Based in New York City, CHip Kidd is best known for his stunning book jackets most notably for seminal publishing house Alfred A. Knopf. Kidd has worked for writers such as James Elroy, Michael Crichton and Neil Gaiman (among many others).
Jurassic Park is one of his most notable book covers, and in his 2005 monograph he explained the thinking behind it: When trying to recreate one of these creatures, all anyone has to go on is bones, right? So that was th e starting point...
"Not only was the drawing integrated into the movie poster, it became the logo in the film for the park itself. I think it's safe to say taht the Jurassic Park T-Rex became one of the most recognizable logos of the 90's."
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I it always nice to find out about the ubiquitous designs that are so pervasive that we almost take them for granted...
ReplyDeleteAwesome, never knew who really designed the movie poster.
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