Harry Pearce joined Pentagram’s London office as a partner in 2006, having co-founded and grown Lippa Pearce to become one of the UK’s most respected design agencies during the previous 16 years.
His work touches many disciplines, from spatial design and identity to print, packaging, and posters. Encompassing the public and private sectors, local and global charities, and commercial enterprises, his diverse clients include, in the UK, Boots, The Co-operative, Halfords, Waitrose, Sainsbury’s, Anish Kapoor and the 2011 Summer Exhibition at the Royal Academy of Arts, Phaidon Press, and the London Science Museum; as well as Saks Fifth Avenue, the United Nations, and the Russian police force.
Pearce is also a member of the advisory board for Witness, working with Peter Gabriel for the human rights charity for more than 17 years. In 2009 HarperCollins published Pearce's first book, a collection of typographic nonsense titled Conundrums.
He regularly speaks at major international design conferences across the globe, including AGIdeas, Australia; Design Indaba, South Africa; Semi Permanent, New Zealand; and Design Yatra, India. Speaking engagements have also taken him to New York and Chicago, as well as to colleges, museums, and the Typographic Circle in the UK.
He is an active member of Alliance Graphique International.
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What is Universal Everything? edited by Adrian Shaughnessy and Tony Brook
What is Universal Everything?
Edited by Adrian Shaughnessy and Tony Brook; designed by Spin
Publisher: Unit Editions
Published: June 2019
Matt Pyke, founder and creative director of Universal Everything, calls his studio a “digital art and design collective.” Now, after 15 years of revolutionary work in the digital realm, the studio has its first book. For anyone interested in the future of digital design, the book features a unique cover for each copy of the book (limited to 2,000)—every buyer owns a one-off.
Five Oceans in a Teaspoon by Dennis Bernstein and Warren Lehrer
Five Oceans in a Teaspoon
Poems by Dennis Bernstein
Visualizations by Warren Lehrer
Introduction by Steven Heller
Publisher: Paper Crown Press
Published: September 19, 2019
“From a kidnap note for a world held hostage by an A-bomb, to a Holocaust survivor’s tattooed arms where the numbers just don’t add up, Five Oceans in a Teaspoon re-envisions a poetry memoir via a textual kaleidoscope... Bernstein and Lehrer are the Rodgers and Hart of Visual Poetry.” — Bob Holman, poet, poetry activist and chronicler, and founder of the Bowery Poetry Club
Ballpark: Baseball in the American City by Paul Goldberger
Ballpark: Baseball in the American City
By Paul Goldberger
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf
Published: May 2019
An illustrated, entirely new look at the history of baseball: told through the stories of the vibrant and ever-changing ballparks where the game was and is staged, by the Pulitzer Prize-winning architectural critic.
Charleston Fancy by Witold Rybczynski
Charleston Fancy: Little Houses and Big Dreams in the Holy City
By Witold Rybczynski
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: May 2019
Charleston, South Carolina, which boasts America’s first historic district, is known for its palmetto-lined streets and picturesque houses. The Holy City, named for its profusion of churches, exudes an irresistible charm. Award-winning author and cultural critic Witold Rybczynski unfolds a series of stories about a group of youthful architects, builders, and developers based in Charleston: a self-taught home builder, an Air Force pilot, a fledgling architect, and a bluegrass mandolin player.
Teaching Graphic Design History by Steven Heller
Teaching Graphic Design History
By Steven Heller
Publisher: Allworth Press
Published: June 2019
An examination of the concerted efforts, happy accidents, and key influences of the practice throughout the years, Teaching Graphic Design History is an illuminating resource for students, practitioners, and future teachers of the subject.
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