Forest Young

Executive Creative Director, West

Forest Young is a designer and educator. He is the Executive Creative Director in West’s SoHo studio, leading design across a portfolio of early stage companies. Prior to joining West, Forest led design at Interbrand NY, supporting tech accounts AT&T, YP, Vine, Google and Microsoft. Forest is also a critic in graphic design at the Yale School of Art and a board member of the AIGA/NY. His work has been exhibited at MoMA, the Royal Ontario Museum and at international biennials. He is the recipient of countless design accolades including the Gold Design Lion at Cannes and the ADC Best-in-Show Black Cube. Forest received his MFA from the Yale School of Art where he was awarded the Mark Whistler Prize.