Akshita Nanda, the Lifestyle Arts Correspondent for THE STRAITS TIMES (A popular newspaper in Singapore), recently interviewed Chip Kidd about the process of book cover design, what it’s like to work with Haruki Murakami, and he also shares how he came up with the iconic Jurassic Park dinosaur silhouette for the best-selling Michael Crichton book. To read the full story, just CLICK HERE!
Here’s a quick post to share some really great book publishing news! Chip Kidd’s JUDGE THIS / TED Talks Book has been translated into Italian for the book market in Italy! The “new” title is, “Così è se vi sembra”! If you would like a copy of this rare book then please visit this RIZZOLI website where they have links to Amazon.It, among others. Oh yeah, here’s an Amazon Link for the ENGLISH Version:
If you have never heard of a website named DESIGNGATHA then you should really check it out. They cover many related topics around the ideas of Art, Design, Handicraft, Architecture, Fashion, and Graphic Design. Seriously, it’s a cool blog! Anyways, we wanna thank them for posting an interview they recently conducted with the Designer Chip Kidd. They asked some really good questions and even posted a bunch of his famous book cover designs…. sweet! To read the full interview, please CLICK […]
This is so cool, YOU can help further the cause of Breast Cancer Research!! Yes, CHARITY BUZZ has teamed-up with the Book Designer Chip Kidd to raise money for PINK ZONE AT PENN STATE. This non-profit organization is one of the most hard-working charities out there who are doing everything possible to help those affected with this disease. It’s a great cause and here’s how YOU can join the fight! OK FIRST, Charity Buzz is having an AUCTION where the winner gets to have Chip Kidd design […]
Zach Smith, a Guest Contributor over at the NEWSARAMA Comic Book News Website, recently conducted an extensive interview with the Book Designer (and Author) Chip Kidd about his latest book, “Only What’s Necessary: Charles M. Schulz and the Art of Peanuts” (Abrams). They get pretty deep about the creation of this book and the importance of Charles M. Schulz and the wonderful Peanuts characters that he drew for 50 years. Here’s a LINK to check it and please do because […]
The Always Super-Awesome BOING BOING website has a very fun podcast called RIYL (Recommend If You Like) and they recently talked with Chip Kidd about Graphic Design, Book Covers, His New “Art of Peanuts” Book, and the Future of Books in a Digital World.
OK, real quick, we want to thank Andrew Dansby over at the HOUSTON CHRONICLE Newspaper for writing such a wonderful book review for Chip Kidd’s latest book, “Only What’s Necessary: Charles M. Schulz and the Art of Peanuts” (Published by Abrams). Now, we had a link to the article all ready to go but today we found out that it’s only available online for a short time and then they make you register on their website to view it later. So […]
Wow! We wanna thank the entire staff of the NEWSDAY Newspaper Syndicate for placing Chip Kidd and Geoff Spear’s new book, Only What’s Necessary: Charles M. Schultz and the Art of Peanuts (Abrams), on their 2015 Holiday Gift Guide. They made some very excellent suggestions this year and we’re just totally honored to be included. For the complete list please be sure to visit their website, here’s a LINK!
In a previous post here at CHIPKIDD.COM we mentioned that Chip’s new book, “GO! A Kidd’s Guide To Graphic Design” (Workman Publishing Company) was gonna be translated into Korean for the book market in South Korea. Well, it has been finished and it’s in stores there now! Also, if YOU would like a copy for yourself then please visit this WEBSITE right here! Yes, we can’t read the Korean language either, but it would be a super-fun book to have. They […]
The Book Designer Chip Kidd was recently honored with being a guest at the 2015 BEYOND TELLERRAND Conference that is held every year in Germany. The thing that’s pretty cool about this event is they document it with really great video coverage. Here is Chip Kidd’s speech he did and, surprisingly, everything went very well, ha ha! The main focus was the question, “When should design be clear, and when should it be mysterious?” Chip also talks about the future […]