Khoi Vinh
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Khoi Vinh is a graphic designer, blogger, and former Design Director for The New York Times
, where he worked from January 2006 until July 2010.Fast Company
named Vinh one of "The 50 Most Influential Designers in America" in September 2011.
He was born in 1971 in Saigon, South Vietnam
and immigrated to the United States at the age of three and a half with his family. He grew up in Gaithersburg, Maryland
. He attended Otis College of Art and Design
, graduating with a major in Graphic Design in 1993. In 1998, he moved to New York
and began designing almost exclusively for the web and interactive media.
In 2001, he founded a design studio, Behavior, with colleagues, which he left when he went to work at the The New York Times. He helped manage and run the company for four successful years before leaving in December 2005. He became the design director for NYTimes.com in 2006. During his five-year tenure, he remade the way design is practiced at The New York Times. Shortly after leaving The Times, he published a book, "Ordering Disorder: Grid Principles for Web Design" (New Riders), on December 3, 2010. In 2011, he and Scott Ostler founded Lascaux Co., a New York City startup. In November 2011, the company launched Mixel, an iPad app combining the power of social networks and multi-touch tablets to let people from all walks of life make art.
The New York Times
The New York Times is an American daily newspaper founded and continuously published in New York City since 1851. The New York Times has won 106 Pulitzer Prizes, the most of any news organization...
, where he worked from January 2006 until July 2010.Fast Company
Fast Company
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named Vinh one of "The 50 Most Influential Designers in America" in September 2011.
He was born in 1971 in Saigon, South Vietnam
South Vietnam
South Vietnam was a state which governed southern Vietnam until 1975. It received international recognition in 1950 as the "State of Vietnam" and later as the "Republic of Vietnam" . Its capital was Saigon...
and immigrated to the United States at the age of three and a half with his family. He grew up in Gaithersburg, Maryland
Gaithersburg, Maryland
Gaithersburg is a city in Montgomery County, Maryland, United States. The city had a population of 59,933 at the 2010 census, making it the fourth largest incorporated city in the state, behind Baltimore, Frederick, and Rockville...
. He attended Otis College of Art and Design
Otis College of Art and Design
Otis College of Art and Design is an art and design college in Los Angeles, California.The school's programs, accredited by WASC and National Association of Schools of Art and Design, include four-year BFA degrees in illustration, fine arts, graphic design, architecture, landscape design, interior...
, graduating with a major in Graphic Design in 1993. In 1998, he moved to New York
New York
New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...
and began designing almost exclusively for the web and interactive media.
In 2001, he founded a design studio, Behavior, with colleagues, which he left when he went to work at the The New York Times. He helped manage and run the company for four successful years before leaving in December 2005. He became the design director for NYTimes.com in 2006. During his five-year tenure, he remade the way design is practiced at The New York Times. Shortly after leaving The Times, he published a book, "Ordering Disorder: Grid Principles for Web Design" (New Riders), on December 3, 2010. In 2011, he and Scott Ostler founded Lascaux Co., a New York City startup. In November 2011, the company launched Mixel, an iPad app combining the power of social networks and multi-touch tablets to let people from all walks of life make art.