The rock star of the book jacket design world
One of the things that most astonished my husband when we met and married five years ago was to discover that I did not know who Chip Kidd is. 鈥淵ou鈥檙e a book lover,鈥� he pointed out. 鈥淗ow you possibly not know who Chip Kidd is?鈥�
I was a book lover but I must admit that (until marrying a graphic designer) I never thought much about their covers.
Some seemed nice to me, others less so, and that was about as far as it went. Now, however, I take book covers very seriously.
Some of the concepts are so clever, some of the executions so powerful (and then, of course, some much less so) but at any rate, ignore them I never do anymore.
And I certainly know who Chip Kidd is. He鈥檚 the rock star of the book jacket design world.
If you think you鈥檝e never seen his work, I assure you that you鈥檙e wrong. If you鈥檝e been in a bookstore, you鈥檝e seen (and perhaps even admired) Chip Kidd鈥檚 work 鈥� you just didn鈥檛 know it at the time.
Anyway, in addition to adorning books, Kidd also writes them. His first novel, 鈥淭he Cheese Monkeys鈥� was about a graphic design student named Happy.
Kidd鈥檚 new book, 鈥淭he Learners鈥� is the sequel in which Happy grows up and gets a job. To see the Monitor鈥檚 review of 鈥淭he Learners,鈥� click here.