In a recent episode of the CHASE JARVIS LIVE Podcast, Debbie Millman talks with Chase about her life, career & her new book, “WHY DESIGN MATTERS: CONVERSATIONS WITH THE WORLD’S MOST CREATIVE PEOPLE”. At a certain point in our careers, there are no more promotions to seek. No more pay raises to demand. No more competition to be had…. At the peak of our careers, a sense of achievement can be offset by the sheer terror of falling down […]
In the latest episode of Marc Maron’s WTF PODCAST Marc talks with Tennis Icon, Billie Jean King! The main reason for her appearance was to promote her new book, “ALL IN: A BIOGRAPHY” (Published by Knopf, designed by Chip Kidd). Billie Jean King is forever remembered as the winner of the Battle of the Sexes, but the battles she fought for equal pay and non-discrimination are still reverberating today. Billie talks with Marc about her realization at 12 years […]
Be sure to check out this recent episode of THE MODERN ART NOTES PODCAST, Episode No. 507, because it features authors Mark Stevens and Annalyn Swan; and Kathryn Brown. Stevens and Swan are the co-authors of the biography “Francis Bacon: Revelations”, a broad-ranging look at the British artist’s life and work. It was recently published by Knopf. Stevens and Swan’s 2005 biography of Willem de Kooning won a Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Critics Circle Award. Kathryn Brown is the […]
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 […]
Recently, Jeff Trexler, Executive Director of the COMIC BOOK LEGAL DEFENSE FUND sat down for an interview with Calvin Reid of the Publishers Weekly More to Come podcast. This interview is a great introduction to Jeff Trexler and his work. It touches on his background and his previous involvement in the comics community before delving into what is going on with CBLDF today. Topics discussed in the conversation include, why the position of executive director is interim, diversification, rebuilding trust, and expanding […]
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 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 […]
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:
In this recent episode of the DESIGN MATTERS Podcast the Host, Debbie Millman, talks to Designer Chip Kidd and his good friend, the Graphic Novelist Chris Ware. They discuss their friendship, their working relationship, the state of Graphic novels & then Chris goes into depth about his new book, RUSTY BROWN (Pantheon 2019). Check it out! ————————————————————————————————————
This post sort of has 2 parts to it that are both associated with Chris Ware. One, if you visit the Official NPR website you can read an article by Etelka Lehoczky. It’s basically an interview in a nice easy to read transcript-style. Here’s a LINK to the NPR Website if you’d like to read the article! Then, TWO, here’s a recent NPR A1 Podcast interview with Chris Ware where he talks about his new book, RUSTY BROWN (2019, Pantheon). […]