2007 AGDA International Speaker Tour Melbourne Leg x 2 (National)

When: 3rd April 2007

Time: 05:00pm - 07:00pm

See Chip Kidd, book jacket designer for Alfred A Knopf in New York and Andy Stevens of Graphic Thought Facility (UK) in a 2 hour afternoon session at the AGIdeas Design Forum.

• 5.00pm sharp Tuesday 3 April (Arts Centre staff will decline entry once session has started)
• Hamer Hall, The Victorian Arts Centre, 100 St Kilda Road Melbourne
• AGDA Members only event.
• Price $50 including gst
• Bookings essential, no door sales: 03 9380 4440 or vic@agda.com.au
• Event supported by Red Connect, Tafe SA, Billy Blue Group, RafflesKvB and Finsbury Green Printing.

Chip Kidd

'The history of book design can be split into two eras: before graphic designer Chip Kidd and after' Time Out New York, November 2005.

Chip Kidd is a writer and graphic designer in New York City. His book jacket designs for Alfred A Knopf (where he has worked since 1986) have helped spawn a revolution in the art of American book packaging. In 1998 he was made a member of the Alliance Graphique Internationale.

As an editor of books of comics for Pantheon (a subsidiary of Knopf), Kidd has worked extensively with some of the most brilliant talents practicing today, including: Chris Ware, Art Spiegelman, Dan Clowes, Kim Deitch, Charles Burns, Mark Beyer, Ben Katchor and Alex Ross.

A comprehensive monograph of Kidd's work, Chip Kidd: Book One, was published in October of 2005. The introduction is by John Updike, and the 400-page book features over 800 works, spanning two decades, from 1986 through 2006. Its first edition sold out a week before publication and it has since gone into two consecutive re-printings.

Kidd was a finalist for the 2006 National Design Award for communications, and in the same year his work was included in the Cooper-Hewitt Museum's third National Design Triennial.

The Cheese Monkeys, Kidd's first novel, was published by Scribner in 2001, and was a national bestseller, as well as a New York Times Notable Book of the Year. His second novel, The Learners, will be published in February of 2008.

Chip is brought to AGIdeas by the Australian Graphic Design Association (AGDA) as part of the 2007 AGDA International Speaker Tour.

Andy Stevens, Graphic Thought Facility

Studying at Leeds and the Royal college of Art, London, Andy Stevens is one of the founder members of Graphic Thought Facility. Established in London in 1990, GTF work for a diverse mix of cultural and retail clients and have created the identities for The Design Museum, Frieze Art Fair and Habitat amongst others Beyond print and consultancy, GTF are widely known for creating exhibition graphics for national and international museums and galleries.

Andy has been elected to the Alliance Graphique Internationale and has lectured widely on graphic design at institutions including Ecole Cantonale D'art De Lausanne Switzerland, Jan van Eyck Academie Netherlands, Fabrica Italy, Cal Arts & Walker Arts Centre USA and many UK colleges.

Established as a partnership in 1990 and as a limited company in 1997, the practice is jointly owned by three directors Paul Neale, Andy Stevens and Huw Morgan. GTFs team currently consists of six graphic designers.

Working on national and international projects, we produce print and three-dimensional graphics for clients in the retail and cultural sectors.

Significant projects include brand-identity and signage for Frieze Art Fair (2002-6); brand-identity for the Design Museum (2002) and exhibition design their Designer of the Year (2002-6); re-branding, packaging, marketing and press material for Habitat (1996-2002); store graphics and signage for Marks & Spencer (2004-6); catalogue designs for the Saachi Collection (2002) and The Carnegie Museum of Arts 54th International (2004).

Self-initiated projects include product design for the Tate Gallery and the Victoria & Albert Museum and GTFs own Mebox storage system.

GTF projects have been included in group exhibitions in Europe, Asia and America Their first retrospective GTF: 50 Projects was held at DDD Gallery in Osaka earlier this year.

Andy is brought to AGIdeas by the British Council.

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Website: www.graphicthoughtfacility.com