Penguin Books Designer David Pearson

Acclaimed book designer David Pearson seems to be a perfect fit at Penguin Books. By continuing their tradition of minimalism and abstraction, Pearson shows that a pocket paperback can still be an elegant object.  I stumbled across some of his amazing work on a rainy day at The Booksmith. Each cover of the “Great Ideas” series has it’s own unique design, specific to the theme of the book. The imagery is largely typographic, and stripped down to just two colors letterpressed into fine heavyweight paper. I was tempted to pick up Emerson, Kierkegaard, and Proust just on looks alone. David has worked on a number of other series including “Editions Zulma” and “Great Journeys”

Penguin Books, Editions Zulma

Penguin Books, Great Journeys

Besides creating award-winning work for Penguin, Pearson has his own firm with other huge clients like Ridley Scott Associates. You can see more of his work at David Pearson Design and on Flickr.