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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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BLACK HOOK Interviews Designer CHIP KIDD

  The Art Director and Graphic Designer Chip Kidd recently sat down with the reporters over at the BLACK HOOK Japanese Culture Blog to discuss some of his current design work. Since the website comes from Japan their main focus was what is it like to work the Japanese Author, Haruki Murakami (The Strange Library & Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki And His Years of Pilgrimage) and Manga Artist, Gengoroh Tagame (The Passion of Gengoroh Tagame). They also discuss Chip Kidd’s “Batman Book” on the Art […]

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CREATIVE BLOQ: 10 Famous Designers’ Portfolios and What You Can Learn From Them #ChipKidd

  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!   […]

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GQ INDIA Magazine Adds Chip Kidd’s GO Book to 2016 TEN BEST BOOKS ON DESIGN List!

  Hey, here’s some pretty cool “Chip Kidd” news! The GQ INDIA Magazine website recently added Chip’s book, “GO: A Kidd’s Guide to Graphic Design” (Workman) to their official list of the “TEN BEST BOOKS ON DESIGN of 2016”. Oh man, that is SO freakin’ awesome! Thanks GQ!!          

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QUOTE ADDICTS Showcases the Graphic Designer CHIP KIDD

    A friend emailed me the other day saying that the official QUOTE ADDICTS website was going crazy with memes themed around the “idea of wise words about graphic design”. One of the designers who made the list was Chip Kidd.  So, I thought I’d post a few of them here for fun. Their site has many more so please be sure to check them out sometime. OK, HERE WE GO!          

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TOKYO TOY GUY 2 Movie Clip – Chip Kidd Visits Rare #Batman Toy Shop in Japan!

    If you’re a serious Batman Fan, or just love the character, then you totally have to check out this preview clip from the new TOKYO TOY GUY 2 Movie! This is a fun documentary series all about extremely RARE Japanese BATMAN TOY Collectors from all over the world.   In this clip from TOKYO TOY GUY 2 we get to see Chip Kidd’s secret visit to Nakano Broadway where he was able to find some of the rarest vintage Japanese […]

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Dumb Questions For Smart Designers – Chip Kidd

  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!      

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TOKYO TOY GUY 2 #BATMAN Vintage Toy Collector Movie Opens in Abu Dhabi!

  It’s official! The TOKYO TOY GUY 2 Movie, Special Edition, will be screened in Abu Dhabi on Oct 28th! For the people unfamiliar with this line of movies it’s a very serious series of documentary films covering the joy of collecting Vintage Batman Toys with an emphasis on the toys made in the country of Japan in the 1960’s. TOKYO TOY GUY 2 features an in-depth interview about Chip Kidd’s visit to Nakano Broadway where Chip Kidd and the Director, Yuji Ueda, got to […]

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#PantheonBooks to Publish Gengoroh Tagame’s “My Brother’s Husband” Manga!

Massive Goods announced on Monday that Pantheon Books (Maus, Persepolis) will publish Gengoroh Tagame‘s My Brother’s Husband(Otōto no Otto) manga in English. The first two-in-one omnibus volume is slated for June 2017. Massive Goods describes the story: My Brother’s Husband is a family drama that begins with the auspicious arrival of Mike, a Canadian who has come to pay respects to the family of his recently deceased Japanese husband Ryoji, whose only remaining immediate family member is Yaichi—an identical twin […]

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Graphic Design Inspirational Quote by CHIP KIDD!

  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!    

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