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Alan Fujiwara was a Canadian graphic designer.

Born in Vancouver, Fujiwara was educated in Toronto. Fujiwara entered the Ontario College of Art in 1948.

As of 1961, he was one of four art directors at Rolph-Clark-Stone Ltd. He remained at the firm until at least 1967. According to The Globe and Mail, his work had been published in international magazines. It suggested that his clientele focused on food labelling and logo design. At some point before 1967, he designed a dancer made of "calligraphic strokes" for the National Ballet Guild, Toronto.

His work was featured on the 1961 Canadian Tuberculosis Association Christmas Seals. The sheet featured a silhouette of Canada, overlaid with a variety of iconic graphics. He was also one of the featured artists for the 1962 Canadian Save the Children Fund's Christmas cards, along with Yvonne Houser and Franklin Arbuckle.

Fujiwara left Rolph-Clark-Stone, where he was design director, joining Inter-Media Limited in October 1967, as their vice-president and creative director, and a partner in the firm.

Fujiwara designed the Brier Tankard, "a five-foot, 150-pund gold encrusted tankard valued at $150,000." It was first presented in 1980.

Fujiwara designed the logo for the Region of Peel, and selected its "orange peel, lemon peel, lime peel" colour scheme.

Fujiwara entered the children's book sphere in 1989, writing ''Baachan! Geechan! Arigato: a Story of Japanese Canadians''. The title sees two young immigrants to Canada, Masao and Sumiko, interned in British Columbia interior camps.