Chip Kidd's Writings
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Nov.28.2008
CBC
Chip Kidd had a profound effect on the modern novel long before he ever sat down to write one. In the late ’80s, Kidd joined the publishing house Alfred A. Knopf as a junior design assistant, where he soon exhibited a gift for book jacket design. If you’ve ever gazed at the cover of Michael Crichton’s 1990 novel Jurassic Park, you’ve witnessed Kidd’s genius. The...
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Nov.26.2008
Onion AV Club, Vol. 40 Issue 22
This interview with Chip Kidd was conducted by Keith Phipps in 2004.
K.P.: What sets a good book cover apart from a bad book cover?C.K.: Well, the boring answer is, a good book cover makes you want to pick it up. End of story. It will intrigue you enough to make you want to go to second base, as it were, with the book. The silly answer is, "One with...
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Nov.26.2008
1961August.When Tip is standing in the doorway as he is right now, it can only mean one thing. I brace myself. He shouts, eyes pleading:"Milk!"After two and a half months, I'm starting to get used to it. Very jarring at first, but now I'm practically a pro. I counter, with excellent timing:"Paint!"Aha. Got him. He wasn't ready for that."...
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Nov.26.2008
The Cheese Monkeys
Part Two, Chapter One
ART 127. INTRODUCTION TO COMMERCIAL ART. INSTR.: PROF. W. SORBECK, BFA Tues. & Thurs., 2:25 P.M.
Room 207, Baxter Bldg.
(formerly Wexler Science Hall)
DESCR: A fundamental exploration of the applied arts.
Credits: 3
I got there at quarter past two. A dozen or so kids dotted the benches and floor in the hall facing the classroom -- I...
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About Chip
Chip Kidd is a graphic designer and writer living in New York City and Stonington, Connecticut.
His first novel, The Cheese Monkeys, was a national bestseller and a New York Times Notable Book of the Year. His first book, Batman Collected, was awarded the...