By: Maryann Yin,
on 12/31/2015
Do you need a boost of inspiration for the new year?
We’ve compiled a list of five videos featuring writers who have given TED talks throughout the past year. Our list includes StoryCorps founder Dave Isay, biographer Aimee Molloy, book designer Chip Kidd, blogger Ann Morgan, and Newbery Medalist Linda Sue Park.
For more talks, the TED organization has created the “10 talks from authors” playlist. Who do you nominate to speak at future TED conferences?
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By: Heidi MacDonald,
on 10/5/2015
MORE things to do and get signed at NYCC, with lots ofr preveiws of Abrams Spring 2016 line all at booth #2228 and 2016 Abrams calendars with every purchase over $50.00 while supplies last (limited one per customer). And advance copies of the above book about Alan Turing by Jim Ottaviani and Leland Purvis. Advance […]
By: Maryann Yin,
on 9/21/2015
By: Heidi MacDonald,
on 9/3/2015
Not too many comics or graphic novel make Page Six, the NY Posts’s venerable gossip page, but the book party the other night for Marisa Acocella Marchetto’s new graphic novel Ann Tenna (Knopf) did just that! It was also written up on the WSJ society page – an actual event! The hubbub was about Marchetto’s […]
By: Maryann Yin,
on 6/24/2015
What’s the best way to give a strong first impression? Chip Kidd, a book designer at the Alfred A. Knopf imprint, delivered a TED talk on “the art of first impressions — in design and life.” The video embedded above features his entire talk.
In his 2012 TED Talk, Kidd stated that a book cover provides a first impression on what readers will be consuming. Throughout this new lecture, he focuses on the importance of inspiration, clarity, and mystery. He also showcases the jackets he created for Only What’s Necessary: Charles M. Schulz & The Art of Peanuts, Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki & His Years of Pilgrimage, and Fraud: Essays.
Kidd further elaborates on the subject of first impressions in a TED Books project entitled Judge This. Over at the TED blog, he shares several pieces of “advice for young writers and designers.” To glean more wisdom from this famed artist, check out the TED talk he gave in 2012.
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By: Chip Kidd,
on 6/5/2015
Describe your latest book. Judge This is a book that evolved out of discussions with the TED Books team, chiefly my editor Michelle Quint. It is a meditation on first impressions in design and life, and when design should be clear and when it should be mysterious. And then what can happen when the two [...]
By: Xander,
on 6/1/2015
You'll see the world a little differently after reading Judge This by legendary book designer Chip Kidd, a fun and intriguing book all about first impressions. Whether you're a creative type or very much not so (ahem), Kidd gives you the tools to engage with your environment in a new way. Books mentioned in this [...]
By: Dianna Dilworth,
on 12/11/2014
The New York Times has chosen their favorite book covers giving some much deserved praise to book designers.
Among the books that earned the honor are: Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and his Years of Pilgrimage by Haruki Murakami, which was designed by Chip Kidd; A Girl is a Half-Formed Thing by Eimear McBride with a design by W. H. Chong; and Your Face in Mine by Jess Row with a design by Oliver Munday.
Here is more from The Times:
What is the value of a book cover if fewer and fewer people shop at bookstores? I used to browse St. Mark’s Bookshop looking for covers that caught my eye. It was an exciting way to discover new authors, and design played a huge role. Now, one increasingly encounters books through social media or online recommendations, and the role of the designer might, at first glance, seem diminished.
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By: Maryann Yin,
on 6/2/2014
How does one create an iconic book jacket? Riverhead Books art director Helen Yentus Delete and Knopf designer Oliver Munday tried to tackle that question at a Book Expo America panel. We've collected three design tips that they shared during the discussion. continued...
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By: Jason Boog,
on 3/15/2013
Amazon has created its own literary fiction imprint called Little A. Designer Chip Kidd created the logos for this new corner of Amazon Publishing.
The new imprint will focus on novels, memoirs and story collections. It will include books by James Franco, A.L. Kennedy and Jenny Davidson. The publisher will also open a digital-only series that will be part of the larger imprint. Check it out:
Day One is a digital-only series within Little A that is focused on short stories from debut writers and is available in North America and in the U.K. The first title, Kodi Scheer’s, haunting, fabulist “When a Camel Breaks Your Heart” was released on February 5, 2013. On March 19, Day One will release “Monster” by McSweeney’s contributor Bridget Clerkin, in which a woman struggles to keep her dysfunctional family
together amid unsettling events–the family dog goes missing and an unidentified, mysterious animal corpse washes up on the beach.
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By: Jason Boog,
on 3/11/2013
In May, HarperCollins will publish Make Good Art, a Chip Kidd-designed book version of a Neil Gaiman commencement address. Gaiman’s speech at the University of the Arts in Philadelphia went viral last year, sharing “secret freelancer knowledge” that all kinds of writers, editors and freelance workers can use.
We’ve embedded a video of his speech above–it also contains the best advice he ever received, delivered by the great novelist Stephen King. Here is Gaiman’s secret freelancer knowledge:
You get work however you get work, but keep people keep working in a freelance world (and more and more of today’s world is freelance), because their work is good, because they are easy to get along with and because they deliver the work on time. And you don’t even need all three! Two out of three is fine. People will tolerate how unpleasant you are if your work is good and you deliver it on time. People will forgive the lateness of your work if it is good and they like you. And you don’t have to be as good as everyone else if you’re on time and it’s always a pleasure to hear from you.
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By: Maryann Yin,
on 12/18/2012
Do you need a boost of inspiration for the new year? We’ve compiled a list of five videos featuring writers who have given TED talks in 2012.
Our list includes The Vagina Monologues playwright Eve Ensler, The Fault in Our Stars novelist John Green, Lunch Lady graphic novelist Jarrett J. Krosoczka, The Girl with the Pearl Earring author Tracy Chevalier and Knopf book designer/writer Chip Kidd.
Back in 2010, Best Colleges Online created a list of “12 essential TED talks for writers.” Who do you nominate to speak at future TED conferences?
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By: Chad W. Beckerman,
on 10/9/2012
By: April Henry,
on 8/21/2012
NPR recently spoke to famed cover designer Chip Kidd (and the man I once had an intense conversation with over the buffet line only to realize I thought he was someone else) about book covers.
In the olden days, a reader might pick up a book because the cover was exciting, intriguing, maybe even beautiful. But in the brave new world of e-books and e-readers, the days when an artist named Chip Kidd could make us reach for a book may be gone.
Read - and listen - to the story here.
By: April Henry,
on 6/1/2012
Random House book designer Chip Kidd gave a TED talk called “Designing books is no laughing matter. OK, it is.”
Some tips from his talk:
“A book cover is a distillation.” It’s a “haiku” of the story. Ask yourself this question, “What do the stories look like?”
Finished books need a “face”–the book cover provides a first impression on what the reader “is about to get into. A book designer gives form to content.”
Chip is not only the designer of many iconic book covers, he’s also an author. His first novel was The Cheese Monkeys
By: Jason Boog,
on 5/11/2012
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By: [email protected] (Mark Blevis and Andrea ,
on 4/5/2012
Knopf Books Associate Art Director Chip Kidd hits one out of the park with this TED Talk about children’s books and book design.
By: Jerry Beck,
on 11/14/2011
To celebrate the release of the new Saul Bass biography
There’s a Saul Bass tribute at MoMA in a few hours with the book’s author Pat Kirkham along with Kyle Cooper and Chip Kidd. Tickets for non-MoMA members are at the door so get there early.
Also, now would be a good time to point out that Universe will be re-issuing Saul Bass’s only (and nearly impossible to find) illustrated children’s book next February. Henri’s Walk to Paris
It surprised me that I disliked the book as much as I did because Bass had a sense of humor (and his very able and funny collaborator Art Goodman worked on the book, too). But, the book’s illustrations are excessively formalized and austere (the curse of design for design’s sake), with none of the warmth, humor or vitality that the story required. Using minimalist graphics in a children’s book is a tricky task to begin with, but it’s possible to do it well. Graphic designer Paul Rand pulled it off more successfully in titles like Sparkle and Spin and Little 1. Or simply look to the master of super-stylized children’s book illustration, Abner Graboff. In spite of its shortcomings, if you’re a Bass fan, you’ll probably want a copy of the book, and now it’s easier to find than ever before.
(Thanks, Short of the Week for the video link)
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By: Jason Boog,
on 3/25/2011
Designer Chip Kidd has made covers for Haruki Murakami for years, and he unveiled his latest cover for 1Q84 (embedded above) at the Knopf Doubleday site.
His essay reveals more about the plot of this massive novel.
Here’s more from Kidd: “By using a semi-transparent vellum for the jacket, and printing the woman’s image in a positive/negative scheme with the title on the outside layer and the rest of her on the binding, once the jacket is wrapped around the book it ‘completes’ the picture of her face. But something odd is definitely going on, and before the reader even reads a word, he or she is forced to consider the idea of someone going from one plane of existence to another.”
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By: Chad W. Beckerman,
on 8/20/2009
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"With the arrival of digital readers some in the book world are wondering if their industry will follow the music industry's lead of online content quickly becoming king over hard copy.
Chip Kidd weighs in on the subject. He's been called the "world's greatest book-jacket designer" and USA Today has labeled him "the closest thing to a rock star" in the world of book-cover design. Jian gets into Chip Kidd's craft as well. "
By: April Henry,
on 1/29/2009
The NY Times looks at book specific Web sites. “Publishers have long hoped that, say, a jacket by Chip Kidd or an author photo by Marion Ettlinger will increase attention and sales by signaling that a book is a big deal. In recent years, as publishing houses have encouraged writers to create a robust online presence, a new team of experts has emerged. Rabb and a handful of others are now the go-to people for book-specific Web sites and videos, and many authors are willing to shell out big money — usually from their own pockets — for the privilege of working with them.”
[Full disclosure: Regular readers of this blog may remember that I once had a somewhat personal and somewhat confusing conversation with Chip Kidd at a party after I got him mixed up with someone else.]
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By: Neil Gaiman,
on 11/3/2008
The Vegas Valley festival also includes a comics festival on the Saturday. See http://www.lasvegasnevada.gov/Publications/16668.htm
The signing is happening at 1 p.m. at the 5th Street School (401 S. Fourth St). Attendees can bring one item from home and whatever is purchased on site.
If folks can't make it down, signed books will still be available at the door the night of the event.
This very special evening will bring two of the series most beloved stories to life with a multimedia presentation that marries comics and live theater.
The Turing book is fantastic! I wish the movie’s director had followed this book vs the script they used.