Brian LaRossa is an executive art director on the hardcover picture book team at Scholastic Inc. After hours, he teaches critical writing at The City College of New York and typography at Pratt Institute. His essays have appeared in publications such as Design Observer and AIGA’s Eye on Design. He also volunteers for We Need Diverse Books, manages his own display font foundry—which developed a typeface for Google Fonts—and writes fiction. Brian’s writing is represented by Liz Nealon, founder of Great Dog Literary. His illustration and design work has received awards from the Type Directors Club, the Society of Illustrators, American Illustration, PRINT magazine, and his conceptual poetry is included in the permanent collection of The Museum of Modern Art. He lives and works in New York City.
If you’re an illustrator and would like to share your portfolio, please use this form rather than emailing it directly. If you’d like to host him as a speaker or critic, learn more here. If you’re looking for him on social, he’s @brianlarossa on Bluesky. For anything else, say hello.
SELECT PRESS
▸ Literaticast, podcast
▸ Creative Boom, podcast
▸ Scratching the Surface, podcast
▸ SCBWI, interview
▸ Type Director’s Club, interview
▸ Type Thursday, interview
▸ Print Magazine, interview
