Chip Kidd
Chip Kidd (* 1964 in Reading , Pennsylvania as Charles Kidd ) is an American illustrator and author .
Life
In 1986, Kidd began designing books full-time as a junior assistant to Alfred Knopf , but also worked for years as a freelance media designer for clients such as Amazon and HarperCollins .
Ever since he designed the cover for Michael Crichton's Jurassic Park , he has been considered one of the most prominent book illustrators of our time. USA Today newspaper called him “ the closest thing to a rock star in graphic design ”, while James Ellroy called him “ the world's greatest book-jacket designer ” for his cover design .
Kidd illustrated books by such well-known authors as Frank Miller , Bret Easton Ellis , Haruki Murakami , Dean Koontz , Cormac McCarthy , Charles Schulz , Osamu Tezuka and John Updike . Numerous authors, such as Oliver Sacks , have negotiated special contractual clauses, thanks to which only Kidd can illustrate their books. Together with Art Spiegelman, he also worked on a biography of Jack Cole in 2003 .
Since 2001, Kidd has also devoted himself increasingly to writing. His first novel, The Cheese Monkeys , has autobiographical traits and was continued in The Learners . In 2012, Kidd also wrote the comic Batman: Death by Design for DC Comics .
Kidd is currently the Artistic Director of the Random House publishing group and lives in New York .
Web links
- Literature by and about Chip Kidd in the catalog of the German National Library
- Official website
Individual evidence
- ↑ Minzesheimer, Bob: Chip Kidd, book cover designer, unmasked: Prolific artist is on the front of a new book about him , September 3, 2003, USA Today
- ^ Heer, Jeet: In his good books: Asking us to both see and read , September 18, 2003, National Post
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Kidd, Chip |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Kidd, Charles |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American book illustrator and author |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1964 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Reading , Pennsylvania , United States |