Volume 49 No. 7 February 17, 2010
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Chip Kidd Photos
How could we resist de
signing for the designer.
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How Dare you
Celebrate V-Day!
Aubrey Clark says why
the rest of the year is
more romantic
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Visions of Sundance
Film Festival
Lance Stennet shares his
experiences from Park
City, Utah
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Movies to Watch,
Burritos to Eat!
Tom Klemick shares his
top of 2010 as Vince D.
continues his quest for
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5 Minute Olympics
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Hundreds of fans packed the
lobby of The Whitaker Center
Performance Theater on Feb 4
as they lined up for Chip Kidd's
book signing before his lecture at
7 pm.
More than 400 people attended
the event said Craig Welsh,
adviser to the Society of Design.
The SOD sponsored the event.
"From what anyone I talked to
can recall, this was the largest
design event ever held in Central
PA. Quite an incredible turnout
given that the organization is only
five months old. Chip was very
impressed by the turnout and said
he'll help us get other people to
the area if we're ever in need of
assistance," said Welsh
Throughout the night Kidd
discussed his different encounters
with rejection throughout his 24
years at Alfred A. Knopf in New
York City. As a graphic designer,
rejection is quite common from
clients. Kidd stated that it's
perceived as if he "farts his
ideas," because he is so far into
his career.
"No, No. I get my s**t rejected all
the time. Pisses me off," he said.
As principal of the design
studio GoWelsh, Welsh relates to
Kidd's different encounters with
rejection.
"His experiences are very much
like what I believe to be the norm
for many graphic designers. Lots
of revisions and many times the
revisions don't follow a logical
or rational line of thinking," he
said.
Among the 400 people who
showed, about 40-50 were from
Penn State Harrisburg according
to Welsh. Lance Stennett,
President of the SOD, had nothing
but nice things to say about Kidd's
lecture.
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"I thought the lecture was
brilliant. Chip wasn't afraid to
be himself and be candid about
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The Society of Design presents
Chip Kidd at The Whitaker
Chip Kidd lectures about rejection throughout his career and how he handles deals with it
the design industry. He talked
about rejection, retribution and
creativity in an honest and sincere
way," said Stennett.
Communications major Dee
Sabatino a member of SOD also
related to Kidd's comments on
rejection.
"Yes! I appreciate how realistic he
is about it. Rejection is something
that everyone will experience at
some point," she said.
Amy Kirby, member of SOD
attended the event and also
found Kidd's lecture on rejection
compelling.
"I found it profoundly comforting
that Chip Kidd's designs get
rejected often. (Misery loves
company), No really, it helped
me realize that I shouldn't feel
bad about getting my designs
rejected," she said, "It happens
ever day in this field, weather you
are Chip Kidd, or a PSH student.
It levels the playing field for me
in my mind. That the sky is the
limit, that both professional and
student are on the same footing,
almost."
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Videographer for the SOD event,
Sean Saman, a communications
major, thoroughly enjoyed Kidd's
lecture.
"Chip Kidd was hilarious and
witty. He's got some great stage
presence standing behind a
podium underneath the spotlight.
I had no knowledge of his work
prior to the event, so it was
surprising to see some familiar
book covers," said Saman.
Fellow communications
major Alicia Nolt also enjoyed
Kidd's lecture. Chip Kidd had a
spontaneous personality and an
incredibly creative imagination,
she said. Nolt also found
inspiration from the event.
"I definitely thought it was
inspiring how he was born in
Reading, PA and worked his way
to the top. He told us the story of
how he filled up his wall in his
apartment with rejection letters
and then one day finally got a
chance. It just shows us to work
at our dreams and never give up."
she said.
Kidd designs book covers. Most
notably are the covers he made
for Michael Crichton novels. His
design for the cover of "Jurassic
Park" was used for the marketing
of the movie. Comic book fans
may also recall the work he did
with Alex Ross in the DC Comics
art book Mythology.
The SOD has one more speaker
scheduled for this semester.
Modern Dog is a design company
from Seattle. Robynne Raye and
Mike Strassburgerare the principal
and co-founders of Modern Dog.
Raye and Strassburger plan to
present at the same time.
"Their work is equally as
groundbreaking as Chip Kidd's
but with a totally different
aesthetic sensibility," said Welsh.
The SOD events have attracted
people from all over the Central
PAarea, and as far away as
Baltimore
The Maryland Institute College
of Art (MICA) in Baltimore loved
Chip Kidd and are now planning
to bring a group of students to
Modern Dog according to Welsh.