Dealing With Clarity and Mystery–In Design and Life

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You know a Chip Kidd book when you see it — precisely because it’s unexpected, non-formulaic, and perfectly right for the text within. As a graphic designer for Alfred A. Knopf since 1986, Kidd has designed shelves full of books, including classics you can picture in a snap: Jurassic Park, Naked by David Sedaris, All the Pretty Horses …

His monograph,Chip Kidd: Book One, contains work spanning two decades. He’s anovelist as wel...