Much is to be gained by eBooks: ease, convenience, portability. But something is definitely lost: tradition, a sensual experience, the comfort of thingy-ness - a little bit of humanity.
Chip KiddDesign is a response to a specific problem. You are given a problem to solve, and then you let the problem itself tell you what your solution is.
Chip KiddNever fall in love with an idea. They're whores: if the one you're with isn't doing the job, there's always, always, always another.
Chip KiddKiddies, Graphic Design, if you wield it effectively, is Power. Power to transmit ideas that change everything. Power that can destroy an entire race or save a nation from despair. In this century, Germany chose to do the former with the swastika, and America opted for the latter with Mickey Mouse and Superman.
Chip Kidd