Colin Forbes

Advertising Review Brochure 1955 – 1

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  • Format Folded Brochure
  • Designer/s Colin Forbes (Art editor)
  • Year 1955
  • Client/Publisher Advertising Review
  • Size 140mm x 215mm
Colin Forbes (Art editor)
Colin Forbes was born in London in 1928 and studied at Sir Anthony Browne's College in Brentwood and trained professionally and artistically at the Central School of Arts & Crafts,. Forbes completed his apprenticeship as a design assistant to Herbert Spencer in 1952 and four years later he was art director of Stuart Advertising in London. In 1961, he joined Fletcher/Forbes/Gill up to Pentagram in 1972. Explore related designers including Alan Fletcher, Bob Gill, and Pentagram. See also British Modernism and Rise of Corporate Identity.

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Advertising Review Brochure 1955 - 1
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