Ladies and Gentlemen - We present, for your viewing pleasure, the four BEFORE WATCHMEN: DELUXE EDITION Book Covers Designed for DC Comics by Chip Kidd. Look for these Graphic Novels to hit the shelves this Summer 2013. One important note is that all four books are available for pre-order so don’t miss out, just CLICK HERE!

Yes, the title of this post is kind of confusing but looking at the photos here should explain everything! A Company called STANDARD DESIGNS has released a series of Art Prints where they have made “Book Cover Spines” that are parodies of actual Record Albums originally done by two bands, Joy Division & New Order. Well, they have done other bands too, but who cares!

Just to clarify, the second photo, is not one of the print images but a very close-up detail shot of the 1st photo.

We thought these parodies were wacky, clever, & fun. So, if you do too then please be sure to visit their site for more information & eye candy!

Hey, just CLICK HERE!

We recently discovered a cool blog named CORPUS LIBRIS that has a very fun unique concept. They share photos that people have taken where the picture shows them with a real-life BOOK JACKET COVER very strategically placed in the photo to blend in with their own body. You have seen these before, sometimes they’re really very clever! Well, that website has a ton of them and you could easily spend an hour or two of your time just laughing! Here a few we wanted to share, but for the full effect you need to visit their webpage, so please CLICK HERE!

As an important side-note we should mention that a few of these book covers were designed by Chip Kidd like, Jay McInerney’s THE JUICE and a few Book Covers for Japanese Author, Haruki Murakami.

This is exciting news! Well, it’s fun news for all of us here at CHIPKIDD.COM anyway, ha! Yesterday we added a nice new selection of BOOK COVER DESIGN photos to our Gallery Page. This brings the total to about 146 designs & we have many more to go! So, please be sure to check back every now and then. Also, I bet you yourself even own a book or two that Chip Kidd has designed. Go take a look! Please CLICK HERE!

Chip Kidd was featured in an episode of ARTS IN CONTEXT titled, “Paint, Design, Find, Reassemble”. Chip talks about the role of Book Designers and answers some questions about the process of creating. This PBS TV Program’s main focus is on both Fine Art and Graphic Design. We have embedded the video down below for you to enjoy… for a limited time. Chip Kidd pops in at about the 6:07 mark, but we suggest just watching the whole thing because it’s really very interesting.

Chip Kidd, Graphic Designer and Penn State alum, will speak about creativity and design in "Fail Better," his upcoming talk at Schlow Centre Region Library on Thursday, April 4 at 7:00 pm. The event is FREE and open to the public.

Address:
Schlow Centre Region Library
211 S. Allen Street
State College, PA. 16801

For more information, please be sure to CLICK HERE!

We’re proud to announce another Charity Auction where Designer Chip Kidd will donate his time to create a customized book jacket, just for you! This Auction supports SYMPHONY SPACE which is located at 2537 Broadway at 95th Street in New York City, NY. This organization does an amazing job at keeping music, culture, and the arts alive! The Auction is going on right now, as we speak, and the bidding closes on April 14th, 2013 at 11:59 PM EDT. So, please be sure to get your bid in now!

Symphony Space's mission, as a per-eminent multi-disciplinary performing arts center, is to offer artistic leadership that promotes innovation, excellence, engagement, and accessibility to artists and audiences alike.

For more information about Symphony Space, please CLICK HERE!

For information on how to enter the Auction and support the Arts, Please CLICK HERE!

Check out this great pic we just got from Author Neil Gaiman! He received a package in the mail recently with an advance copy of the book he collaborated on with Designer Chip Kidd. He was so excited about it! This new book, the “MAKE GOOD ART “Speech Book (William Morrow), is based on the very inspirational Commencement Speech that Neil Gaiman gave at the University of the Arts in 2012.

Chip Kidd not only designed the book’s cover but he also worked on the inside content as well.

Check out this direct quote from Neil Gaiman down below. Then, if you have not seen it yet, please be sure to watch the Video of this wonderful speech he gave that has inspired so many people.

March 18, 2013 - “This arrived. I was scared that it wouldn’t feel like a real book. I should not have worried. Chip Kidd took my MAKE GOOD ART speech and made it into a piece of art in its own right. Along the way he committed, joyfully and intentionally, every design “mistake” he wanted to, and it all adds up to something wonderful, beautiful and, I think, helpful.”

TED Talks is currently in the middle of an exciting new television partnership with Japan’s public broadcasting station, NHK. These two groups have teamed-up to create a brand-new TV Series titled, SUPER PRESENTATION. This new program is an educational TV series that aims to teach English through the art of persuasive ideas (via TEDTalks). The great news, NHK has plans to feature Chip Kidd’s TED speech in an upcoming episode. Please stay tuned to this website and once we have official information on the release date we’ll let you know.

Now, for the people who have not seen Kidd’s TEDTalk here’s some minor background. Last year, TED asked Chip Kidd to give a lecture on “Designing Books”. He did, and the wonderful thing is that it became very popular (whew!). So popular that it has been viewed (at the time of this writing) 657,356 times on the Official TED website. It has also been viewed over 88,000 times on YouTube. Well, the actual estimate for total viewing is approximately 900,000 times! Yes, almost a million people, WOW! So, if you have not seen it we have it right here. Please give it a quick view.

Over at the OTHER PEOPLE Podcast with Brad Listi, Author David Shields talked about his new book, “How Literature Saved My Life”, published by Knopf. It’s a very in-depth interview as they discuss Fiction, Publishing, Book Writing Methods, and many other Book-Related things. It’s very thought provoking & if you’re a fan of Shield’s work you just have to hear it, it’s fun! Just CLICK HERE! Oh yeah, as a side-note we should also mention that Chip Kidd designed this Book Cover and you can see a larger view in the Gallery Section of CHIPKIDD.COM by clicking HERE!