Jan 06, 2012 MUST ATTEND: Chip Kidd, who knoweth nothing about e-books, moderates panel on Digital Publishing
This is an absolute must-attend event. Tactile Book Design Hero Chip Kidd wants to referee the discussion on digital design and publishing. Chip, an Imprint Culture Lab alumnus and dear friend, has long spoken off-the-record about the tragic dissipation of print. I’m excited to hear any last hurrahs, especially coming from such a seasoned champion and spokesperson.
What does Chip Kidd—author, editor, art director and jacket designer for over 25 years for the Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group—know about digital publishing and the future of the book? Absolutely NOTHING, so therefore he will be moderating a panel of people who actually do, including Craig Mod, writer, designer and mentor of 500 Startups and designer and product planner at Flipboard, who will discuss the procession in physical vs digital books and how to think different about the design format of the book; Carin Goldberg, award-winning designer, principal of Carin Goldberg Design and instructor at School of Visual Arts, who will fill us in on how she is working to empower and prepare her design students in the digital age; Jeremy Clark, Director of User Experience for Adobe and head of the Experience Design team’s digital publishing group, who will tell us how he works with high profile media publishers to create digital publishing products.