{{short description|American artist}} {{Infobox artist | honorific_prefix = | name = Rodrigo Corral | honorific_suffix = | image = <!-- use the image's pagename; do not include the "File:" or "Image:" prefix, and do not use brackets--> | image_size = | alt = | caption = | native_name = | native_name_lang = | birth_name = <!-- only use if different from name --> | death_date = <!-- {{Death date and age|YYYY|MM|DD|YYYY|MM|DD}} --> | death_place = | resting_place = | resting_place_coordinates = <!-- {{Coord|LAT|LONG|type:landmark|display=inline}} --> | nationality = | residence = | education = School of Visual Arts | alma_mater = | known_for = | notable_works = | style = | home_town = | movement = Graphic Design | spouse = | partner = | awards = <!-- {{awd|award|year|title|role|name}} (optional) --> | elected = | patrons = | memorials = | website = {{URL|rodrigocorral.com}} | module = }}
'''Rodrigo Corral''' is a graphic designer and conceptual artist based in New York City. In 2002, Corral founded Rodrigo Corral Design studio to create iconic book jacket art for the publishing industry. Corral has created designs and conceptual art for Jay-Z, Ray Dalio, John Green, Chuck Palahniuk, Eric Schmidt, Daniel Libeskind, Gary Shteyngart, Junot Diaz, Gucci Mane, Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen, Jared Leto, Jeff VanderMeer, Edward Snowden, Ben Stiller, Judd Apatow and for organizations such as The Criterion Collection, ''New York'' magazine, and ''The New York Times''.
==Early life and education== Rodrigo Corral was born in Long Island, New York. His parents immigrated from Colombia shortly before he was born. He attended the School of Visual Arts in New York City.
==Career== Rodrigo Corral has taught design at the School of Visual Arts and Cooper Union. He was included in the 2018 ''New York Times'' list of best book covers,<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/21/books/review/best-book-covers.html|title=The 12 Best Book Covers of 2018|first=Matt|last=Dorfman|work=The New York Times |date=21 December 2018|publisher=|via=NYTimes.com}}</ref> and published his own ''New York Times'' bestselling book, ''Sneakers'', in 2018.
He is currently the creative director at Farrar, Straus and Giroux,<ref>{{cite news |last1=Charles |first1=Ron |title=Who is that woman on Jonathan Franzen's 'Purity'? |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/arts-and-entertainment/wp/2015/08/12/who-is-that-woman-on-jonathan-franzens-purity |newspaper=The Washington Post |access-date=1 June 2019}}</ref><ref name="adweek">{{cite news|last1=Murg|first1=Stephanie|title=Rodrigo Corral Appointed Creative Director of Farrar, Straus and Giroux|url=http://www.adweek.com/digital/rodrigo-corral-appointed-creative-director-of-farrar-straus-giroux/|access-date=7 February 2017|work=Adweek|date=22 March 2011}}</ref> Creative Director at Large at New Directions Publishing, and runs his own studio, Rodrigo Corral Design.<ref name="newyorker">{{cite magazine|url=http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/books/2010/10/under-cover-rodrigo-corral-and-super-sad-true-love-story.html#slide_ss_0=1|magazine=The New Yorker|title=Under Cover: Rodrigo Corral and "Super Sad True Love Story"|first=Monica |last=Racic|date=6 October 2010}}</ref>
== References == {{Reflist}}
== External links == *[http://www.rodrigocorral.com Rodrigo Corral official website] *[http://bookcoverarchive.com/search/Rodrigo+Corral Rodrigo Corral at the Book Cover Archive] *{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20150403212809/http://www.inspiration-now.com/books-covers-by-rodrigo-corral/ Book covers by Rodrigo Corral at Inspiration Now]}}
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