During our second year we had to visit the CUBE Gallery in Manchester City centre to see an exhibition that Alan Fletcher had put on for people to see. It started on 21.01.2010 until 03.04.2010. Alan Fletcher to most people is seen to be the 'most celebrated graphic designer in Britain' by the Observer and 'one of the giants of 20th Century design' by the Guardian, along with Peter Saville. Peter Saville actually opened Fletcher's exhibition on Thursday 21st January 2010.
Alan Fletcher (1931-2006) was co-founder of Fletcher/ Forbes/ Gill in the 1960's and Pentagram in the 1970's and created enduring graphic schemes including the identities of Reuters amd the V&A. In his role as Creative Director of Phaidon Press he had a major impact on book design and forged links with a new generation of graphic designers.
By synthesising the graphic tradtions of Europe and the US into a spirited, witty and very personal style, Alan Fletcher has defined modern graphic design in Britain since the early 1960's. The exhibition at CUBE explores the ingenuity of Fletcher's commercial work for high profile clients, including Olivetti. ICI, and Lloyds, alongside the personal projects in lettering, collage, and illustration, with which Fletcher has entertained himself- and us- over the years.
-(Taken from a hand out given at the CUBE Gallery)
The exhibition mostly included original sketches, posters, objects and archive footage celebrating fifty years of the designer's work (and play).
I found the day quite entertaining and started to understand Fletcher's wit in different styles of his work. I went home and really thought about who he has worked with and what he had acheived in his life and he really in a genious in the graphic industry. I took photographs of the work that I thought appealed to me the most below. I would definately go to another of his exhibitions.
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