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is a blog about design, technology and culture written by Khoi Vinh, and has been more or less continuously published since December 2000 in New York City. Khoi is currently Principal Designer at Adobe. Previously, Khoi was co-founder and CEO of Mixel (acquired in 2013), Design Director of The New York Times Online, and co-founder of the design studio Behavior, LLC. He is the author of “How They Got There: Interviews with Digital Designers About Their Careers”and “Ordering Disorder: Grid Principles for Web Design,” and was named one of Fast Company’s “fifty most influential designers in America.” Khoi lives in Crown Heights, Brooklyn with his wife and three children.

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Hitotoki: A Narrative Map of New York

Wed 26 Sep 200703:13 PM

Understanding city spaces via essays. Jump to my contribution.

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One Laptop Per Child: Give 1 Get 1

Tue 25 Sep 200707:43 PM

Starting 12 Nov, buy one of these laptops for a child in a developing nation and get one for yourself.

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CSS Grid Positioning Module Level 3

Tue 25 Sep 200701:53 PM

“This module describes integration of grid-based layout (similar to the grids traditionally used in books and newspapers) with CSS sizing and positioning.” Currently in draft; uses my Yeeaahh! design as an example.

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Mister President’s Flowchart Translated into German

Tue 25 Sep 200701:51 PM

German speakers: is it funnier than in English?

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“Back to the Future” Tee-shirt

Mon 24 Sep 200705:31 PM

One of the best shirts I’ve seen in a long time.

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Shaun Inman: Styling File Inputs with CSS and the DOM

Mon 24 Sep 200702:49 PM

Ouch, I’m late on this, but it’s still worth a look.

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Speak Up: Alex Trochut, Barcelonian Designer and Illustrator

Fri 21 Sep 200706:27 PM
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Brian Rea and Nicholas Blechman Mural for VMWorld

Fri 21 Sep 200706:21 PM

I wish I could’ve seen it.

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Todd Klein’s Blog

Thu 20 Sep 200703:37 PM

Insights on typography for comics from one of the giants of comic book lettering. I remember reading an interview with Todd Klein when I was a kid — one of the first times I realized that there was an art to letters. Via Jason Santa Maria.

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How the iPhone Works

Wed 19 Sep 200712:17 AM
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