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Chip Kidd

Born

in Reading, Pennsylvania, The United States

January 01, 1964

Website

http://chipkidd.com/

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Literature & Fiction, Comics & Graphic Novels

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Chip Kidd is an American author, editor and graphic designer, best known for his innovative book covers.

Born in Reading, Pennsylvania, Kidd grew up in a Philadelphia suburb, strongly influenced by American popular culture. While a design student at Penn State, an art instructor once gave the assignment to design a book cover for Museums and Women by John Updike, who is also a Shillington native. The teacher panned Kidd's work in front of the class, suggesting that book design would not be a good career choice for him. However, Kidd later received professional assignments to design covers for Memories of the Ford Administration and other books by Updike.

Kidd is currently associate art director at Knopf, an imprint of Random House. He first j ...more

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New Book JURASSIC PARK: THE ORIGINAL TOPPS TRADING CARD SERIES is in Stores Now! (April 2022)

JURASSIC PARK: THE ORIGINAL TOPPS TRADING CARD SERIES
by the Topps Company
Introduction by Gary Gerani
Afterword by Chip Kidd

HARDCOVER
Price: $24.99

Additional formats: Ebook
Publisher: Abrams ComicArts
Publication Date: April 26, 2022

Journey back to where it all started in this deluxe collection of the classic Topps trading cards from 1993—just in time for the theatrical release of Jurassic World: Domi

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Chip Kidd’s books

Average rating: 3.8 · 87,576 ratings · 8,711 reviews · 79 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Cheese Monkeys 3.75 avg rating — 5,898 ratings — published 2001 — 30 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Batman: Death by Design by Chip Kidd, Dave Taylor (Illustrator) 3.71 avg rating — 2,152 ratings — published 2012 — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Go 4.11 avg rating — 1,941 ratings — published 2013 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Learners 3.57 avg rating — 1,680 ratings — published 2008 — 17 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Book One: Work, 1986-2006 by Chip Kidd, Geoff Spear (Photographer), John Updike (Introduction) 4.25 avg rating — 1,060 ratings — published 2005 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Peanuts: The Art of Charles M. Schulz by Chip Kidd (Editor), Jean Schulz (Introduction), Charles M. Schulz 4.37 avg rating — 796 ratings — published 2001 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Judge This (TED Books) 3.54 avg rating — 963 ratings — published 2014 — 25 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Only What's Necessary: Charles M. Schulz and the Art of Peanuts by Chip Kidd, Geoff Spear (Photographer), Jeff Kinney (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 4.39 avg rating — 315 ratings — published 2015 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Bat-Manga! The Secret History of Batman in Japan by Chip Kidd, Chip Kidd (Editor) 3.84 avg rating — 359 ratings — published 2008 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Massive: Gay Erotic Manga and the Men Who Make It by Chip Kidd (cover_art), Anne Ishii (Editor), Graham Kolbeins (Editor) 4.15 avg rating — 301 ratings — published 2014 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Quotes by Chip Kidd (?)

“Never fall in love with an idea. They're whores: if the one you're with isn't doing the job, there's always, always, always another.”
― Chip Kidd, The Cheese Monkeys

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“Much is to be gained by eBooks: ease, convenience, portability. But something is definitely lost: tradition, a sensual experience, the comfort of thingy-ness — a little bit of humanity.”
― Chip Kidd

tags: ted

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“Commercial Art tries to make you buy things. Graphic Design gives you ideas.”
― Chip Kidd, The Cheese Monkeys

tags: art, commercial, design, graphic-design, graphics

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