Andrew Byrom was born in Liverpool, England in 1971. At the age of three his family moved to Barrow, a small shipbuilding town in the North of England. He left school at sixteen and began a four year apprenticeship in a the local shipyard. In 1993 he moved to London to study at the University of East London, were he gained a first class degree.

After leaving university in 1996 Byrom worked briefly in the design department of Routledge, a leading academic book publisher. In 1997 he opened his own design studio in London. Around this time he also began teaching graphic design at Croydon College. The next year he took teaching positions at The University of Luton and Central Saint. Martins.

Byrom moved to the states in 2000 to teach at Northern Illinois University. In 2006 he moved to Long Beach California to take up an Associate Professor position at California State University. He now divides his time between teaching, designing for various clients and playing with his sons Auden, Louis and Julian. He has recently received commissions from The New York Times Magazine, McGraw-Hill and Turner Classic Movies.

His design work has featured in Print, Dwell, Creative Review, and in numerous books including: New Typographic Design, Typo: The Beautiful World of Fonts and Type Addicted.

His work has been exhibited in design shows across the US including The National Design Centre in New York and has been recognized with two Certificates of Excellence from the AIGA and a Type Directors Club award.