Interview with Penquin Books designer David Pelham from 2007

This article was posted by Bill McMullen 2 years, 11 months, 1 week, 6 days, 12 hours, 6 minutes ago.

Check out this 2007 Creative Review interview with designer David Pelham, art director for Penquin Books from 1972-1980. I bumbled across it looking up images and although it’s not spanking new like some quickstrike Susan Boyle dunks or anything, I wanted to pass it on to the artist and design heads out there. You are welcome to scroll quickly through the images of covers if you are fighting deadlines or ADD. Nice insight into the old days of paste-up and repro typesetting, etc. And amazing design. The story he tells about finishing the ‘Clockwork Orange’ cover at 4am Monday morning, just in time for a 5am motorcycle courier pick-up, sounds all too familiar.

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