Currently based in Zürich, Switzerland, Kobi Benezri studied Visual Communication at the Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design in Jerusalem, and at the Cooper Union School of Art in New York.

In 2004 he became the Art Director of I.D. magazine. During his work at I.D. he has redesigned the magazine. In 2006 he founded his own practice, Kobi Benezri Studio in New York, focusing on books, editorial, type, corporate, and web design. He designed books for the Vitra Design Museum, the Whitney Museum for American Art, Schaulager Museum, Phaidon Press, Hauser & Wirth Publishers, Steidl Verlag, Diogenes Verlag, and the DESTE Foundation. His fonts are released by Lineto and are in use worldwide.