巨大的利己主义者。”

在其他地方，在霓虹灯墙前安装了一辆自行车，鼓励公众在一生中坚持自己认为应该做的事情或尝试的事情(这种装置闪烁着“实际做的事情/我开始做的事情/我的总体满意度”和“寻求不舒服”的声明)。一份关于自行车的指导说明说，骑手应该‘踏板，缓慢和稳定。不要发疯-在任何人的书中都有突出的建议。

一系列编号的口香糖饮水机要求观察者根据他们在1到10之间的快乐程度来吃甜食，而墙上伸出的大量手臂则提供印度尼西亚姜汁糖果(这里没有任务-它们只是Sagmeister的最爱)。从艺术家的治疗师关于避免对抗的建议中衍生出一种技术色彩的互动投影，即“逐步走向它”，还有一个名为“感觉其他感觉”的轻声雕塑建议保持对我们周围人的同情。这些都是积极的东西，但绝不让人感到不安。

卢·里德和大卫·伯恩的唱片封面设计也在展出，代表了萨格迈斯特设计生涯的创造性发展，以免我们忘记这是一场基于他个人幸福观念的表演。

他向博物馆自己的艺术和设计杂志MAK/Zine解释说，“一切都好，我学到了幸福是不可能追求的，它必须靠自己来追求。”他讲述了自己研究这个概念的经历。在不那么直观的艺术家手中，构成展览收藏作品的爆炸性格言，可能会让人联想到“推特”(Twee)或“惠顾”(受惠者)。在萨格迈斯特的手里，他们读起来就像个好建议。

The result of a full decade of ongoing investigation into the nebulous notion of happiness, the show – which has already been staged in North America and in Paris – is a multifaceted sensory treat, reflecting the playful approach to the work that Sagmeister also creates as half of Sagmeister & Walsh. Pictured: How happy are you? Courtesy: MAK/Aslan Kudrnofsky

The show has its roots in a lecture, 'Design and Happiness' that Sagmeister started giving ten years ago. Pictured: Don’t expect people to change. Courtesy MAK/Aslan Kudrnofsky

This led to the conceiving of a film on the topic, for which the designer developed the 'invasive' research methods that form the basis of the research behind the show. Pictured: Don’t expect people to change. Courtesy MAK/Aslan Kudrnofsky

Stefan Sagmeister. Photography: John Madere, courtesy Sagmeister & Walsh

Sagmeister has staged interventions throughout the museum. These are accompanied by texts written by the artist, explaining the work, and offering personal insights and ruminations on their conception. Pictured: Actually Doing the Things I Set Out to Do Increases My Overall Level of Satisfaction, 2012. Execution: Kevin O’Callahan. Courtesy MAK/Aslan Kudrnofsky

A bicycle is set up in front of a neon wall installation in the permanent collection halls, encouraging the public to follow through on the things they think they should do or try throughout their lives. Pictured: Actually Doing the Things I Set Out to Do Increases My Overall Level of Satisfaction, 2012. Execution: Kevin O’Callahan. Courtesy MAK/Aslan Kudrnofsky

Actually Doing the Things I Set Out to Do Increases My Overall Level of Satisfaction, 2012. Execution: Kevin O’Callahan. Courtesy MAK/Aslan Kudrnofsky

Actually Doing the Things I Set Out to Do Increases My Overall Level of Satisfaction, 2012. Execution: Kevin O’Callahan. Courtesy MAK/Aslan Kudrnofsky

'People who do not cheat are happier than people who do, and, surprisingly, the cheaters also do worse moneywise in the long run. The same is true for entire nations: the really corrupt ones always do terribly economically,' writes Sagmeister in the accompanying notes for the work Being Not Truthful Always Works Against Me, 2006, created in collaboration with Ralph Ammer. Courtesy MAK/Aslan Kudrnofsky

A plethora of arms sticking out from a wall offer Indonesian ginger candies (Sagmeister's favourites). Pictured: MY favorite CANDIES ANYWHERE, JIN JIN GINGER CANDY from INDONESIA. Courtesy MAK/Aslan Kudrnofsky

A technicolour interactive projection reading 'Step up to it' is derived from advice from the artist's therapist on his avoidance of confrontation. Pictured: Step Up to It, 2012. In collaboration with Daniel Scheibel and Zander Brimijoin (of Red Paper Heart), Christopher Fung and Simon Egli. Courtesy MAK/Aslan Kudrnofsky

The works range from informative and sincere to knowingly irreverent. Pictured: There is no moral reason to have children. Courtesy: MAK/Aslan Kudrnofsky

Record cover designs for Lou Reed and David Byrne are also on display; representing the creative development of Sagmeister's design career, lest we forget that this is a show based around his personal conceptions of happiness. Pictured: Lou Reed, Set the Twilight Reeling, 1996. Courtesy Stefan Sagmeister