Never judge a book by its cover—unless the design is by David Pearson. For almost 20 years he’s been working for Penguin Books, starting out with ordinary typesetting. Soon he went above and beyond, making typography the main focus of his practice. His body of work includes the covers of Orwell’s 1984 with fully blackened out typography or an iconic visual for The Robber Bride, displaying a greedy hand stealing the o’s from the title text.

With clear communication in mind, Pearson has become a master of using type as image, inviting us to enter a story even before reading a single word.

David Pearson @ULTRAFETT 2021.
David Pearson Portfolio.
David Pearson Instagram.

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Credits

Host
Fritz Grögel

Type and Typography
Tilman Kunkel
Julian Gertenbach
Daniel Götz
Leon Pöhler
Maik Symann
Anke Warlies
Sarah Fyrguth

3D
Darius Bange 
Lovis Knechtel
Kaan Kanbur
Mark Hartung
Tobias Bongartz

Motion
Daniel Götz
Hannah Bergmann

Music and Sound
Dennis Jegel
Mo & Herb’s Vacation
DVZ of FH Bielefeld University of Applied Sciences

Camera
DVZ of FH Bielefeld University of Applied Sciences

Social Media
Hannah Bergmann
Timo Justus
Carolin Hartmann
Jan Borreck
Angelika Gerzen
Maya Schormann
Julia Sarah Derksen

Public Relations
Mirko Israel
Jan Borreck

Web
Malte Michels

Emotional Support Animals
FHasi
Eichi
Cookie
Wanda

Special Thanks
Ben Rhode
Nils Pisarsky
Claudia Rohrmoser
Florian Kühnle
Manfred Prante
Marvin Glißmann

Sponsors
ABC Dinamo
Förderverein Hochschule Bielefeld
Hochschule Bielefeld

Best Boy
Prof. Dirk Fütterer

Story, Direction and Edit
ANKE WARLIES
SARAH FYRGUTH

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