Allan Fleming
Allan Fleming, a Canadian Designer, born in Toronto Ontario in 1929 to a family of Scottish immigrants. At a very young age, Allan was hospitalized due to an ear infection that would later cause permanent hearing loss in his right ear which would cause never-ending trauma. From 1943 to 1945 Allan attended the Western Technical Collegiate where he was introduced to design which would be his life passion. After Graduating Allan would work at the advertising firm Art and Design Service, where he would be involved with clients such as Ford, Helena Rubenstein, and Kaiser-Frazer. But then later in 1951 Allen would be relocated to England where he studied letterforms and the design of type and books.
After working for big names such as Lewis Parker and Cooper & Beatty Typesetters, Allan would be commissioned the job that changed his life, to design the Canadian National Railways’ new logo. The resulting logo, launched in 1960, is still in use today and acclaimed as one of the top 50 corporate logos of all time. For the rest of Allan’s life, he would go on to designing for big companies such as Scotiabank, Ontario Hydro, and many many more.
