senior fellow of the Royal College of Art in 1989 and became an honorary fellow of the London Institute in 2000. The December 2006 limited-edition cover of Wallpaper* magazine featured one of his last works omitting his calligraphic signature in the compliments slip accompanying his completed work for he was too frail by then. He died of cancer in London, and is survived by his wife and daughter. Further reading Alan Fletcher, Picturing and Poeting (2006. Phaidon Press) Beware Wet Paint: Designs by Alan Fletcher, by Jeremy Myerson, David Gibbs and Rick Poynor (2004. Phaidon Press) () Alan Fletcher, The Art of Looking Sideways (2001. Phaidon Press) References External links Official website Alan Fletcher -Designing Modern Britain (1931–2006) from the British Council Design Museum Obituary, The Times, 26 September 2006 Obituary, The Daily Telegraph, 29 September 2006 Obituary, The Independent, 26 September 2006 , a video interview concerning the preparation of the book 1931 births 2006 deaths People from Nairobi People educated at Christ's Hospital 20th-century British businesspeople Alumni of the Royal College of Art Academics of the Royal College of Art Logo designers British graphic designers Design writers Deaths from cancer in England Yale School of Architecture alumni Design educators British illustrators Alumni of the Central School of Art and Design Pentagram partners (past and present)