Alan Fletcher

Is a graphic designer born on 27 September 1931, He had studied at the Hammersmith College of Art and at the Central School of Art. He also founded the design firm Fletcher/Forbes/Gill with Colin Forbes and Bob Gill they did a book called Graphic Design: A Visual Comparison. There clients included Pirelli, Penguin Books, Cunard and Olivetti. Gill left the partnership and was replaced by Theo Crosby who he met at the Central School of Art. A couple more partners joined and then became Pentagram a design company. His logo for the V&A Museum is still in use today along with the logo for Institute of Directors and also Reuters logo. A book of his designs has also been published called Beware Wet Paint by Jeremy Myerson in 1994. Alan has also written several books as well. He died in September 2006 and in November that year an exhibition of his life’s work was displayed at the Design Museum in London until 18^th February 2007.

Reuters Logo by Alan Fletcher