Tag : Poster

MAIRA KALMAN Has Been Chosen to Create the 2017 National Poetry Month Poster!

The Academy of American Poets is pleased to announce that Boston Globe–Horn Book Award-winning illustrator MAIRA KALMAN designed the official celebratory poster for National Poetry Month, April 2017. Each year the organization distributes a poster free-of-charge to over 100,000 schools, libraries, and bookstores nationwide for their April celebrations. Known to draw from her own life story and all of its absurdities, Kalman was selected by renowned graphic designer Chip Kidd on behalf of the Academy of American Poets. “Maira […]

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November 30th #ADCC DESIGN NEW YORK – Showcases 6 of the Best NY Graphic Art Studios

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 […]

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ILLUSTRATION AGE – Think Like A Designer with #ChipKidd

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!

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New CHIP KIDD #Skillshare Class Online Now! Think Like a Designer: Making an Art Poster

About This Class Chip Kidd is world-famous for designing some of the most innovative book covers of our time. How do his ideas come to life? This inspirational 35-minute class takes you on a journey through Chip’s process for designing an art poster, a real project he took on for the Brooklyn Book Festival in Fall 2016. As he explores his assignment, research strategy, and even graphic ideas, you’ll see how the best graphic designers — Chip amongst them — are creative and conceptual problem-solvers. […]

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Brooklyn Book Festival and Chip Kidd Debut Official Poster Art #BKBF

The Brooklyn Book Festival, #BKBF, New York City’s largest free literary festival, has unveiled two new custom images created by award-winning graphic designer and writer Chip Kidd. From posters to totes to online portals and social media streams, the 2016 Brooklyn Book Festival will introduce branded elements featuring Kidd’s colorful urban design: the image of a young woman reading a book emblazoned with the Brooklyn Bridge. “A rock star of book design, [Chip Kidd] is the perfect artist to articulate the […]

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Check Out the New JURASSIC WORLD Movie Poster!

Check out this extremely cool image of a new movie poster that just premiered around the world! This is for the JURASSIC WORLD film coming to theaters on June 12, 2015. Now, why are we excited about it? Well, not only is this a super-great franchise and we can’t wait to see it, but the Designer Chip Kidd is very well known for creating the original “Jurassic Park” Logo and they are still using his design… OH YEAH!

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