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News & ArtsThursday, April 5, 2012
Books Chip Kidd Talks About Book Design
Posted by Paul Constant on Thu, Apr 5, 2012 at 3:48 PM
I've developed an allergy to the smugness of tech-minded TED talks, but this Chip Kidd speech about book design is quite good. If you're familiar with Kidd, you won't learn anything new, but his style of presentation is kind of adorable:
I do want to smack those annoying glasses of his face, although his delightful cartoon jacket almost makes up for it. The nice thing about reading a Kidd-designed book is that you can tell he actually reads the books he designs. And he's worked on so many great books through the years that a Kidd design is almost a seal of approval, a sign that the book is at least going to be an entertaining read.
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And in two cases, he actually writes the books he designs (The Cheesemonkeys, The Learners). Good for the "sick in bed need a read" times.
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He goes more than 25 feet from that stage, and I bet a rolling weather balloon pulls him back to the office.
6
TED smugness is nauseating. Agree with LJ@3. I've stopped watching them. They remind me why I can't stand SFO 'culture'.
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Cool talk. With respect to @3 and @6, I think you can afford to be a little smug if you've made a lot of things that are pretty awesome.
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Eew. Still have no idea who Chip Kidd is, but TED is officially busted. Not too surprised: it's Long Beach.
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