Rodrigo Corral is a world-renowned graphic designer who has been running his namesake studio since 2001. Considering how long Rodrigo has been in the game, and considering the long list of mega-best-selling authors he has designed for, it’s fair to say that every reader has held a Rodrigo Corral book cover at some point in their lives.
In addition to overseeing his own studio, he is the SVP Creative & Brand for Farrar, Straus, and Giroux.
Rodrigo Corral has designed book covers for Junot Diaz, Jay-Z, Ray Dalio, Chuck Palahniuk, Edward Snowden, Eric Schmit, Rachel Cusk, Daniel Libeskind, Gary Shteyngart, Gucci Mane, Tahera Marfi, Jared Leto, and more.
Some of his most memorable covers include Junot Diaz’s The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao, Jay Shetty’s 8 Rules of Love, John Green’s The Fault in Our Stars, James Frey’s A Million Little Pieces, and many Chuck Palahniuk titles. He designed the cover and the intricate interior of Jay-Z’s 2010 catalog/collection, Decoded. He also designed the series look for all of Rachel Cusk’s Picador paperbacks.
He is well-known in the industry for creating beyond the cover and developing entire book brands around a single title. Learn about all that’s involved in developing a book brand by watching these case studies here: Read Write Own | Principles. Don’t miss this page to view more of his book brands.
In 2017, Rodrigo designed and published his very own book, SNEAKERS, which became a New York Times bestseller. He has taught at the School of Visual Arts and Cooper Union in New York City and lectured around the country.
To learn more about Rodrigo Corral, watch this talk he gave in Colombia in 2020, enjoy this studio tour from 2017, and read this Wall Street Journal profile from 2012.
