Young Guns

Leo Porto is a Brazilian designer and founder of Porto Rocha. Previous to Porto Rocha, Leo was design director at Collins NY. He also worked at other renowned design studios including Pentagram, Mother and Chermayeff & Geismar & Haviv. Leo has worked with a diverse range of clients including cultural institutions such as the Brooklyn Museum, Guggenheim and architect Zaha Hadid, as well as major retail and tech companies including Facebook, Twitch, Nike, Spotify and Target. Leo's work has been recognized internationally by most major design awards and publications such as The One Club, Print Magazine, and The Type Director's Club. His work has been part of exhibitions in Berlin, Lima, New York, Paris, São Paulo, Tokyo and Toronto. In 2017, Leo founded Bonde with his partner Felipe Rocha. Bonde was the first Brazilian design conference in New York, bringing together over 400 people, 10 speakers, 80 publications and pop-up exhibitions, to celebrate Brazilian design on a global stage. Most recently, Leo Porto became a professor at the School of Visual Arts, where he teaches typography with Pedro Sanches.

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