Version 7.1Mon 22 May
2006
Get Your Swede On
Rush out to your local newsstands and get a copy of CAP & Design magazine — that is, if your local newsstand is in Sweden, as it’s a Swedish language design publication. The latest issue features a rather shockingly large feature article on me, along with a rather shockingly large photograph of me sitting in an East Village café, with a silly grin on my face. The article is about my design career, my thoughts on design, and of course my early experiences as Design Director at NYTimes.com. If you can read the language, I’m sure you’ll find the article, written by Swedish journalist Pierre Andersson, to be very illuminating. English-only readers will have to wait for my forthcoming, full-length profile in The New Yorker. Be prepared to wait a while.
Spread Out
Since it was just published, I haven’t even gotten my hands on a copy of the actual magazine yet, and I’m assuming that, at some point, the article will be available online at CAPDesign.se. In the meantime, here are some shots of the layout sent to me by Pierre — he was nice enough to send them, and since it’s the biggest feature article written on me yet, I’m going to forgo any feigned modesty and just show ’em here.
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Roshambo
Much congratulations! No need to feign modesty; you deserve to brag about this!
Virginia
Khoi is famous, Khoi is famous. Mr Prez must be pretty proud too.
Long
That grin isn’t silly, it’s… malicious.
I wish I had something to brag about.
jscott
Way to go Khoi. I can remember when I met you in art class in junior-high thinking “This guy stinks. Hope he’s not planning a career in this field.”
Seems you’ve proved me wrong, super-star.
vanderwal
Congratulation! Very nice indeed.
Alex Beard
Congratulations Khoi - that’s a great accomplishment! It’s a shame, however, that we can’t actually read the article. :)
Khoi Vinh
Thanks, everyone, it’s greatly appreciated. I’ll let you know if a translation becomes available.
Jscott: I gotta thank you for all the moral support over the years. Invaluable.
Steve
Just imagine all the Swedish bikini models and massage girls now lusting after you Khoi!
Matt
Congrats. Keep in mind, you could be on Capn Design anytime you like. I’ll even give you the cover.
sidenote: I now know why I get so many searches for Cap Design in my referrer logs.
Fredrik Wärnsberg
I just might pick that up (since i live in sweden). Thanks for the heads up!
Göran
Congrats! It was a great article!
They should contract you to straighten out their webversion of Cap & Design.
Wilson Miner
Congratulations, that’s quite a spread!
Colin D. Devroe
And I thought this was a big deal. Sheesh. :-) Congrats man. Pimpin’ in print.
Naz Hamid
Khoi - that’s excellent. Looks like a great quality spread. Hopefully it shows up online. I’d love to read it. Maybe even in Babelfish-translated Swedish for that full on poetic effect.
gamer girl
Any feigned modesty on something this exciting would have been annoying. Congrats!!
P.J. Onori
Wow, what an accomplishment. Congratulations on the recognition. :)
Vince
That’s fantastic Khoi! Ah, the Swedes - they sure know how to pick their designers, that’s for sure…
Christopher Fahey
Nice going! The picture is hilarious, too!
Nam
Gratz Khoi!
You know, maybe I’m a little biased, but that pic of you makes you look like an asian Brandon Routh….
Ethan
thats sweet congrats.
Geir Werner Hagen
Thankfully I am able to buy CAP&DESIGN in Norway too ! Nice article in the best looking magazine in europe !
Dad
Fantastic. Now shoot for the Design Nobel Prize (when the Swedes have it)!
Overworm
Congratulations! With a spread like that, you must be butta!