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Chip Kidd
Graphic designer extraordinaire
TED Talk: “Chip Kidd: Designing books is no laughing matter. OK, it is”
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TED Talk: “Chip Kidd: Designing books is no laughing matter. OK, it is”
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Chip Kidd, a renowned graphic designer and associate art director at Alfred A. Knopf, is best known for the iconic T-Rex image that he designed for Jurassic Park. Kidd lectures frequently on graphic art and design, comics, and his book jacket work.
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About Chip Kidd
Chip Kidd is “the closest thing to a rock star” in the world of graphic design (USA Today). He is Associate Art Director at Alfred A. Knopf, where he has been a jacket designer since 1986. It is safe to say that over the course of two decades he has changed the way book jackets are perceived—from merely a protective covering to a work of art that sells the book. A notable example is the iconic T. rex image he designed for Michael Crichton’s Jurassic Park, already anticipating how it could be used for movie promotion.
Chip Kidd is a novelist (his first novel, The Cheese Monkeys, was published in 2001); he is the driving force behind the Pantheon graphic books program, which includes the work of Art Spiegelman, Chris Ware, and Marjane Satrapi; and he is also very active in the world of graphic design beyond books through his freelance work, which includes the art direction and cover design of Paul Simon’s latest album, Surprise. Bringing all his work together in 2005, Rizzoli published Chip Kidd: Book One, a collection of his jackets and the story of his life so far, introduced by John Updike and with contributions from authors David Sedaris, Donna Tartt, and Elmore Leonard.
Chip Kidd lectures frequently on graphic art and design, comics, and his book jacket work.
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Speaking Topics
Book Jackets I Have Known and Loved
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TED Talk: “Chip Kidd: Designing books is no laughing matter. OK, it is”
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Praise for Chip Kidd
Chip Kidd does not look like the bookish type. After all, the word suggests someone who is shy, retiring and introverted. Kidd, by contrast, is boyishly ebullient, a quick-witted scene-stealer who seems more comfortable holding court at a noisy party than quietly contemplating life in a musty corner of a library. Yet few contemporary figures have had a bigger impact on the book world.
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Media About Chip Kidd
“The Book Jacket Art of Chip Kidd”
“Chip Kidd: Start Making Sense”
“Metro Cards for Sale” Illustrations
“Chip Kidd, book cover designer, unmasked”
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Bat-Manga!
More than just a dazzling novelty, Bat-Manga! is an invaluable, long-lost chapter in the history of one of the most beloved and timeless figures in comics.
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