Building Design Portfolios

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Chip Kidd brought this handmade book about drum-

ming with him for his first interview, and it stood out

for several reasons. Made long before computers were

used for graphic design, it showed examples of air-

brush, illustration, die cuts, and mezzotints as well

as items in his eclectic collections.

percussion instruments found in marching

bands, the book included an astounding variety

of design techniques: die cuts, letterpress print-

ing with large wood type, airbrush type, collage,

foldouts, silk screening, and illustration.

The second book in his portfolio, which was

equally ambitious, featured airbrush type, illus-

tration, handwritten headline ...