Chip Kidd On Batman, His Cut of That Pesky Dinosaur Skeleton, and Finally, On Stage! - Posted January 15, 2008
Don't miss our adorable Kidd of the Year, Chip Kidd, in this interview by Dwell. In this episode, we learn he lived one town over from John Updike, whose father was Kidd's father's math teacher (A ha! So the literary thing was kind of embedded early on). He also discusses... [UnBeige]

"Design Matters" Season Five Schedule Announced - Posted January 2, 2008
Effervescent host (and quite the hostess as well) Debbie Millman has leaked the new season of "Design Matters" to UnBeige first, kicking off January 18 with our Man of the Year, Chip Kidd. Graphic designers, writers, illustrators, authors, scientists, editors, a Nobel Prize winner and many, many UnBeige favorites will be... [UnBeige]

UnBeige Looks Back: See You In the Future, Mr. Powers! - Posted December 31, 2007
Maybe because it's so fresh in our mind, but non-designer Michael Wolff's Dr. Evil impression sure does stick out as our favorite design memory of the year (Wolff photo courtesy of Jessica Perilla). Not this time, Mr. Glaser! Here's to many more non-banal moments in 2008. You can see our ten... [UnBeige]

UnBeige Looks Back: The Year In How Cool It Was To Be Chip Kidd - Posted December 31, 2007
Who did the baddest book cover design of them all? He did. Who won a National Design Award and then DJed the afterparty? He did. Who got his house profiled in international publication after international publication? He did. Who got his first novel optioned then put together a very thick monograph then cranked out... [UnBeige]

New York Holiday Party Report - Posted December 20, 2007
Thanks for the invitations, New York design community (or in some cases, not having a list at the door). Here's where we found ourselves drinking free toddies this week... Rockwell Group Address: Bowlmor Lanes Crowd: Rockwell Group employees Specialty Cocktail: Bullshot, served by "celebrity bartender" Laurie Rosenwald Big Sightings: Maira Kalman, Tucker Viemeister wearing a Santa... [UnBeige]

Chip Kidd: Now an Even Closer Thing to a Rock Star - Posted December 20, 2007
When we first heard that Chip Kidd would be playing with his band Artbreak for the first time anywhere last night, we were intrigued for sure, but wondered...would they be any good? From our top-secret embedded design/rock critic who tossed more than one undergarment onto the stage, we have the following... [UnBeige]

Chip Kidd and the Artbreak-ers: A Little Light Reading - Posted December 19, 2007
According to our top-level informant/groupie embedded at tonight's highly-anticipated Artbreak (get it?) concert, Chip Kidd took the stage for a brief reading from his new novel The Learners (above) before rocking the house (below). ... [UnBeige]

The Closest Thing to a Rock Star In Graphic Design Becomes an Actual Rock Star - Posted December 19, 2007
He asked where his groupies were. The answer: The Lion's Den, 11pm, New York City. Hmmmm, now what would a Chip Kidd groupie wear...a Jurassic Park t-shirt?... [UnBeige]

The GUM Guys Dedicate Themselves to Being Lemon Men - Posted December 12, 2007
Before we lost our minds in Miami, we met up over PBRs, ever so briefly, with Kevin Grady and Colin Metcalf, who were in town giving a presentation at Art Center. You might remember their bubblicious GUM, which was kinda like a comic book, kinda like a magazine, kinda like a... [UnBeige]

Best Book Covers of 2007? You Be the Judge - Posted November 20, 2007
The nice people at Murketing directed us towards the first of many, many, many, many, many, many, many end of the year round up lists, compiled by The Book Design Review blog. Peruse these picks of the best book covers of 2007---including some of our favorites by Chip Kidd, Rodrigo Corral,... [UnBeige]

At Home With the Closest Thing to a Rock Star In Graphic Design - Posted November 7, 2007
When not being a slave to the beat, Chip Kidd hangs his Walter Gropius-styled eyeglasses in a now-famous apartment in New York. While not the first publication to peek inside Kidd World, the Telegraph's "Warning: Graphic Material" gives us the gratuitous Jurassic Park reference and the anecdote about the cover that... [UnBeige]

One More Dinosaur Bone To Pick - Posted June 11, 2007
Add another chapter to the Chip Kidd-Howard Grossman epic Jurassic vs. Tyrannosaurs book cover battle. Lisa Turner sends us the tiny image you see to the left along with this little anecdote: Actually, the story is more complicated than what you've reported. What's really interesting is that Jurassic Park's cover looks almost... [UnBeige]

HOW, You Ask? - Posted April 9, 2007
Our friends at HOW were kind enough to remind us that their annual conference is just around the corner--June 10-13 to be exact--and in order to save a few bucks, you'll want to sign up before April 13. They just keep adding UnBeige favorites to the Atlanta lineup: Chip Kidd, Steff... [UnBeige]

The Nerve-Salon.com-The Onion-College Humor-mb.com Party - Posted March 14, 2007
Where to begin in our extensive SXSW party coverage? How about early evening on the only night it hadn't been raining at sundown. We made our way over to Club de Ville, where the best panel of the entire festival held a happy hour. The folks from Nerve, Salon.com, The Onion,... [UnBeige]

Times Admits Reporter Paid Teen Porn Star | Voice 'Nasty' To Blum | Jann Wenner's Kidd | March Ad Madness - Posted March 7, 2007
NYT: Acknowledges reporter paid $2,000 to teen porn source. [AP] Jann Wenner: Gets renowned book-jacket designer Chip Kidd for Rolling Stone 40th birthday trilogy. [NYP] MTV Networks: Plans to launch "thousands" of Web sites to regain viewers. [Reuters] Couric: After six months, still in third place. [USA Today] Jenna Bush:... [FishBowlNY]