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!

While surfing through YouTube the other night I came across this interesting video where Augusten Burroughs and Chip Kidd appeared at the Boston Book Festival back in 2009. They each gave a small speech and it’s pretty interesting to hear Augusten Burroughs’ ideas on “Book Cover” design. Plus, they revel a poster designed by Chip Kidd for the event. Check it out!

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!

The most talked about prequel miniseries in the comic industry, BEFORE THE WATCHMEN, are about to be collected in 4 deluxe hardcover editions. DC Comics just announced that the book covers will be designed by Chip Kidd and they have given them a release date of this summer.

Having previously designed a variant cover for BEFORE WATCHMEN: RORSCHACH issue #3, Chip Kidd was recently asked by DC Comics about what it means to him to design these historic covers. Here's what he had to say, “To design these covers is both a privilege and an honor. And a challenge! The ‘Before Watchmen’ creative team did a truly impressive job, and I will try to do justice to them. So to speak.”

Well, we can't wait to see them and we hope you're just as excited as we are. So stay tuned for their future reveal.

We were pretty thrilled this morning to wake-up to a wonderful book review for Chip Kidd’s, THE CHEESE MONKEYS: A Novel in Two Semesters. Lindy, over at the LINDY READS AND REVIEW Website shared her thoughts on the Cheese Monkeys and what it meant to her. She also took some very excellent photos of the special page treatment this book has. You see, if you look at the page edges of the book and then slightly bend them, 2 different “magic messages” appear. One message is even the title of this blog!

Please read Lindy’s Book Review by click right 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.

Presented here, for your viewing pleasure, is this very excellent student documentary project that was completed in April 2012. It’s titled, “EPILOGUE: The Future of Print”, and it shares quite a bit to think about when thinking about the value of books published on paper, real books, verses the effects of modern day eBooks. It also shares some important thoughts about Bookstores and the human touch of actual Book Sellers.