Allan Fleming's guest appearances

Allan Fleming

The Biblio File: Hosted by Nigel Beale

The Biblio File hosted by Nigel Beale

The Maroon Machine Podcast

Donald Trump

Quentin Tarantino

Nicholson Baker

Tom Doherty

Harlan Coben

Cory Doctorow

Yann Martel

Sydney Smith

George Eliot

Larry Thompson

Alex Ross

Lawrence Krauss

Margaret MacMillan

Lionel Trilling

Steven Heller

OwlTail

Part 2 of Shaun’s chat with TOTD Goalie Allan Fleming - @MaroonPodcast

Maroon Machine Podcast with Allan Fleming (Part 2)

Shaun Caught up with Team of the Decade Goalie Allan Fleming to discuss his career to date and thoughts on all things Kelty Hearts. Part two coming Friday 5th February. Twitter - @MaroonPodcast

Maroon Machine Podcast with Allan Fleming

Robert Fulford

Allan Fleming was born in Toronto in 1929. At 16 he left studies at the Western Technical School to apprentice at various design firms in Toronto. He then went to England, where he soaked up lessons from some of the great British book designers. Back in Canada in 1957 he joined the typographic firm Cooper and Beatty Ltd., and was working there when the opportunity to redesign Canadian National's logo came up in 1959.  In 1962 he became art director at Maclean’s magazine. He was vice-president and director of creative services at MacLaren Advertising from 1963 to 1968, and chief designer at the University of Toronto Press until 1976, when he joined Burns and Cooper. Suave, handsome, well-read, eloquent and confident, Fleming epitomized 'cool.' His design work won many awards in Canada, the United States and around the world. Though best remembered as the creator of CN’s corporate logo, Fleming was also a superb book designer, and this is what I talk about with Canadian literary journalist Robert Fulford who knew and was influenced by him.  Books referenced include: Canada: A Year of the Land The National Film Board of Canada, Lorraine Monk, Bruce Hutchinson, Allan Fleming Published by Roger Duhamel Queen's Printer, Ottawa, 1967 Collected Works of Erasmus, University of Toronto Press 

Allan Fleming was born in Toronto in 1929. At 16 he left studies at the Western Technical School to apprentice at various design firms in Toronto. He then went to England, where he soaked up lessons from some of the great British book designers. Back in Canada in 1957 he joined the typographic firm Cooper and Beatty Ltd., and was working there when the opportunity to redesign Canadian National's logo came up in 1959.  In 1962 he became art director at Maclean’s magazine. He was vice-president and director of creative services at MacLaren Advertising from 1963 to 1968, and chief designer at the University of Toronto Press until 1976, when he joined Burns and Cooper. Suave, handsome, well-read, eloquent and confident, Fleming epitomized 'cool.' His design work won many awards in Canada, the United States and around the world. Though best remembered as the creator of CN’s corporate logo, Fleming was also a superb book designer, and this is what I talk about with Canadian literary journalist Robert Fulford who knew and was influenced by him.  Books referenced include: Canada: A Year of the Land The National Film Board of Canada, Lorraine Monk, Bruce Hutchinson, Allan Fleming Published by Roger Duhamel Queen's Printer, Ottawa, 1967 Collected Works of Erasmus, University of Toronto Press

Robert Fulford on Book Designer Allan Fleming