Chip Kidd - Graphic Designer

• Real name is Charles Kidd,

• Known as Chip Kidd

• He graduated from Pennsylvania state University from the graphic design program.

• Hired by Knopf publishing house in 1986,

• By 2002 he had made over a thousand book covers.

• some authors (Oliver Sacks) request him in contract

WORKS

• Author of a few Novels himself

• The Cheese Monkey’s: a Novel in Two Semesters

• The Learners: the Bookafter “The Cheese Monkeys”

• Batman: Death By Design (published by DC Comics in 2012)

HOWEVER HE’S BEST KNOWN FOR HIS BOOK COVERS.

STARTED WORKING AFTER VINYL COVERS WHEN BOOK COVERS WERE BECOMING COOL.

• One article states that "Time Out New York has said that ‘the history of book design can be split into two eras: before graphic designer Chip Kidd and after.’”

• he made one of underwear and when the cover is removed, its an x-ray of a pelvis bone.

• He’s known for his witty book covers and has some that have made it to hollywood.

• such as…

INSPIRATIONS

REFERENCES

• http://pabook.libraries.psu.edu/palitmap/bios/Kidd__Chip.html

• http://www.chipkidd.com/contact.html