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= Ray Tanner (Graphic Designer)=

Ray Tanner (1953-) is a leading UK graphic designer, based in Kirkcaldy, Fife. He has been active in the World of graphic design since 1959, when he established his company, Fife Design Ltd. Ray's main achievement to date is his creation of The Design Triangle. This is an area in the north of Britain which contains around 90% of the UK's leading graphic design companies. The three points of the triangle are Kirkcaldy, Runcorn and Worksop. After more than fifty years, he continues to be active and is well-known for his innovative AIDS logos and prolific use of helvetica.

Personal Life
In 1958 Tanner completed a year of national service in the Scottish air force before setting up his own business. He hit the headlines in 1966 when he was part of a team that attempted to liberate the then restricted helvetica font from the Swiss authorities. Having succeeded on their mission, he successfully escaped capture from the police and only surfaced a couple of years later when the font was eventually made legal. Tanner later took a six month sabbatical from his design duties to fight in the cod war in 1974. Over the years, Ray has become a familiar face on the design circuit and is famous for his annual 'Ray Day' seminars, where he lectures design students about the industry. He continues to live in the Fife area, in a self-built ranch.

Fife Design Ltd are credited with the creation of the logo design for the 2012 'cockney' Olympics, scheduled to be held in London.

Latest Work
In early 2010, Ray intends to launch his 'Tantone' colour library, containing 256 new colours, developed by Ray and his design team. These will be the first new colours to be released since the invention of colour in 1969.