Although he has a name right out of Spooks, Harry Pearce is one of the most influential designers at Pentagram's London office and I was lucky enough to catch him at February's Typographic Circle event.
Have to admit, I hadn't really heard of him before the talk (obviously did some research) but he was to be blunt, pretty amazing. His work touches many disciplines, from spatial design and identity to print, ( Halfords, Waitrose, Sainsbury’s, Anish Kapoor and the 2011 Summer Exhibition at the RA, Phaidon Press, the Science Museum, Saks Fifth Avenue) packaging and posters and he ran us through it and his thought processes in an engaging, funny and informative way.
His work for Witness (see poster above), an international nonprofit organization that uses the power of video and storytelling to open the eyes of the world to human rights abuses was particularly engaging and brilliant.
