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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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AP: The World’s Hottest Chili Pepper

Thu 2 Aug 200704:01 PM

Interesting audio slideshow but the best part is listening to the reporter try a sample.

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NYT: Andrew Ross Sorkin and Ken Auletta Discuss Murdoch’s Purchase of The Wall Street

Thu 2 Aug 200711:57 AM

Excellent conversation between the Times’ M & A reporter and The New Yorker’s media columnist about the industry-shaking acquisition. Sorkin: ‘Murdoch will migrate young consumers from MySpace to the Journal in ways we have yet to comprehend.’

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Core77: Rob Walker Interviewed by Alissa Walker

Wed 1 Aug 200705:25 PM

Alissa Walker (no relation) interviews the author of The New York Times Magazine’s weekly “Consumed” column.

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AIGA Voice: Interview with Paul Vjecsner by Steven Heller

Wed 1 Aug 200705:12 PM

“…Vjecsner’s thoughtfully preserved work, so articulately explained [at Vjecsner.net], could have easily been lost or gone unappreciated.”

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Slate: There Are 12 Kinds of Ads in the World

Tue 31 Jul 200706:46 PM

A recap of Leo Burnett creative director Donald Gunn’s 1978 hypothesis.

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Eyetracking Study on Navigating Web Slide Shows

Tue 31 Jul 200703:57 PM
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Video of Xbox 360 Interface

Fri 27 Jul 200709:35 PM

Very attractive design of menus.

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How to Survive the Paper Industry

Wed 25 Jul 200706:25 PM

Excellent round-up of how technology is changing hard copy media. Via Unbeige.

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Flash BumpTop

Tue 24 Jul 200703:49 PM

Slick re-creation of the BumpTop interface prototype built using Adobe Flex.

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Urban Typography

Tue 24 Jul 200702:34 PM

Beautiful photographic alphabet.

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