Pentagram (design firm)

This article is about a graphic design studio. For the shape with intersecting lines, see Pentagram.

Pentagram
IndustryDesign
Founded12 June 1972 in Notting Hill, London, United Kingdom
FoundersAlan Fletcher,
Theo Crosby,
Colin Forbes,
Kenneth Grange,
Mervyn Kurlansky
ProductsDesign consultancy, graphic design, corporate identity, architecture, interiors and products
Websitepentagram.com
The former Pentagram building in Manhattan, at 204 Fifth Avenue, was designed by C.P.H. Gilbert. On top of the building at the time this image was taken (2010) is a statue by Antony Gormley, part of his Event Horizon installation on buildings around Madison Square

Pentagram is a design firm. It was founded in 1972, by Alan Fletcher, Theo Crosby, Colin Forbes, Kenneth Grange, and Mervyn Kurlansky at Needham Road, Notting Hill, London. The company has offices in London, New York City, San Francisco, Berlin and Austin, Texas. In addition to its influential work, the firm is known for its unusual structure, in which a hierarchically flat group of partners own and manage the firm, often working collaboratively, and share in profits and decisionmaking.