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!

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.

Oh yeah, this post is a quick shout out to let y’all know we have added a ton of fresh Book Cover Photos to the CHIPKIDD.COM Gallery Page. Some of them have been added to the first page & then there are some more on the second. So, please be sure to check them out and also remember to share them with all your friends and family!

Hey, Just click the “Gallery” Tab up above or simply, CLICK HERE!

Back in 2008 Quark paid a visit to Chip Kidd’s New York City Office at Knopf (Random House) where they did a small series of videos relating to current Graphic Design issues and, more specifically, what it takes to create a career in Design. They covered: The State of Graphic Design, Work and Collaborations, Design Technology, & Design methodology. The interesting thing is that these ideas are still very relevant today & the advice given here still holds a lot of value. So, for your viewing pleasure, here they are!

Here’s a nice YouTube video we came across the other day and as soon as we viewed it we knew we had to share it here. It’s a small clip from one of Chip Kidd’s lectures were he talks about his “new mantra”. It’s pretty funny so please be sure to check it out!

This post is a friendly remind that the CHARITY BUZZ Auction where you can win the opportunity to have Designer Chip Kidd create a Book Cover for your book or novel. The contest ends in about 3 days & it’s going pretty good so far but we could always use more action! The bidding right now is up to $1600.00 so you still have a chance to get this special freelance work at a great price. Also, please remember, all this money goes to an extremely important charity. So, don’t miss out!!

Here’s the LINK for more info, just CLICK HERE!

Here’s a quick post to share the amazing photography of an Artist named THOMAS ALLEN. What he does is he takes old pulp novels & found vintage books and he cuts them up to create these wonderful 3D “re-constructions”. Think of it like a form of recycling or re-purposing. He gives these old books a new life in a very fun & clever way.

Anyways, just check out the photos here, you’ll see what I mean. His ART is so cool and it’s always fun to look at. To see more of Allen’s artwork please be sure to visit his website, just CLICK HERE! One last thing, if you visit, prepare to start drooling.

Chip Kidd gave a lecture on Typography and Graphic Design at the HAMMER MUSEUM at UCLA in Los Angeles, California on November 28th, 2012. So, right here is the high-quality video they just posted of the event. Thank You Hammer!

I don’t know why, but somehow this older Podcast Interview with Designer Chip Kidd popped-up on a recent Google search. Like, I thought it was brand-new, but later I found out it was recorded back in 2008. That’s so weird. Yes, this is from five years ago! But hang-on a second, it’s still great to listen to and fun to revisit. This was posted on a website called 36POINT where they cover many different aspects of Graphic Design. There, they have a Podcast called “The Reflex Blue Show” and Chip was interviewed by Nate Voss and Donovan Beery. The questions they pose are pretty interesting and, overall, the discussion is most excellent! They also talk about some book projects that Kidd had going on at that time like Batman’s Bat-Manga, Watching The Watchmen, and his own two novels, Cheese Monkeys and The Learners.

Hey, Go give it a listen! CLICK HERE

Here’s another Karen Kavett “Graphic Design” Instructional Video we knew we needed to post and not just because she’s cute but also because it features some great information about what you need to know before going to press.