Kim Lê Boutin

Kim Lê Boutin is a digital artist and an innovation expert focused on new technologies and immersive experiences. Operating as an hybrid designer, educator, and researcher, she navigates a wide range of fields with a transversal approach. She started coding websites when she was 13, and has acquired 15+ years of experience working in digital.

After working for digital agencies as a designer, she joined the KENZO Paris team as their first digital art director at 24. In 2015, she relocated to London and co-founded DVTK, a digital design agency (closed in 2023). Her studio has been commissioned by renowned fashion, lifestyle and luxury houses (Bottega Veneta, Dior, Coperni, Apple, Nike, Farfetch) and her interactive artworks have been exhibited in various art institutions worldwide (Barbican Centre, ZKM Museum, ISO Amsterdam, Peabody Essex Museum).

In 2021, she wrote a manifesto for Positive Friction® and launched loadmo.re, an online index curating non-standard mobile interfaces to encourage an alternative take on digital design.

Since 2023, Kim works as an independent creative director specialising in digital innovation to craft new interactive narratives with visionary partners, aiming at provoking a shift in our relationship with digital worlds.