Meet Dan Pearce, bbd’s new Senior Creative. With a passion for design, culture, and experimentation, Dan brings a fresh perspective to branding, motion, and digital design, always pushing ideas to feel exciting, alive, and full of personality.
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6th November 2025
Crafting beautiful design, developing new expertise, and experimenting with fresh techniques is my bread and butter, practising my craft in as many formats as possible, from branding to web design, and packaging to video and motion graphics. I love the process of learning something new, figuring it out piece by piece, and finding ways to make it my own. Every project is an excuse to push an idea a little further, to make something that feels exciting, alive, and full of personality.
I’m fascinated by the ways culture, design, and everyday life overlap. Subcultures and moments in cultural history constantly shape how I see things, reminding me that design doesn’t exist in a vacuum; it’s part of a much bigger story about how people express themselves. That same curiosity has carried me across the world, from digging into local creative scenes to chasing unique travel experiences that give me new perspectives and visual inspiration.
Music and film are my daily fuel. They’ve taught me more about rhythm, mood, and storytelling than any textbook ever could. I’m always hunting for a song or scene that sparks something; an emotion, a colour, a concept. That mix of sound, image, and feeling feeds directly back into my design work.
Outside the studio, I’m constantly exploring new ideas, experiences, and places. Whether I’m experimenting with a motion piece, sketching a brand concept, or planning my next trip, it’s all part of the same creative loop: learning, observing, and finding inspiration in the details that make each experience unique.
To explain my creative philosophy simply, Bourdain said, “Skills can be taught. Character you either have or you don’t have. The willingness to explore, to try things, to make a mess, and to learn from it, that’s where the real magic happens.”