Chip Kidd
Associate Art Director
Alfred A. Knopf, NYC


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Chip is a graphic designer and writer living in NYC and Stonington, CT. He's a native of Reading, PA and a graduate of the graphic design program at Penn State University.

His book jacket designs for Alfred A. Knopf have helped spawn a revolution in the art of American book packaging. His work has been featured in Vanity Fair, Eye, Print, Entertainment Weekly, The New Republic, Time, Graphis, New York, and ID magazines, and he is a regular contributor of visual commentary to the Op-Ed page of The New York Times.

His first novel, The Cheese Monkeys, was a national bestseller and a New York Times Notable Book of the year. He is the editor-at-large for Pantheon and has written about design and popular culture for McSweeney's, Vogue, Details, 2wice, and many others.

He is also the lead vocalist, percussionist, lyricist, and co-songwriter in artbreak, a new band described as "The New Pornographers meet The Cars" (Unbeige).


www.goodisdead.com


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 Thursday, February 4, 2010

6:00 p.m. Reception
7:00 p.m. Presentation
The Whitaker Center Performance Theater
222 Market Street
Harrisburg, PA 17101

Directions to The Whitaker Center

Members: FREE*
Non-members: $30
Students: $15


*Each Society of Design member of record as of 01/22/10 will be able to claim two extra free tickets to the Chip Kidd presentation.

Questions?
goodthings@societyofdesign.org





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The book after The Cheese Monkeys


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