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Monday
April 7, 2008

12:27 PM

Pamela Haskell
Kidd

The Learners

The video he made to promote it is, frankly, terrifying, but don't let that scare you away from Chip Kidd's new novel. "The Learners" picks up a few years after his first book, "The Cheese Monkeys" ended. Leaving behind the terror of 1950s' design school, Kidd moves along to the wonder of an early 1960s ad company. There's all the design-related discursions you could hope for, but overall it's a much darker book than "The Cheese Monkeys". Stanley Milgram even makes an appearance, sending everything into a spiralling debate about good and evil. Pick it up and see how Chip Kidd manages to work in smart ass copywriters, typography, art, and one huge, drooling dog into a great novel.

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terrifying? hmm, i thought it was funny.

And then I said …
marc cardwell
  • Monday April 7, 2008 2:50 PM
  • marc cardwell

I kind of wish I could erase his performance of 'Sugar Walls' from my brain, but the hamster impression was pretty funny.

And then I said …
Pamela Haskell

I am about halfway though The Cheese Monkeys right now (i'd be done if my schedule would free up a little).

Good to know there is elsewhere to go once i finish!

And then I said …
Evan MacDonald

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