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Alan Fletcher
Alan Fletcher's international design reputation is reflected by his commissions from major corporations and cultural institutions around the world. He began his career in New York, where he worked for the Container Corporation, Fortune magazine and IBM. He moved back to London and in 1962 co-founded Fletcher/Forbes/Gill, which served such clients as Pirelli, Cunard, Penguin Books, BP and Olivetti. He co-founded Pentagram in 1972 and created design programs for Reuters, Lucas Industries, The Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group, The Victoria & Albert Museum, Lloyd's of London, Daimler Benz, Arthur Andersen & Co and ABB. In 1992 he left Pentagram to work alone in his own studio. Among his clients are Domus Magazine, Dentsu, London Transport, Shell and Toyota. He is design consultant to Phaidon Press and Novartis Campus.
He has received gold and silver awards from the British Designers & Art Directors Association (D&AD) and New York "One Show". In 1977 he shared the D&AD President's Award for outstanding contributions to design with Pentagram partner Colin Forbes. In 1982 the Society of Industrial Artists and Designers awarded him their Annual Medal for outstanding achievement in design. In 1993 he was awarded The Prince Philip Prize for the Designer of the Year.
He served as President of the Designers & Art Directors Association in 1973, and as President of the Alliance Graphique Internationale from 1982 to 1985. He is a Royal Designer for Industry, a Fellow of the Chartered Society of Designers, Senior Fellow of the Royal College of Art, Senior Fellow of the London Institute and awarded an Honorary Doctorate from Kingston University. In 1994 he was inducted to the "Hall of Fame" of the American Art Directors Club.
He authored and designed The Art of Looking Sideways, published in July 2001, and Beware Wet Paint in 1996, both published by Phaidon Press. He co-authored Identity Kits - a pictorial survey of visual signs (Studio Vista), Graphic design: visual comparisons (Studio Vista), A Sign Systems Manual (Studio Vista).Also, four publications on the work of Pentagram: Pentagram-the work of five designers, and Living by Design (Lund Humphries), Ideas on Design (Faber & Faber), The Compendium (Phaidon).
Alan Fletcher trained at the Central School of Arts & Crafts and the Royal College of Art in London, and Yale University School of Art.
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