Scott Kim

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Scott Edward Kim (born 1955 in Washington, D.C.) is an American puzzle designer, [1] video game designer, [2] artist, [3] author, [4] and recreational mathematician. [1] He has published puzzles in various magazines, including Discover , [5] Scientific American , and Games . [4] He is a regular speaker on puzzle design, notably at the International Game Developers Conference, The Casual Games Conference and TED conferences. [6] [7] Along with John Langdon he is one of the co-discoverers of ambigrams. [8]

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From the 1970s onward, his puzzles were frequently published in Martin Gardner's "Mathematical Games" column in Scientific American. [9] He has been involved in organizing and participating in the Gathering 4 Gardner conferences from the first one in 1990. [10]

Kim has designed logos for Silicon Graphics, the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite, the Hackers Conference, the Computer Game Developers Conference, the Gathering 4 Gardner conference [9] and the Dylan programming language. [11]

Early life and education

Born in 1955 in Washington, D.C., and of Korean descent, Kim grew up in Rolling Hills Estates, California and developed early interests in mathematics, education, and art. [12] He attended Stanford University, receiving a BA in music in 1976, and a PhD in Computers and Graphic Design in 1987, with the dissertation "Viewpoint: Toward a Computer for Visual Thinkers" under Donald Knuth. [4]

He started writing an occasional "Boggler" column for Discover magazine in 1990, and became an exclusive columnist in 1999. [5] He has created hundreds of puzzles for magazines such as Scientific American and Games , [4] as well as thousands of puzzles for computer games. He held the Harold Keables chair at Iolani School in 2008. [2]

Works

Books [13]
Computer games [14]
Puzzles, toys and board games [15]

Personal life

Kim lives in Burlingame, California with his wife Amy Jo, son Gabriel and daughter Lila Rose. Amy Jo Kim is the author of Community Building on the Web. [16]

References

  1. 1 2 Pierce, Scott (2009-05-20). "Typography Two Ways: Calligraphy With a Twist". Wired . Retrieved 2025-06-30.
  2. 1 2 Programmers at Work by Susan Lammers, Microsoft Press (1986), pp. 272-285, Interview with Kim
  3. ↑ Art of Scott Kim GeoCities
  4. 1 2 3 4 Get to Know Scott Kim, the “Escher of the Alphabet” American Academy of Neurology:Brain&Life Magazine, September/October 2009
  5. 1 2 The Discover Boggler, Discover Magazine
  6. ↑ Scott Kim: The Power of Puzzle Creation AMS Blogs, Posted on June 29, 2016
  7. ↑ Scott Kim TED Talks: Speaker Profile
  8. ↑ John Langdon Biography
  9. 1 2 Scott Kim’s rotational ambigrams for the Celebration of Mind
  10. ↑ About "Games for Gardner" Elwyn Berlekamp's Home Page, Department of Mathematics, UC Berkeley
  11. ↑ Logos Graphic Design by Scott Kim
  12. 1 2 Scott Kim Profile Books
  13. ↑ Books by Scott Kim Charlesbridge
  14. ↑ Scott Kim credited on 21 games Moby Games
  15. ↑ Think Fun Puzzles and Games Labyrinth Woodworks
  16. ↑ Amy Jo Kim author of Community Building On the Web, Peachpit Press, April 2000, O'Reilly Media
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