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Chip Kidd: How Japanese Pop Culture Inspired the World’s Best-Known Book Designer

  • Chip Kidd speaks to Nippon.com during the Tokyo International Literary Festival.

    Chip Kidd speaks to Nippon.com during the Tokyo International Literary Festival.

  • The multi-layered design for Kitakata Kenzō’s novel Ashes.

    The multi-layered design for Kitakata Kenzō’s novel Ashes.

  • Twinkle Twinkle by Ekuni Kaori, one of Kidd’s designs for Vertical. Two faces peep out through openings cut into the dust jacket.

    Twinkle Twinkle by Ekuni Kaori, one of Kidd’s designs for Vertical. Two faces peep out through openings cut into the dust jacket.

  • “When you line the books up, you see the evolution from a young boy to an old man.”

    “When you line the books up, you see the evolution from a young boy to an old man.”

  • Bat-Manga, Kidd’s anthology of original Batman comics by Kuwata Jirō

    Bat-Manga, Kidd’s anthology of original Batman comics by Kuwata Jirō

  • Chip Kidd discusses his jacket designs for Murakami Haruki’s novels during a talk at Waseda University.

    Chip Kidd discusses his jacket designs for Murakami Haruki’s novels during a talk at Waseda University.

  • Chip Kidd: How Japanese Pop Culture Inspired the World’s Best-Known Book Designer
  • Chip Kidd: How Japanese Pop Culture Inspired the World’s Best-Known Book Designer
  • Chip Kidd: How Japanese Pop Culture Inspired the World’s Best-Known Book Designer
  • Chip Kidd: How Japanese Pop Culture Inspired the World’s Best-Known Book Designer
  • Chip Kidd: How Japanese Pop Culture Inspired the World’s Best-Known Book Designer
  • Chip Kidd: How Japanese Pop Culture Inspired the World’s Best-Known Book Designer
  • Chip Kidd: How Japanese Pop Culture Inspired the World’s Best-Known Book Designer
  • Chip Kidd: How Japanese Pop Culture Inspired the World’s Best-Known Book Designer
  • Chip Kidd: How Japanese Pop Culture Inspired the World’s Best-Known Book Designer
  • Chip Kidd: How Japanese Pop Culture Inspired the World’s Best-Known Book Designer
  • Chip Kidd: How Japanese Pop Culture Inspired the World’s Best-Known Book Designer
  • Chip Kidd: How Japanese Pop Culture Inspired the World’s Best-Known Book Designer
  • Chip Kidd: How Japanese Pop Culture Inspired the World’s Best-Known Book Designer
  • Chip Kidd: How Japanese Pop Culture Inspired the World’s Best-Known Book Designer
  • Chip Kidd: How Japanese Pop Culture Inspired the World’s Best-Known Book Designer
  • Chip Kidd: How Japanese Pop Culture Inspired the World’s Best-Known Book Designer
  • Chip Kidd: How Japanese Pop Culture Inspired the World’s Best-Known Book Designer
  • Chip Kidd: How Japanese Pop Culture Inspired the World’s Best-Known Book Designer

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