Baron Fig: The Story of a Startup with Joey Cofone

Joey Cofone is Co-Founder/CEO of Baron Fig and an award-winning graphic designer based in New York City. His work has been featured in Fast Company, Bloomberg, Quartz, Mashable, and PRINT, among others. Joey is the current 1st place winner of the American Institute of Graphic Arts (AIGA) biennial design competition, Command X; he was named a 2015 New Visual Artist by PRINT Magazine. He holds a BFA in Graphic Design from the School of Visual Arts in New York City; he also spent four years pursuing a BA in Literature and Philosophy at Seton Hall University. Before launching Baron Fig, he ran Joey Cofone Design, a small studio focused on creating brands for startups. Joey strives to make work that appeals to curious minds—work that’s beautiful, smart, and communicative. He believes that design is the least of a designer’s worries, that story is at the heart of all tasks, and jumping off cliffs is the only way to grow.