Charmaine Esmeralda, over at the MEDIUM Website, recently wrote a super-excellent article on the Book Designers who have created covers for Haruki Murakami. She does a short individual biography of Chip Kidd, John Gall & Suzanne Dean. It’s very well researched & it’s also loaded with great pictures too! To check it out, just CLICK HERE!! ————————————————————————————————————
On a recent episode of the BAT FORCE RADIO Podcast they were joined by graphic designer, author, and Batman art collector Chip Kidd to talk about his comic roots, the making of books like “Batman Animated”, “Bat-Manga!” and “Batman: Death By Design”, creating the iconic Jurassic Park logo, how he acquired original pages of The Dark Knight Returns, and lots more. Check it out! Bat Force Radio · BatForceRadioEp235: Chip Kidd Interview ! ————————————————————————————————————
In this recent video by the POLITICS AND PROSE Bookstore James Ellroy discusses his novel, “This Storm” (Knopf, Book Cover Design by Chip Kidd). Ellroy, one of the top crime fiction writers working today, excels at telling large stories on an expansive canvas. He won renown first with his Underworld U.S.A. Trilogy–which included the classic American Tabloid—and cemented his reputation with his unparalleled L.A. Quartet. In his new novel, which follows Perfidia as the second volume of a projected four, […]
If you think Jim Carrey is merely a brilliant-but-quirky actor/comedian, just wait until you read his new book titled “Memoirs and Misinformation:A Novel (Knopf).” CBS News Correspondent Tracy Smith talks with Carrey and co-author Dana Vachon about their new “semi-autobiographical novel.” ————————————————————————————————————
In his newest book, Exercise of Power: American Failures, Successes, and a New Path Forward in the Post-Cold War World (Knopf), former Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates provides a candid, sweeping examination of power in all its manifestations, and how it has been exercised, effectively or poorly, by American presidents in the post-Cold War world. Since the end of the Cold War, the global perception of the United States has progressively morphed from dominant international leader to disorganized entity, […]
Jim Carrey was on the Graham Norton Show (BBC America) where he talked about his new book, “Memoirs and Misinformation: A Novel”. Now, the cool thing, is that they show the cover of the book on screen really big & Jim shares a very interesting story about the image used for the cover. As a side note, this book & it’s cover were designed by Chip Kidd. ( The book is being published by Knopf, a Division of Penguin Random […]
dvdvdvv “Milton Glaser has left the Earth. But his art, his passion, his inspiration, his friendship, his legacy: They are all still here. They’ll always be here, with us. Thank you, Milton.” – Chip Kidd Milton Glaser was an American graphic designer. His designs include the I ❤ NY logo, the psychedelic Bob Dylan poster, and the logos for DC Comics, Stony Brook University, and Brooklyn Brewery. He was also a founder of NEW YORK Magazine and ran a personal […]
In a recent DESIGN MATTERS Podcast interview, Host Debbie Millman talks with Author Cheryl Strayed. You can check that out by clicking HERE! You could say that Cheryl Strayed is very adaptable. Her memoir, Wild, was adapted into a movie starring Reece Witherspoon. Another book, Tiny Beautiful Things, was adapted for the stage by Nia Vardalos and Thomas Kale. Tiny Beautiful Things itself was adapted from an advice column she once wrote called “Dear Sugar”, and that advice column has been adapted into […]
Knopf (a Division of Penguin Random House) has finally released an Audiobook of “MEMOIRS AND MISINFORMATION” by Jim Carrey and Dana Vachon and the ultra-cool thing is that they got it read by Jeff Daniels! (Cover designed by Chip Kidd). Yes, Jim Carrey & Jeff Daniels (Dumb & Dumber Movies) have teamed-up again! Well, sort of. Jeff Daniels was hired to read Jim Carrey’s new book in audio form and he ended up doing an amazing job! Don’t believe us? […]
Amid a global pandemic comes a novel about a global pandemic. Lawrence Wright wrote “The End of October” before the new coronavirus was discovered in China, but some of its chapters feel ripped from today’s headlines. In the video down below, Wright joins Jeffrey Brown to discuss returning to fiction after years in journalism and what inspired his prescient story. Little Side Note: This book was published by Knopf (In Stores Now!), & Chip Kidd designed the Cover! This is […]