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Aside from ones you've worked on, what are some of your recent favorite book jackets?The cover for James Frey's A Million Little Pieces. Since all that's happened with that book, the cover is the only aspect of it that has emerged with its dignity intact. The cover works regardless of whether it's a novel or a memoir or what have...
...still work on as many book jackets as you used to?I still have a steady stream of book cover work. I'm greatful for it. Viva le book! I often get asked, "Is the book dead?" It hasn't happened yet. It's different than music. Music was always meant to be pure sound-it started out as pure sound and now it's pure sound again. But books started out as things. Words on paper began as words on paper. The paperback book is the best technology to deliver that information...
...covers sell books?I wouldn't buy a book simply because I like the cover. I would pick it up. The jacket can call your attention to it. But in that sense, Oprah Winfrey is worth all the jackets in the world. A jacket is basically trying to do what she does all on her own. Click here for a gallery of Chip Kidd's greatest book jackets...
...message, sent by Associate College Dean Judith H. Kidd and delivered via all 12 House e-mail lists, stated that “some students have taken it upon themselves to deface, cover or tear down posters with which they do not agree,” and pointed to a 1970 resolution mandating free speech at the College...
...feel engagement is coming from elsewhere. Right now we’re living in a very healthy moment for artists actually screaming about what has to happen. Some pictures which might seem counterintuitive have been very helpful toward the upcoming election. I look at that New Yorker Obama cover as having had a big part in undoing the calumnies and bullshit that has been surrounding poor Barack’s middle name. As we move toward Great Depression Two, the roles will be up to the artist. Some people will just take on the job of being distracter and entertainer...