Khoi Vinh (born December 3, 1971) 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.
Biography
He was born in 1971 in
Saigon
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, 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 City and began designing almost exclusively for the web and interactive media.
In 2001, he co-founded a design studio, Behavior, where he worked until December 2005, when he became the design director for
NYTimes.com in 2006.
In 2011, he and
Scott Ostler
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founded Lascaux Co., a New York City startup. In November 2011, the company launched Mixel, an iPad app that allows users to create "art". In 2013, he sold Mixel to Etsy and joined their team.
References
External links
Twitter account
Living people
1971 births
Otis College of Art and Design alumni
American artists of Vietnamese descent
American people of Vietnamese descent
The New York Times corporate staff
American designers
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