Rodrigo Corral Design

Artist & Designer & Studio. On instagram @ rodrigocorral_

[Rodrigo Corral Design @Rodrigo_Corral]

Big SO to @skurutz & the talented photographer @sashaface from @nytimes https://t.co/tyhjp2aB1H

[SPINE @Spine_Magazine]

Greedy

Design: @Rodrigo_Corral

[Rodrigo Corral Design @Rodrigo_Corral]

@nikitabier We have a loft downtown that we’ve put on the listening project last week. Are you looking for furnished? Its 2 bed, it’s very big but only one bathroom.

[a16z crypto @a16zcrypto]

Rodrigo Corral Studio has delivered some of the most iconic visuals in publishing, and creates leading conceptual design and art for books, brands, interior spaces and film.

They’re also the talented team behind @cdixon’s Read Write Own book cover.

Thank you for your incredible work Anna, Rodrigo and team!

@Rodrigo_Corral

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[Astra House @astrahousebooks]

We are proud to reveal the cover of THE CHRONICLES OF DOOM: UNRAVELING RAP'S MASKED ICONOCLAST by S.H. Fernando, in honor of the 20th anniversary of Madvillain's Madvillainy.

Available to preorder TODAY and on sale 10/29/24.

Cover by L'Amour Supreme for @Rodrigo_Corral studios.

[Rodrigo Corral Design @Rodrigo_Corral]

Some process and the original concept sketch for the cover of Read Write Own, by @cdixon 🟧

Thank you to the Rodrigo Corral Studio team:
Anna Corral
Chris Allen
Adriana Tonello
Giacomo Girardi
Alex Merto
And the @a16zcrypto @a16z teams!

[Michael Blau @blauyourmind]

Here's how we created the generative NFT artwork for the limited edition Read Write Own bookmark ⬇️

About the NFT:

One of our main goals was to make the NFT as web3-native as possible and put everything 100% onchain. Each RWO NFT is generated onchain as an SVG and is a unique variation of the original book cover, designed by @Rodrigo_Corral.

The art is dynamic and changes based on the wallet address that owns it. Specifically, converting your wallet address to a number determines the orange square coordinates in the sky, and the last 3 bytes of your wallet address determine the sky color gradient.

If you explore the contract code, we added some extra functionality that allows you to override these generation rules slightly and have more control over the sky color gradient. But we will leave that as a fun easter egg to find ;)

About the bookmark:

Each bookmark comes with an @iyk_app activated NFC chip, through which its owners are able to claim their generative art NFT, watch the book trailer, and more. Just tap the 🟧 on the bookmark with your phone to activate!

Overall, the project was a massive collaboration across many teams in the ecosystem:
- Onchain SVG Generator from @a16zcrypto
- Digi-fizzy link from the physical bookmark to the NFT by @iyk_app
- NFT Creator Contracts from @manifoldxyz
- Embedded wallet creation by @dynamic_xyz
- All deployed on @Optimism

How do you get the bookmark and NFT?

Order your copy of Read Write Own by @cdixon from https://t.co/rQiREWzOxv and get a complimentary bookmark while supplies last!

This project was an incredible team effort and it was an honor to help lead it

[Rodrigo Corral Design @Rodrigo_Corral]

@blauyourmind Fun working through this with you and getting to this solution. Infinite colors in a sunrise, just like infinite possibilities for 🟧

[Molly O’Shea @MollySOShea]

Can we all agree this is one of the most beautiful book covers?

Finally got my physical copy! Finished the audiobook & now switching to text.

Thank you @avichal @ElectricCapital @cdixon

[Rodrigo Corral Design @Rodrigo_Corral]

@MollySOShea @avichal @ElectricCapital @cdixon 🧡

[Rodrigo Corral Design @Rodrigo_Corral]

@readswithravi @cdixon Thank you 🟧

[SPINE @Spine_Magazine]

Mecca

Design: @Rodrigo_Corral

[a16z crypto @a16zcrypto]

RWO NYC 🟧

[✦ ʏᴀɴᴀ ✦ @yanasosna]

The bookmark for the new @cdixon’s book looks and feels just like a regular bookmark.

It is quite special though.

IYK chipped all of the bookmarks to create multiple additional digital assets for the book including an NFT custom to each wallet.

@a16zcrypto [*] @iyk_app

[Rodrigo Corral Design @Rodrigo_Corral]

@jay_drainjr @a16zcrypto @cdixon We painted it as a series, will share more soon. 🙏

[Rodrigo Corral Design @Rodrigo_Corral]

@a16zcrypto @cdixon Thank you so much for inviting us on this journey. We enjoyed working with your incredible team to creat a cover, a system & a symbol 🟧 for Read Write Own. Looking forward sharing more about this project! 🙌

[Balaji @balajis]

Dixon's new book just came out.
Here's the one hour overview.

TIMESTAMPS
0:20 - Read Write Own
5:04 - Why Books Are Much Harder than Essays
11:43 - Five Sections of Read Write Own
17:49 - Open RSS vs Proprietary Social
25:36 - Every Protocol Gets Global State
32:10 - Web3 Helps Developers
35:10 - Proprietary Network Lockdown
38:30 - Crypto Subsidizes Creatives
42:34 - Online Status and Virtual Goods
43:56 - Own Usernames like Domain Names
47:35 - What Digital Ownership Means
48:32 - You Don't Own Kindle Ebooks
58:11 - Collaborative Storytelling
1:01:07 - Digital Identity
1:09:24 - A Sincere Long Form Discussion

Full video below. You can also watch it on YouTube (https://t.co/kWWoMqdu40) or listen on Spotify (https://t.co/QJhOL2LzdN).

[Chris Dixon @cdixon]

My new book is finally here -- published today in the U.S.! 🟧

I hope you pick it up, share it, debate it with me.

Looking forward to your feedback.

More editions in more languages coming soon.

[Rodrigo Corral Design @Rodrigo_Corral]

@oliverburkeman @PicadorUSA 🤩

[Rodrigo Corral Design @Rodrigo_Corral]

@oliverburkeman @PicadorUSA Went up yesterday and saw the ads in person 🤩

[Rodrigo Corral Design @Rodrigo_Corral]

Nice. One of my favorite projects.

[onur @onpaxipaur]

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