Today is J.G Ballard’s birthday, so in his honour here are David Pelham’s iconic

Today is J.G Ballard’s birthday, so in his honour here are David Pelham’s iconic Penguin book covers created for Ballard in the 1970’s. I’ve always loved these covers, to me they capture the essence of the time and the prevalent moods of Ballard’s fiction.

I’ve only recently got into J.G Ballard’s writing, a big reason for my lateness is that I had always hoped to find an original copy with a Pelham cover to read first. But a few months a go I relented this irrational desire and bought some new copies, as expected I enjoyed them and am now slightly obsessed. I’ve been working on a Ballard inspired design project but it’s spiralled out of control into more of a visual essay and is not ready yet. So this will have to do for now.

For more info on Pelham’s Ballard covers you should read this interesting interview with him here:

http://www.ballardian.com/pelham-art-of-inner-space