In my next project im hoping to use card board box's to make loads of card board robots here are some of the robots i found on the web
Tuesday 13 May 2008
CARD BOARD ROBOTS
In my next project im hoping to use card board box's to make loads of card board robots here are some of the robots i found on the web
Chip Kidd BATMAN obsession
Alumnus shares Batman obsession, collection with University students
By JAMES REID
Collegian Arts Writer
Chip Kidd always felt a little strange about his Batman obsession. He really enjoyed scouring flea-markets for toys, nightlights and even pocket-combs in the shape of the Caped Crusader, but he had to wonder if he wasn't a little strange.
Chip Kidd
spoke in Kern Auditorium on Wednesday (Collegian Photo / Clinton Marchant - click for full size image) That was before he was humbled by another collector, a guy who lived alone and spent most of his money acquiring the largest collection of Batman memorabilia in the country.
"I did realize I was a human being after all . . . and this person was not," Kidd said.
At a lecture yesterday afternoon in Kern Auditorium, Kidd displayed his appetite for Batman kitch and how he turned it into a book for Bullfinch Press, titled Batman Collected.
Kidd, though, a 1986 University graduate in graphic design, is better known for his work in book design. He has gained national esteem designing covers for books by the likes of Anne Rice, Dean Koontz, John Updike and Michael Crichton, including the ubiquitous dinosaur logo from Jurassic Park.
Adventures of Batman and Robin Episode Guide
His highly visual and distinctive covers stand in contrast to the "plain brown wrapper" covers that first adorned books in 1840s London.
"Chip Kidd has, I think, re-thought the dust jacket," said James L. W. West III, Distinguished Professor of English, when he introduced the lecture.
Kidd's lecture, sponsored in part by the Center for the History of the Book, provided a short history of Batman through his many guises--comic books, television, movies and even tortilla chips.
Batman Encyclopedia
It's the tortilla chips and other strange spin-offs, like a pathetic and crumpled Robin marionette, that Kidd is most interested in. These things, which he calls "the archaeology of our time," are the subject of his book.
"I wanted everything in the book to be inanimate, with the arguable exception of Adam West," he said.
Leading dust jacket designer and alumnus Chip Kidd shows slides from his new book, Batman Collected. (Collegian Photo / Clinton Marchant - click for full size image) An avid collector of Batman memorabilia since he was four, it wasn't until a party at a professor's house that his hobby was legitimized. The house, filled with board games, toys, and other pop culture remnants, was something of a relief to Kidd.
"I thought I was in an insane museum," he said. "I realized you could be a reasonably well-adjusted adult and collect this stuff."
The topic was something of a surprise to many of the 200 or so people who attended the lecture.
I was actually expecting more about his graphic design career, said Faith Chang (senior-journalism).
Graphic design majors, though, were happy to see someone who has become so successful in their field.
"It's good to see what people are doing (after graduating in graphic design)," said Nicole Cummo (senior-graphic design). "It gives our program a good reputation."
A collection of Kidd's book jackets will be on display until February 16 in Kern Lobby.
By JAMES REID
Collegian Arts Writer
Chip Kidd always felt a little strange about his Batman obsession. He really enjoyed scouring flea-markets for toys, nightlights and even pocket-combs in the shape of the Caped Crusader, but he had to wonder if he wasn't a little strange.
Chip Kidd
spoke in Kern Auditorium on Wednesday (Collegian Photo / Clinton Marchant - click for full size image) That was before he was humbled by another collector, a guy who lived alone and spent most of his money acquiring the largest collection of Batman memorabilia in the country.
"I did realize I was a human being after all . . . and this person was not," Kidd said.
At a lecture yesterday afternoon in Kern Auditorium, Kidd displayed his appetite for Batman kitch and how he turned it into a book for Bullfinch Press, titled Batman Collected.
Kidd, though, a 1986 University graduate in graphic design, is better known for his work in book design. He has gained national esteem designing covers for books by the likes of Anne Rice, Dean Koontz, John Updike and Michael Crichton, including the ubiquitous dinosaur logo from Jurassic Park.
Adventures of Batman and Robin Episode Guide
His highly visual and distinctive covers stand in contrast to the "plain brown wrapper" covers that first adorned books in 1840s London.
"Chip Kidd has, I think, re-thought the dust jacket," said James L. W. West III, Distinguished Professor of English, when he introduced the lecture.
Kidd's lecture, sponsored in part by the Center for the History of the Book, provided a short history of Batman through his many guises--comic books, television, movies and even tortilla chips.
Batman Encyclopedia
It's the tortilla chips and other strange spin-offs, like a pathetic and crumpled Robin marionette, that Kidd is most interested in. These things, which he calls "the archaeology of our time," are the subject of his book.
"I wanted everything in the book to be inanimate, with the arguable exception of Adam West," he said.
Leading dust jacket designer and alumnus Chip Kidd shows slides from his new book, Batman Collected. (Collegian Photo / Clinton Marchant - click for full size image) An avid collector of Batman memorabilia since he was four, it wasn't until a party at a professor's house that his hobby was legitimized. The house, filled with board games, toys, and other pop culture remnants, was something of a relief to Kidd.
"I thought I was in an insane museum," he said. "I realized you could be a reasonably well-adjusted adult and collect this stuff."
The topic was something of a surprise to many of the 200 or so people who attended the lecture.
I was actually expecting more about his graphic design career, said Faith Chang (senior-journalism).
Graphic design majors, though, were happy to see someone who has become so successful in their field.
"It's good to see what people are doing (after graduating in graphic design)," said Nicole Cummo (senior-graphic design). "It gives our program a good reputation."
A collection of Kidd's book jackets will be on display until February 16 in Kern Lobby.
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