Good Is Dead. It’s true. Fall, 2010.

Jacket and Book Design for Alex Ross; edited, designed, and with commentary by Chip Kidd's Rough Justice: The DC Comics Sketches of Alex Ross (2010)

Format: Jacket and Book Design
Title: Rough Justice: The DC Comics Sketches of Alex Ross
By: Alex Ross; edited, designed, and with commentary by Chip Kidd
Publisher: Pantheon
Year: 2010

Cover for Newsweek's What To Read Now, July 13, 2009 (2009)

Format: Cover
Title: What To Read Now, July 13, 2009
By: Newsweek
Year: 2009
Notes: First image is subscribers' edition cover, designed by Chip Kidd with photography by Chris Cutler. Second image is original comp. Third image is newsstand edition, July 13, 2009.

Illustration for The New York Times Book Review's No Smiting (2009)

Format: Illustration
Title: No Smiting
By: The New York Times Book Review
Year: 2009

Jacket for Gloria Vanderbilt's Obsession (2009)

Format: Jacket
Title: Obsession
By: Gloria Vanderbilt
Publisher: Ecco
Year: 2009
Notes: Photography by Geoff Spear. Mannequin heads from Gloria Vanderbilt's collection.

Interiors for Gloria Vanderbilt's Obsession (2009)

Format: Interiors
Title: Obsession
By: Gloria Vanderbilt
Publisher: Ecco
Year: 2009
Notes: Photography by Geoff Spear. Mannequin heads from Gloria Vanderbilt's collection.

Illustration for The New York Times's OpArt: What Father Does Best (2009)

Format: Illustration
Title: OpArt: What Father Does Best
By: The New York Times
Year: 2009

Jacket for George W. S. Trow's My Pilgrim's Progress: Media Studies, 1950–1998 (1998)

Format: Jacket
Title: My Pilgrim's Progress: Media Studies, 1950–1998
By: George W. S. Trow
Publisher: Pantheon
Year: 1998

Jacket for Michael Kammen's Mystic Chords of Memory: The Transformation of Tradition in American Culture (1991)

Format: Jacket
Title: Mystic Chords of Memory: The Transformation of Tradition in American Culture
By: Michael Kammen
Publisher: Vintage
Year: 1991
Notes: Photograph by Chip Kidd.

Jacket for Pico Iyer's The Global Soul: Jet Lag, Shopping Malls, and the Search for Home (2000)

Format: Jacket
Title: The Global Soul: Jet Lag, Shopping Malls, and the Search for Home
By: Pico Iyer
Publisher: Knopf
Year: 2000
Notes: Design by Chip Kidd and Abby Weintraub.

Jacket for Andrei Codrescu's The Muse Is Always Half-Dressed in New Orleans and Other Essays (1993)

Format: Jacket
Title: The Muse Is Always Half-Dressed in New Orleans and Other Essays
By: Andrei Codrescu
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Year: 1993

Jacket for Richard Schickel's Clint Eastwood: A Biography (1998)

Format: Jacket
Title: Clint Eastwood: A Biography
By: Richard Schickel
Publisher: Knopf
Year: 1998
Notes: Photograph by Albert Watson. Second image is unused comp.

Jacket for Eric Lax's Woody Allen: A Biography (1991)

Format: Jacket
Title: Woody Allen: A Biography
By: Eric Lax
Publisher: Knopf
Year: 1991
Notes: Photograph by Mia Farrow.

Jacket for Woody Allen and Linda Sunshine's The Illustrated Woody Allen Reader (1993)

Format: Jacket
Title: The Illustrated Woody Allen Reader
By: Woody Allen and Linda Sunshine
Publisher: Knopf
Year: 1993
Notes: Second image is unused comp.

Jacket for Peter Ackroyd's English Music (1992)

Format: Jacket
Title: English Music
By: Peter Ackroyd
Publisher: Knopf
Year: 1992
Notes: Photograph by Geoff Spear.

Jacket for Peter Ackroyd's Blake: A Biography (1995)

Format: Jacket
Title: Blake: A Biography
By: Peter Ackroyd
Publisher: Knopf
Year: 1995

Comp for The Rolling Stones's Voodoo Lounge (1994)

Format: Comp
Title: Voodoo Lounge
By: The Rolling Stones
Year: 1994

Jacket and Casewrap for The Who's The Who's Tommy: The Musical (1993)

Format: Jacket and Casewrap
Title: The Who's Tommy: The Musical
By: The Who
Publisher: Pantheon
Year: 1993

Jacket for Tim Riley's Tell Me Why: The Beatles—Album by Album, Song by Song, the Sixties and After (1988)

Format: Jacket
Title: Tell Me Why: The Beatles—Album by Album, Song by Song, the Sixties and After
By: Tim Riley
Publisher: Knopf
Year: 1988

Jacket for Tim Riley's Hard Rain: A Dylan Commentary (1992)

Format: Jacket
Title: Hard Rain: A Dylan Commentary
By: Tim Riley
Publisher: Knopf
Year: 1992
Notes: Illustration by Matt Mahurin.

Jacket for Michael Gross's My Generation: Fifty Years of Sex, Drugs, Rock, Revolution, Glamour, Greed, Valor, Faith, and Silicon Chips (2000)

Format: Jacket
Title: My Generation: Fifty Years of Sex, Drugs, Rock, Revolution, Glamour, Greed, Valor, Faith, and Silicon Chips
By: Michael Gross
Publisher: HarperCollins
Year: 2000

Jacket for Kurt Cobain's Journals (2003)

Format: Jacket
Title: Journals
By: Kurt Cobain
Publisher: Penguin
Year: 2003

Jacket for Wilfrid Sheed's The Boys of Winter (1987)

Format: Jacket
Title: The Boys of Winter
By: Wilfrid Sheed
Publisher: Knopf
Year: 1987
Notes: Illustration by Peter deSéve.

Jacket for Mark Richard's The Ice at the Bottom of the World (1989)

Format: Jacket
Title: The Ice at the Bottom of the World
By: Mark Richard
Publisher: Knopf
Year: 1989
Notes: Photo by Drew Pleak.

Jacket for Thomas Lynch's Skating with Heather Grace (1987)

Format: Jacket
Title: Skating with Heather Grace
By: Thomas Lynch
Publisher: Knopf
Year: 1987
Notes: Co-designed with Sarah Eisenman.

Jacket for Sam Hall's The Fourth World: The Heritage of the Arctic (1987)

Format: Jacket
Title: The Fourth World: The Heritage of the Arctic
By: Sam Hall
Publisher: Knopf
Year: 1987

Cover for Ellen Lupton's Mixing Messages: Graphic Design in Contemporary Culture (1996)

Format: Cover
Title: Mixing Messages: Graphic Design in Contemporary Culture
By: Ellen Lupton
Publisher: Princeton Architectural Press
Year: 1996

Jacket for Bia Lowe's Wild Ride: Earthquakes, Sneezes and Other Thrills (1995)

Format: Jacket
Title: Wild Ride: Earthquakes, Sneezes and Other Thrills
By: Bia Lowe
Publisher: HarperCollins
Year: 1995
Notes: Photograph by Deborah Sugarman.

Jacket for James Sanders's Celluloid Skyline: New York and the Movies (2001)

Format: Jacket
Title: Celluloid Skyline: New York and the Movies
By: James Sanders
Publisher: Knopf
Year: 2001

Format: Jacket
Title: Was
By: Geoff Ryman
Publisher: Knopf
Year: 1992
Notes: Second image is original concept. Photography by Geoff Spear.

Jacket for Jayne Anne Phillips's Machine Dreams (1990)

Format: Jacket
Title: Machine Dreams
By: Jayne Anne Phillips
Publisher: Washington Square Press
Year: 1990

Jacket for Cameron Crowe's Conversations with Wilder (2001)

Format: Jacket
Title: Conversations with Wilder
By: Cameron Crowe
Publisher: Knopf
Year: 2001

Unused Comp for Bruce Weigl's What Saves Us (1992)

Format: Unused Comp
Title: What Saves Us
By: Bruce Weigl
Year: 1992

Jacket and illustration for Bruce Weigl's Song of Napalm (1988)

Format: Jacket and illustration
Title: Song of Napalm
By: Bruce Weigl
Publisher: Atlantic Monthly Books
Year: 1988
Notes: Art direction by Robbin Schiff. Illustration by Chip Kidd. Second image is pencil sketch on tissue. Third image is high-contrast Xerox copy.

Jacket for James Salter's The Hunters (1997)

Format: Jacket
Title: The Hunters
By: James Salter
Publisher: Counterpoint
Year: 1997

OpArt for Chip Kidd's The New York Times Op-Ed page, April 9, 1999 (1999)

Format: OpArt
Title: The New York Times Op-Ed page, April 9, 1999
By: Chip Kidd
Publisher: The New York Times
Year: 1999

Jacket for Gus Lee's Honor and Duty (1994)

Format: Jacket
Title: Honor and Duty
By: Gus Lee
Publisher: Knopf
Year: 1994

Jacket for Anthony Hecht's The Darkness and the Light (2001)

Format: Jacket
Title: The Darkness and the Light
By: Anthony Hecht
Publisher: Knopf
Year: 2001

Jacket for Joan Brady's Theory of War (1993)

Format: Jacket
Title: Theory of War
By: Joan Brady
Publisher: Knopf
Year: 1993

Jacket for Larry Beinhart's American Hero (1993)

Format: Jacket
Title: American Hero
By: Larry Beinhart
Publisher: Pantheon
Year: 1993
Notes: Illustration by Stephen Kroninger.

Jacket(s) and casewrap for Kenzo Kitakata's Ashes (2003)

Format: Jacket(s) and casewrap
Title: Ashes
By: Kenzo Kitakata
Publisher: Vertical
Year: 2003

Jacket for Joh Sasaki's Zero Over Berlin (2004)

Format: Jacket
Title: Zero Over Berlin
By: Joh Sasaki
Publisher: Vertical
Year: 2004

Jacket for Yusuke Kishi's The Crimson Labyrinth (2005)

Format: Jacket
Title: The Crimson Labyrinth
By: Yusuke Kishi
Publisher: Vertical
Year: 2005

Cover for Taichi Yamada's Strangers (2005)

Format: Cover
Title: Strangers
By: Taichi Yamada
Publisher: Vertical
Year: 2005

Cover for Ami Sakurai's Innocent World (2004)

Format: Cover
Title: Innocent World
By: Ami Sakurai
Publisher: Vertical
Year: 2004

Jacket for Kaoru Kurimoto's The Guin Saga: Book One—The Leopard Mask (2003)

Format: Jacket
Title: The Guin Saga: Book One—The Leopard Mask
By: Kaoru Kurimoto
Publisher: Vertical
Year: 2003

Cover for Kenjiro Haitani's A Rabbit's Eyes (2005)

Format: Cover
Title: A Rabbit's Eyes
By: Kenjiro Haitani
Publisher: Vertical
Year: 2005

Jacket and casewrap for Genichiro Takahashi's Sayonara, Gangsters (2004)

Format: Jacket and casewrap
Title: Sayonara, Gangsters
By: Genichiro Takahashi
Publisher: Vertical
Year: 2004

Jacket for Randy Taguchi's Outlet (2003)

Format: Jacket
Title: Outlet
By: Randy Taguchi
Publisher: Vertical
Year: 2003
Notes: Photograph by Geoff Spear.

Jacket for Keigo Higashino's Naoko (2004)

Format: Jacket
Title: Naoko
By: Keigo Higashino
Publisher: Vertical
Year: 2004

Jacket and casewrap for Kaori Ekuni's Twinkle Twinkle (2003)

Format: Jacket and casewrap
Title: Twinkle Twinkle
By: Kaori Ekuni
Publisher: Vertical
Year: 2003

Jacket and casewrap for Koji Suzuki's Ring (2003)

Format: Jacket and casewrap
Title: Ring
By: Koji Suzuki
Publisher: Vertical
Year: 2003

Jacket and casewrap for Koji Suzuki's Spiral (2004)

Format: Jacket and casewrap
Title: Spiral
By: Koji Suzuki
Publisher: Vertical
Year: 2004

Jacket and casewrap for Koji Suzuki's Loop (2005)

Format: Jacket and casewrap
Title: Loop
By: Koji Suzuki
Publisher: Vertical
Year: 2005

Jacket for Koji Suzuki's Dark Water (2004)

Format: Jacket
Title: Dark Water
By: Koji Suzuki
Publisher: Vertical
Year: 2004

Jacket and casewrap for Osamu Tezuka's Buddha: Volume 1—Kapilavastu (2003)

Format: Jacket and casewrap
Title: Buddha: Volume 1—Kapilavastu
By: Osamu Tezuka
Publisher: Vertical
Year: 2003

Jacket and casewrap for Osamu Tezuka's Buddha: Volume 2—The Four Encounters (2003)

Format: Jacket and casewrap
Title: Buddha: Volume 2—The Four Encounters
By: Osamu Tezuka
Publisher: Vertical
Year: 2003

Jacket and casewrap for Osamu Tezuka's Buddha: Volume 3—Devadatta (2004)

Format: Jacket and casewrap
Title: Buddha: Volume 3—Devadatta
By: Osamu Tezuka
Publisher: Vertical
Year: 2004

Jacket and casewrap for Osamu Tezuka's Buddha: Volume 4—The Forest of Uruvela (2004)

Format: Jacket and casewrap
Title: Buddha: Volume 4—The Forest of Uruvela
By: Osamu Tezuka
Publisher: Vertical
Year: 2004

Jacket and casewrap for Osamu Tezuka's Buddha: Volume 5—Deer Park (2005)

Format: Jacket and casewrap
Title: Buddha: Volume 5—Deer Park
By: Osamu Tezuka
Publisher: Vertical
Year: 2005

Jacket and casewrap for Osamu Tezuka's Buddha: Volume 6—Ananda (2005)

Format: Jacket and casewrap
Title: Buddha: Volume 6—Ananda
By: Osamu Tezuka
Publisher: Vertical
Year: 2005

Jacket and casewrap for Osamu Tezuka's Buddha: Volume 7—Prince Ajatasattu (2005)

Format: Jacket and casewrap
Title: Buddha: Volume 7—Prince Ajatasattu
By: Osamu Tezuka
Publisher: Vertical
Year: 2005

Jacket and casewrap for Osamu Tezuka's Buddha: Volume 8—Jetavana (2005)

Format: Jacket and casewrap
Title: Buddha: Volume 8—Jetavana
By: Osamu Tezuka
Publisher: Vertical
Year: 2005

Jacket for Michael Crichton's Timeline (1999)

Format: Jacket
Title: Timeline
By: Michael Crichton
Publisher: Knopf
Year: 1999
Notes: Second image is source.

Jacket for Michael Crichton's Airframe (1996)

Format: Jacket
Title: Airframe
By: Michael Crichton
Publisher: Knopf
Year: 1996
Notes: First image is final jacket. Subsequent images are unused comps and a source photo.

Design for Swatch's The Swatch Decoder Watch (1996)

Format: Design
Title: The Swatch Decoder Watch
By: Swatch
Publisher: Swatch
Year: 1996
Notes: From Book One: "[An] open-ended commission from Swatch that was originally supposed to be part of the company's Artist Series. The art director who hired me to create it was dismissed halfway through production and things got more than a bit chaotic. It eventually was produced the way I envisioned it, but not as part of the Artist Series, as promised."

Jacket for James McCourt's Time Remaining (1993)

Format: Jacket
Title: Time Remaining
By: James McCourt
Publisher: Knopf
Year: 1993
Notes: Photo by Jarry Lang.

Unused comp for Kazuo Ishiguro's The Unconsoled ()

Format: Unused comp
Title: The Unconsoled
By: Kazuo Ishiguro
Year:
Notes: Photo by Geoff Spear.

Jacket for Kazuo Ishiguro's The Remains of the Day (1993)

Format: Jacket
Title: The Remains of the Day
By: Kazuo Ishiguro
Publisher: Knopf
Year: 1993
Notes: Photo by Robert Butler.

Jacket and binding for Jeffrey Steingarten's The Man Who Ate Everything and Other Gastronomic Feats, Disputes, and Pleasurable Pursuits (1997)

Format: Jacket and binding
Title: The Man Who Ate Everything and Other Gastronomic Feats, Disputes, and Pleasurable Pursuits
By: Jeffrey Steingarten
Publisher: Knopf
Year: 1997
Notes: Photo of bread by Geoff Spear.

Jacket for Vikram Seth's All You Who Sleep Tonight (1990)

Format: Jacket
Title: All You Who Sleep Tonight
By: Vikram Seth
Publisher: Knopf
Year: 1990
Notes: Photo by Anton Stankowsky.

Jacket for Thomas Beller's The Sleep-Over Artist (2000)

Format: Jacket
Title: The Sleep-Over Artist
By: Thomas Beller
Publisher: Norton
Year: 2000
Notes: Photos by Oote Boe.

Jacket, binding, and interiors for Marty Asher's The Boomer (2000)

Format: Jacket, binding, and interiors
Title: The Boomer
By: Marty Asher
Publisher: Knopf
Year: 2000
Notes: Illustrations from CSA archive.

Jacket for Alan Richter, Ph. D.'s Sexual Slang: A Compendium of Offbeat Words and Colorful Phrases from Shakespeare to Today (1995)

Format: Jacket
Title: Sexual Slang: A Compendium of Offbeat Words and Colorful Phrases from Shakespeare to Today
By: Alan Richter, Ph. D.
Publisher: HarperCollins
Year: 1995
Notes: Art direction by Joseph Montebello. Second image is unused comp. Third image is source for final jacket.

Jacket for Maggie Paley's The Book of the Penis (1999)

Format: Jacket
Title: The Book of the Penis
By: Maggie Paley
Publisher: Grove Press
Year: 1999

Jacket for Andrew McGahan's Praise (1993)

Format: Jacket
Title: Praise
By: Andrew McGahan
Publisher: Carroll & Graf
Year: 1993
Notes: Photography by Chip Kidd.

Jacket for Jonathan Ames's What's Not To Love?: The Adventures of a Mildly Perverted Young Writer (2000)

Format: Jacket
Title: What's Not To Love?: The Adventures of a Mildly Perverted Young Writer
By: Jonathan Ames
Publisher: Crown
Year: 2000

Cover for Paula Vogel's The Mammary Plays: How I Learned To Drive, The Mineola Twins (1998)

Format: Cover
Title: The Mammary Plays: How I Learned To Drive, The Mineola Twins
By: Paula Vogel
Publisher: TCG
Year: 1998
Notes: Source materials: Sears catalogue circa the 1940s.

Jacket for Philip Galanes's Father's Day (2004)

Format: Jacket
Title: Father's Day
By: Philip Galanes
Publisher: Knopf
Year: 2004
Notes: Photo by Geoff Spear.

Jacket for Alessandro Boffa's You're an Animal, Viskovitz! (2002)

Format: Jacket
Title: You're an Animal, Viskovitz!
By: Alessandro Boffa
Publisher: Knopf
Year: 2002
Notes: Illustration by Roz Chast. Second image is unused comp.

Jacket for Kathy Acker's My Mother: Demonology (1993)

Format: Jacket
Title: My Mother: Demonology
By: Kathy Acker
Publisher: Pantheon
Year: 1993
Notes: Design by Chip Kidd and Barbara deWilde. Art direction by Marjorie Anderson.

Jacket for William Irwin Thompson's The American Replacement of Nature: The Everyday Acts and Outrageous Evolution of Economic Life (1991)

Format: Jacket
Title: The American Replacement of Nature: The Everyday Acts and Outrageous Evolution of Economic Life
By: William Irwin Thompson
Publisher: Doubleday Currency
Year: 1991
Notes: Designed by Chip Kidd and Barbara deWilde. Art direction by Alex Gottfried.

Unused Jacket Comp for Anthony Lane's Nobody's Perfect: On Movies, Books, Certain People, Etc. ()

Format: Unused Jacket Comp
Title: Nobody's Perfect: On Movies, Books, Certain People, Etc.
By: Anthony Lane
Year:
Notes: Published in 2002 by Knopf as Nobody's Perfect: Writings from The New Yorker.

Jacket for Michael Herr's Walter Winchell (1990)

Format: Jacket
Title: Walter Winchell
By: Michael Herr
Publisher: Knopf
Year: 1990
Notes: Photos by Geoff Spear.
Second, third, and fourth images are outtakes from the Walter Winchell photo shoot. Guess who the model is…

Jacket for Richard Bausch's Good Evening Mr. & Mrs. America and All the Ships at Sea (1996)

Format: Jacket
Title: Good Evening Mr. & Mrs. America and All the Ships at Sea
By: Richard Bausch
Publisher: HarperCollins
Year: 1996
Notes: Art direction by Joseph Montebello.

Jacket for Douglas Bauer's The Very Air (1993)

Format: Jacket
Title: The Very Air
By: Douglas Bauer
Publisher: William Morrow
Year: 1993

Jacket and Casewrap for Armistead Maupin's The Night Listener (2000)

Format: Jacket and Casewrap
Title: The Night Listener
By: Armistead Maupin
Publisher: HarperCollins
Year: 2000

Jacket for Robert Polito's Savage Art: A Biography of Jim Thompson (1995)

Format: Jacket
Title: Savage Art: A Biography of Jim Thompson
By: Robert Polito
Publisher: Knopf
Year: 1995

Jacket for Raymond Chandler's Philip Marlowe's Guide to Life (2005)

Format: Jacket
Title: Philip Marlowe's Guide to Life
By: Raymond Chandler
Publisher: Knopf
Year: 2005

Jacket for Ivan Klíma's The Spirit of Prague (1995)

Format: Jacket
Title: The Spirit of Prague
By: Ivan Klíma
Publisher: Granta
Year: 1995

Jacket for Václav Havel's Summer Meditations (1993)

Format: Jacket
Title: Summer Meditations
By: Václav Havel
Publisher: Vintage
Year: 1993
Notes: Photograph by Annie Leibowitz.

Jacket for Václav Havel's Disturbing the Peace (1990)

Format: Jacket
Title: Disturbing the Peace
By: Václav Havel
Publisher: Knopf
Year: 1990

Jacket for Carolyn Forché's The Angel of History (1995)

Format: Jacket
Title: The Angel of History
By: Carolyn Forché
Publisher: HarperCollins
Year: 1995
Notes: Art direction by Joseph Montebello. Second image is unused comp.

Jacket for Wendy Brown's States of Injury: Power and Freedom in Late Modernity (1995)

Format: Jacket
Title: States of Injury: Power and Freedom in Late Modernity
By: Wendy Brown
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Year: 1995

Jacket for Steven Wright's Going Native (1994)

Format: Jacket
Title: Going Native
By: Steven Wright
Publisher: FSG
Year: 1994

Jacket for Colin McEnroe's Lose Weight Through Great Sex with Celebrities (The Elvis Way) (1989)

Format: Jacket
Title: Lose Weight Through Great Sex with Celebrities (The Elvis Way)
By: Colin McEnroe
Publisher: Doubleday
Year: 1989

Jacket for Nancy Leman's Sportsman's Paradise (1992)

Format: Jacket
Title: Sportsman's Paradise
By: Nancy Leman
Publisher: Knopf
Year: 1992

Jacket for Wayne Koestenbaum's The Queen's Throat: Opera, Homosexuality, and the Mystery of Desire (2001)

Format: Jacket
Title: The Queen's Throat: Opera, Homosexuality, and the Mystery of Desire
By: Wayne Koestenbaum
Publisher: DaCapo
Year: 2001

Jacket for Jean-Jacques Nattiez's Wagner Androgyne (1993)

Format: Jacket
Title: Wagner Androgyne
By: Jean-Jacques Nattiez
Publisher: Princeton
Year: 1993

Jacket for Christopher Hein's The Tango Player (1991)

Format: Jacket
Title: The Tango Player
By: Christopher Hein
Publisher: FSG
Year: 1991
Notes: Second image is source photo.

Casewrap and Book Design for Philip K. Dick's The Minority Report (2002)

Format: Casewrap and Book Design
Title: The Minority Report
By: Philip K. Dick
Publisher: Pantheon
Year: 2002

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