Here’s a quick post to share a very cool fan-made YouTube Video showcasing the Book Cover Design for the New MARVELOCITY: THE MARVEL COMICS ART OF ALEX ROSS Book (Pantheon) created by the Book Designer, Chip Kidd. So, a Special THANK YOU goes out to COLLECTOR DUDE for making this, it’s awesome! ————————————————————————————————————
In this very well put together YouTube Video by Designer MEAD McCLEAN he discusses the Book Cover Dust Jacket and Interior Page Design of the Hardcover version of Haruki Murakami’s “Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage”. Mostly, this talk focuses on the use of the central “hand image” and its integration with elements of the story. Plus, it shows off some of the unique qualities of the book’s design, great job Mead & thank you! […]
Pantone, the reference for professional color standards in the design world, has declared a fresh, “zesty yellow-hue” of “Greenery” the Color of the Year for 2017. Pantone 15-0343 is described as a “life-affirming” shade of green foliage, grass and green apples that evokes the first days of spring and the pursuit of personal passions and vitality. “Greenery bursts forth in 2017 to provide us with the hope we collectively yearn for amid a complex social and political landscape,” said […]
Over at the CREATIVE BLOQ website they recently shared a post titled “10 Famous Designers’ Portfolios and What You Can Learn From Them” and the really cool thing is that Chip Kidd made the list! I mean, seriously, it’s a great honor because the list of names also includes: Susan Kare, Peter Saville, April Greiman, Kate Moross, James Victore, Debbie Millman, Stanley Donwood, Jon Burgerman, and Jessica Hische! Oh yeah, and they shared an awesome screenshot of our website (shown up above), thanks Dudes! […]
The Dumb Questions For Smart Designers website finally got ahold of Chip Kidd and, like their name says, they asked him some really stupid questions. Ha Ha, actually it was a lot of fun and most of the questions were kind of clever. You can read that INTERVIEW right here!
Here’s a quick post to share a “Chip Kidd” Meme we recently came across. It’s meant to be an inspiration to Graphic Design Students, check it out!! Oh yeah, we’re not sure who the Artist was who illustrated it but the “portrait” is pretty damn good, ha!
This week, THE HISTORY OF BATMAN Podcast interviewed graphic designer and Batman writer Chip Kidd from New York Comic Con! Londyn and his co-host, Mason Booker, talk with Chip about his journey into becoming a modern book jacket designer, his life-long fandom of BATMAN, and how he became part of the Dark Knight’s celebrated history with his book, “Bat-Manga! The Secret History of Batman in Japan” (Pantheon Books), exploring the lost art of the Batman Manga during the 1960s. Listen in to this riveting interview […]
If you live anywhere near Toronto then you need to attend an event there on November 20th titled, “DESIGN NEW YORK“. It will be hosted by the Advertising and Design Club of Canada (ADCC). The main speaker and guest curator will be Paula Scher of Pentagram, and it will display work from six of New York’s most celebrated design studios – each of which will receive its own poster design treatment by Underline (The poster for Chip Kidd is featured down below). Also, just […]
OK, Here’s a quick shout-out to Thomas James over at the ILLUSTRATION AGE website for doing a recent story about the online classes being taught by Designer Chip Kidd. He is teaching an online “how to” class over at the SKILLSHARE website titled, THINK LIKE A DESIGNER: MAKING AN ART POSTER. Enrollment is available anytime and the classes just started so please go check it out sometime. Also… Thanks James!
Here’s a nice item we found in our archives of an interview with Designer Chip Kidd that was done for the NOTEBOOK ON CITIES AND CULTURE Podcast awhile back. It’s a really great conversation about the importance of Art School, Chip’s obsession with the now-infamous Milgram Experiment and, also, his use of an Andres Serrano photo for a brand-new Bible book cover! They also get pretty serious talking about Chip Kidd’s 2nd novel, The Learners: The Book After The Cheese Monkeys… Enjoy: