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Chip Kidd
American graphic designer
For the James Bond villain Charles Kidd, see Mr. Wint and Mr. Kidd.
Charles Kidd (born 1964)[2] is an American graphic designer known for book covers.
Early childhood
Born in Shillington in Berks County, Pennsylvania, Kidd grew up being fascinated and heavily inspired by American popular culture. Comic books were his gateway into graphic design, with Batman and Superman populating some of his earliest childhood memories.
Kidd attended Pennsylvania State University, where he graduated in 1986 with a degree in graphic design.
Career
Throughout his career, Kidd has been a graphic designer, book designer, editor, author, lecturer and musician.
According to Graphic Design: American Two, he has been credited with “helping to spawn a revolution in the art of America book packaging in the last ten years.” [3] One of the most consistent characteristics of Kidd's style is the fact that his book covers don't carry one sig