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(1928-2022) Graphic designer, author. Colin Forbes was born in London, England, and died in Westfield, North Carolina.

Full Name

Colin Forbes

Locations

New York

Author's Timeline

1928

BIRTH

Colin Ames Forbes was born in London, England, on March 6, 1928.

1964

LITWORK

Graphic Design: Visual Comparisons
Reinhold Publishing
0289276543 / 978-0289276549
Nonfiction written with Alan Fletcher and Bob Gill.

1972

LITWORK

Pentagram: The Work of Five Designers
Lund Humphries

Nonfiction written with Pentagram partners.

1978

OTHER

Mr. Forbes, a co-founder of the design firm Pentagram in London, England, relocated to New York to open a Pentagram office there in 1978.

1978

LITWORK

Living by Design
Lund Humphries
0853313962 / 978-0853313960
Nonfiction written with Pentagram partners.

1995

LITWORK

Seeing is Believing: Identity Design in the 20th Century
Booth-Clibborn Editions
187396823X / 978-1873968239
Nonfiction.

2000

LITWORK

Better Documents: Pentagram's Guide to Choosing Typefaces and Creating Better Correspondence and Documents
Graphis Press
978-8888001945
Nonfiction.

2022

DEATH

Colin Forbes died at his home in Westfield, North Carolina, on May 22, 2022.

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