Leo Rosário

I’m Leo Rosário, a Brazilian designer based in Belo Horizonte and Design Lead at Maker. My work spans graphic design, illustration, editorial and web design, digital products, experiences and AI. I also explore children’s books, games and experimental artistic projects.

Selected recognition

iF Design Award

Red Dot Design Award

Cannes Lions · Design

Bienal ADG

Bienal Iberoamericana de Design

Moscow Golden Bee

Idea Brasil

Prêmio Abre

El Ojo

Prêmios Lusos

Prêmio Minas de Comunicação

20152014

Prêmio Cícero

II Mostra 3M de Arte Digital

Undated

This list includes awards and selections. Greco projects were developed as a team; full credits in each project.

Portrait of Leo Rosário

Work

© 2026 Leo Rosário

100% Ideias

Brand identity

A modular identity for a retail store offering affordable design products. Built from the shapes of the number 100, the logo becomes a flexible set of illustrations that reflects the variety of objects in store.

Client: 100% Ideias Design: Greco Year: 2014

Awards IF Design Award 2016 Cannes Lions 2015 - Shortlist Prêmios Lusos 2015 - Silver El Ojo 2015 - Bronze Bienal ADG 2015

Palíndromo #3

Editorial

A collaborative publication showcasing Rona Editora’s printing capabilities. This edition explores language through pocket-sized notebooks, varied papers, and distinctive finishes. The Rona notebook turns an A–Z printing glossary into layered, cut-out letterforms.

Client: Rona Editora Design: Greco Year: 2013

Awards: IF Design Award 2015 — Gold Prêmio Minas de Comunicação 2014 — GP Prêmio Cícero 2014 Red Dot Design Awards 2013 Prêmios Lusos 2013 — Silver

Collaborators: Alexandre Amaro, Jô Vasconcellos, Designlândia, Eduardo de Jesus, Guilherme Araújo, Hugo Werner, LAB Design, Lúcia Nemer, Marcelo Drummond, Marina Cota, Martuse Fornaciari, Rachel Murta, Renata Alencar, Ronaldo Fraga, Wéber Pádua.

Designer: Leo Rosário Content: Rachel Murta Year: 2013

Brazilian Delights

Packaging

Promotional and single-flavor packaging for Embaré’s Brazilian Delights caramels. Six native fruit flavors inform a visual identity rooted in Brazilian traditions, with individual packs inspired by Indigenous fabric bags.

Client: Embaré Design: Greco Year: 2013

Awards Bid Dimad - Bienal Iberoamericana de Design 2016 Moscow Global Biennale of G.D. Golden Bee 2014 Idea Brasil 2014 — Gold Prêmio Abre 2014 — Silver Prêmios Lusos 2014

Poemas de Muro e Amor

Editorial / Experiments

A book-object bringing Leonardo Beltrão’s street poetry into print. Created through a letterpress immersion at Tipografia Matias, it gathers 119 posters across ten chapters, with detachable pages that carry the poems back into the streets.

Client: umlambepordia.com.br

Design: Bruno Nunes, Leonardo Beltrão, Leo Rosário

Year: 2017

Book author: Leonardo Beltrão ISBN: 978 85 65786-61-3

Collaborators: Julia Branco, Ademir Matias, Olavo D’Aguiar e Milu Gabarra

Letterpress: Tipografia Matias

Mito

Packaging

Coffee packaging inspired by four generations of family history and local legends. Watercolor illustrations connect each blend to a character from the farm’s region, including the matriarch Dona Nenem and the mythical Cantagalo.

Client: Fazenda Dona Nenem Design: Greco Year: 2015

Awards: IF Design Award 2018 Prêmio Abre 2017 — Gold Bienal ADG 2017

Zé Manteiga

Brand identity

An identity for artisanal cheese from Serra da Canastra, honoring the producer’s great-grandfather. Inspired by the landscapes and traditions of Minas Gerais, the brand connects a family legacy with a contemporary visual language.

Client: Zé Manteiga Design: Leo Rosário Illustration: Bruno Nunes Year: 2018

Empório 1789

Brand identity

A visual identity celebrating Minas Gerais through the traditions of old general stores and tropeiro travelers. Cultural symbols, illustrations, and earthy tones bring this regional history into a contemporary shopping environment.

Client: Empório 1789 Design: Leo Rosário Illustration: Bruno Nunes Year: 2018

Hometeka

Brand identity

Renaming and a modular identity for the architecture platform formerly known as bim.bon. Combining home with the idea of a library, Hometeka uses simple house shapes and shifting colors to create a flexible collection of graphic elements.

Client: Anagrama / Bim.bon Design: Leo Rosário & Fernanda Monte Mór Year: 2016

Fliaraxá 2014

Brand identity

A modular identity for Araxá’s literary festival, inspired by the city’s Indigenous name and the first light of sunrise. Book forms, page movements, and dawn colors connect reading with light and knowledge.

Client: Sempre um papo Design: Greco Year: 2014

Minas Gerais Philharmonic

Editorial

The Minas Gerais Philharmonic’s 2016 annual report and 2017 season book. A gold-foil illustration of Bach marks the cover, accompanied by a separate brochure about the young orchestra and its achievements.

Client: Orquestra Filarmônica de Minas Gerais Design: Leo Rosário Year: 2017

Faísca

Brand identity

A visual identity for Faísca. The accent in the name becomes a graphic element, unfolding into patterns, color variations, and print and digital applications.

Client: Faísca Design: L.Rosário Year: 2018

Ana Curada

Brand identity

A visual identity for Ana Curada. A cup-shaped character takes on different expressions across packaging, tableware, and other applications. Color and illustration distinguish the products while keeping the identity cohesive.

Client: Ana Curada Design: L.Rosário Year: 2018

Adiante

Brand identity

A dynamic identity for audiovisual collective Adiante. Light, shadows, and the spectrum produced through a logo mask create shifting, blurred forms that express movement and the fleeting nature of light.

Client: Coletivo Audiovisual Adiante Design: L.Rosário Year: 2015

Madame Butterfly

Brand identity

A visual identity for Puccini’s Madame Butterfly, created for Fundação Clóvis Salgado. Illustrations reinterpret Japanese cultural elements, combining the butterfly, the geisha, the national flag, and sumi-e painting traditions.

Client: Fundação Clóvis Salgado Design: Greco Year: 2013

Palíndromo #5

Editorial

The final Palíndromo edition explores synthesis through economical formats and black-and-white printing. For the Education section, Dijon de Moraes’s text becomes a thin band that wraps through the other sections of the publication.

Client: Rona Editora Design: Greco Year: 2018

O Puta Livro

Editorial

A bilingual publication created with Aprosmig and English teacher Igor Fuchs for the 2014 World Cup. It brings together practical phrases in Portuguese and English to support communication between sex workers and international visitors.

Client: Aprosmig Design: Greco Year: 2014

Typophagy Project

Experiments

An experimental typography project combining type with edible and everyday materials. Cookies, fruit, potatoes, and beer bottles reconstruct classical letterforms, exploring their enduring presence beyond traditional printing.

Design: L.Rosário Year: 2009

Project index