Famous for his prominent Pentagram design company, as well as for Picturing and Poeting (2006); The Art of Looking Sideways (2001); and several other books on graphic design theory, he is remembered as one of the most prolific and accomplished graphic artists of the mid-to-late twentieth century.

Before Fame

He received artistic training at several prestigious institutions, including the Royal College of Art, the Yale School of Architecture, and the Hammersmith School of Art.

Trivia

He was a 1993 recipient of the Design Council's Prince Philip Designers Prize and served as president of both the Alliance Graphique Internationale and the Designers and Art Directors Association.

Family Life

The child of an English civil servant, he spent his earliest years in Nairobi, Kenya, and the remainder of his youth in London and Sussex, England. His marriage to Paola Biagi began in 1956 and produced a daughter named Raffaella.

Associated With

He was a contemporary of the prominent American graphic designer Bill Gold.