Brian LaRossa's guest appearances

Brian LaRossa

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Scratching the Surface

Dan Mall

Michael Bierut

James Victore

Brian Anderson

Kurt Andersen

Aaron Draplin

Chris Lee

Jude Buffum

Danni Sinisi

Rob Walker

Lisa Congdon

Andrew Blauvelt

Khoi Vinh

Manuel Lima

Paul Ford

OwlTail

…on the relationship between design and writing. Brian LaRossa is the art director of three imprints for Scholastic’s trade division. He also writes essays for Design Observer where he writes thought-provoking pieces on the practice of graphic design and being a designer. He’s on the board of the Type Director’s Club, teaches at CUNY City Tech and started his own type foundry, Type Brut. He’s won awards from the Type Director's Club, Society of Illustrators, American Illustration, Print Magazine, and his experimental poetry is included in the permanent collection of the MoMA Library. Brian joins the show for a conversation about learning a lesson from every position you hold, delving into the past on the road to new discoveries and digging into Ulysses.

120 - Brian LaRossa

Brian LaRossa is a designer, illustrator, writer, and reader. He's the design director at Scholastic, writer for Design Observer, and on the adjunct faculty at CUNY. In this episode, Brian and Jarrett talk about his early resistance to the design world and how discovering its history and culture opened up a new love for the discipline. They also talk about how he started writing, his love of reading, and the similarities between his writing process and design process. Links from this episode can be found at scratchingthesurface.fm.

Brian LaRossa is a designer, illustrator, writer, and reader. He's the design director at Scholastic, writer for Design Observer, and on the adjunct faculty at CUNY. In this episode, Brian and Jarrett talk about his early resistance to the design world and how discovering its history and culture opened up a new love for the discipline. They also talk about how he started writing, his love of reading, and the similarities between his writing process and design process. Links from this episode can be found at <a href="http://scratchingthesurface.fm" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">scratchingthesurface.fm</a>.

91. Brian LaRossa