SPARK & FIRE PODCAST recently did a profile on the Designer who created the Iconic “Jurassic Park” Book Cover. Back in the day, a Designer named Chip Kidd got a dream assignment: Create an iconic book cover for a soon-to-be-blockbuster: Michael Crichton’s Jurassic Park. And when the pressure to perform is that high, it’s easy to get creatively paralyzed. SPARK & FIRE follows Chip on his journey in and out of stuck-ness as he creates one of […]
On the final day of CCXP Worlds (Dec. 6th, 2020), Bruno Porto interviewed New York-based Graphic Designer, Writer and Editor Chip Kidd about Comic Books, Graphic Design, & Book Production. Anyway, here it is, please be sure to check it out! ————————————————————————————————————
Neemz (Nima Nakhshab) a.k.a. “The Movie Poster Guy” on Tumbler recently interviewed Chip Kidd on his Instagram Page titled, “Jurassic Your World“. The main focus of that page is “Jurassic Park” movie fandom so the topic quickly goes to Chip Kidd’s involvement with the creation of the Jurassic Park Logo. They also discuss the other Book Covers he has designed & other Graphic Design Commissions. Overall, a really great interview! To hear/see it just click down below:
Quote from Bottleneck Gallery: “We are thrilled to announce our JURASSIC PARK ART project with the original designer Chip Kidd to release a screen printed / letterpress deluxe hybrid poster with a blind emboss and signature / numbering by Chip Kidd himself! The JURASSIC PARK logo is one of the most recognizable images in not only film, but in CULTURE. It has been endlessly spoofed, homage, honored and stolen and become the mark of a franchise with over 5 films […]
Award-winning designer, author and pop culture historian Chip Kidd joins Gilbert and Frank over at the Gilbert Gottfried’s AMAZING COLOSSAL PODCAST for a lively (and educational!) conversation about memorable Movie Posters, Jewish Comic Book Creators, the Convoluted History of Captain Marvel and the 80th Anniversary of the Caped Crusader & Japanese BAT-MANGA! Also, King Kong goes to Japan, Andrew Wyeth inspires Charles M. Schulz, Gilbert plays a Superman Villain and Chip designs the iconic “Jurassic Park” Logo. PLUS: Tobor the […]
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!
Vox, one of the leading news websites out there today, recently interviewed the Designer Michael Bierut about the concept and idea of what makes a great logo. He is the creator of the famous “Hillary Clinton” political campaign logo and many countless others like: TED Talks, Saks Fifth Avenue, Guitar Hero, etc. So, check out this fun video clip about a part of graphic design that affects all of our lives.
WOW! Oh Man, what an honor! The extremely popular MENTAL FLOSS website recently did an article titled “20 Things You Might Not Have Known About Jurassic Park” and they gave credit to designer Chip Kidd for creating the iconic movie franchise logo… AWESOME!! Thank you MF!!
In the graphic design art world Chip Kidd is pretty well known for being the designer/creator of the “Jurassic Park” Movie Logo. Not to brag or anything but it is one of the most iconic images of the 1990’s and is still being used today for the recent release of the “Jurassic World” film. The funny thing with it being so famous is that is has spawned a ton of parodies. I mean, it’s been used as humor t-shirt images […]
Steven Spielberg returns to executive produce the long-awaited next installment of his groundbreaking Jurassic Park series, Jurassic World. Colin Trevorrow directs the epic action-adventure based on the novel “Jurassic Park” by Michael Crichton. Frank Marshall and Patrick Crowley join the team as producers. We should mention that the JP logo was created by the Graphic Designer, Chip Kidd. Jurassic World will be released in 3D by Universal Pictures on June 12, 2015.