Alan Fletcher @ Design Museum London

Alan Fletcher the Graphic designer created a vast body of work that rightly deserves this retrospective attention. '50 years of Graphic Work (and play)' at the design museum is all you could expect from this hugely influential graphic designer. Simple,playful and inventive, you could recognise Alan Fletchers work anywhere. Unfazed by the passage of time many of the works still hold a deft lightness to them and it is surprising how many pieces you notice have been poorly imitated. As ubiquitous as Fletchers work was, was the man himself. He definitely got around - stints in Milan working for Firelli,Los Angeles for the Saul and Elaine Bass studio until he finally settled in London putting together design house Fletcher/Forbes/Gill with Royal College class mate Colin Forbes and American emigre designer Bob Gill. His gallivanting paid off and imbued much work with a distinct freshness that was lacking in British design at the time. Sadly Fletcher passed away in September this year while assisting the design museum put this show together. Posthumously,this exhibition serves as a fitting tribute to this great designer.