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Kitching in 2016 Alan Kitching RDI AGI Hon FRCA (born 1940) is a practitioner of letterpress typographic design and printmaking. Kitching exhibits and lectures across the globe, and is known for his expressive use of wood and metal letterforms in commissions and limited-edition prints.[1] [2]
Early life Born 1940 in Darlington , Co. Durham, he was an apprentice compositor (1956–61). From 1962 to 1964 he was a technician in hand and line type composition, Department of Printing, Watford College of Technology, Herts. After meeting Anthony Froshaug (the new head of department) Kitching co-established the experimental printing workshop at Watford College of Technology. Kitching later continued to collaborate with Froshaug on student projects at the Central School of Art & Design .
Professional career In 1973 Alan began his own design practice in London with Colin Forbes . In 1977 he partnered with Derek Birdsall and Martin Lee at Omnific and started letterpress printing there in 1985. He began letterpress workshops in 1986 at Omnific Studios, Islington , London. He then went on to establish The Typography Workshop in Clerkenwell (1989). From 1994 he worked in partnership with designer/writer Celia Stothard (later his wife). In 1999, in partnership with designer and teacher, Celia Stothard FRSA, Kitching purchased a large collection of theatrical wood types , now named, 'Entertaining Types' and housed in Kennington , Lambeth , South London. [1]
Teaching 1967–70: Part-Time lecturer in Typography, School of Art, Watford College. of Technology, Herts . 1968–72: Visiting lecturer in Graphic Design, Central School of Art & Design , London. 1973: Visiting lecturer, London College of Printing . 1974.75: Visiting lecturer, Goldsmiths College , University of London. 1988: Visiting lecturer in Graphic Design, Royal College of Art 1990-2000: University of Brighton , School of Graphic Design, visiting lecturer. 1991–2006: Typography Workshops at Royal College of Art 1994: Colchester Institute , School of Art, visiting lecturer. 1993-1995: Glasgow School of Art , visiting lecturer. Awards and Membership of professional bodies Commissions 1999: Stamps for Royal Mail: Magna Carta Millennium series [5] 2000: Dazed & Confused Magazine — Typographic artwork for magazine cover 2000: D&AD — Typographic artwork for Invitation 2002: Poems on the buses for Transport for London 2002: Posters for the National Theatre's Transformation season of plays 2002: Stamps for the Royal Mail: Love Occasion series 2001/2003: Typographic artwork for The Guardian Newspaper[3] 2003: Typographic artworks for VSO poster campaign 'We need professionals' 2002 : National Theatre — Typographic artwork for ‘On Love’ by Alan Bennett — London, UK 2003: Typographic mural for The Guardian Newspaper building reception 2005: The Guardian — Typographic artwork for alternative Front Page 2009: ONE Africa — Typographic artwork for poster 2011: Clarks Shoes — Typographic artwork for wall display — London, UK 2012: FT Weekend Magazine — Typographic artwork for magazine cover 2012: San Miguel — Typographic artwork for mural wall — Spain 2014: Southbank — Typographic artwork for mural wall — London, UK 2016: A Life in Letterpress: Alan Kitching — Book published [4] 2017: Glenlivet — Typographic artwork for packaging design 2017: National Union of Journalists — Typographic artwork for wall mural 2017: Comme des Garcons — Typographic artwork for apparel design 2018: Brexit — Typographic artwork for protest posters & merchandise 2018: Cleaver Square — Typographic artwork for signage 2018: FX — Typographic artwork for magazine cover 2018: Bridge Theatre — Typographic artwork for ‘Allelujah!’ production — London, UK 2018: Alan Kitching’s A-Z London — Box Set [5] 2018: Globe Theatre — Typographic artwork for ‘Emilia’ production — London, UK 2018: Tipoteca — Typographic artwork for museum — Cornuda, Italy 2019: British Airways — Typographic artwork for 100th year anniversary 2019: English Heritage — Typographic artwork for Corporate Identity for 2019 2019: Kia & Sunday Times — Typographic artwork for advertorial 2020: Folio Society — ‘ The Stories of English’ — Typographic artwork for book cover design 2020: FORA — Typographic artwork for Berners St Map 2020: Hall for Cornwall — Typographic artwork for triptych — Truro, UK 2020: Get Impressed — Typographic artwork for book cover design 2021: The Poster: A Visual History: ‘Taxi’ typographic artwork featured in book, V and A. [6] 2022: Berry Bros & Rudd Wine — Typographic artwork for spread in No. 3 catalogue 2022: Woman Life Freedom — Typographic artwork for campaign poster 2022: POMPE charity — Typographic artwork for online assets 2022: The Art File — Typographic artwork for greeting card collections 2023: PORT Magazine — Typographic artwork for editorial spread 2023: Collins Agency — Limited Edition Print for 15 year anniversary Kiss - Graphic Poetry
Poster for National Theatre Transformation series.
Iraq war demo poster for The Guardian
Guardian graphic
Guardian graphic
'Spirited' for The Guardian
'Boldly' for The Guardian
Glory to the New Born King
'The Big Top' - The Wrington Suite
Burning books
Magna Carta
Stellar
Kew Gardens
A thing of beauty
Anti Brexit Poster
Braque Letterpress
Shipping Forecast
Crimson Clover
Time for Port
Kennington, London, Map
Design is hope
Merry Go round
Exhibitions 1992: Gallery at Pentagram, SOLO SHOW 1993: Royal College of Art, SOLO SHOW 1994: Crafts Council 'True to Type', 5 works, catalogue, ISBN 1870145 35 6 1994: D&AD "Festival of Excellence', 4 works 1994: Paperpoint shop, several works 1996: '20 Designers for a Silhouette', Centre Pompidou, Paris 1996: Royal Mail Stamps, London 1997: 'British Graphic Design', Cologne, Germany 1997: The Gallery at Pentagram, London 1998: Coningsby Gallery SOLO SHOW 1998: The British Pavilion, 'Information expertise @ UK'; The Library and Information Commission, Amsterdam 1999: 'A K TypeArt 98', The Coningsby Gallery, London, one man show 1999: The Coningsby Gallery — 'A K TypeArt 98', Solo Exhibition — London, UK 2000: 'Powerhouse', UK 2001: Gallery at Pentagram, 'In Darkest England' 2002: Gallery at Pentagram, London, one man show 2004: Public Address System, London and Berlin 2004: Pax Britannica, London Advanced Graphics London 2016: Somerset House [6] 2016: The Lighthouse, Glasgow 2017: Manning Tree — Solo Exhibition — London, UK 2018: London Craft Week — Open Studio — London, UK 2019: Chelsea Arts Club — Solo Exhibition — London, UK 2019: Ditchling Museum of Art + Craft — Solo Exhibition — Ditchling, UK 2021: Coningsby Gallery — Solo Exhibition — London, UK 2022: AGI Congress — Typographic poster — Group Exhibition— Trieste, Italy 2023: AGI Congress — Typographic poster — Group Exhibition — Auckland, New Zealand Talks and conferences 1994: icograda, London 1995: icograda, Lisbon 1995: AGI (Alliance Graphique Internationale), Amalfi, Italy 1997: AGI (Alliance Graphique Internationale), Barcelona, Spain 1998: A Typ.1, Lyon, France 2002: University of NSW Sydney & AGI Ideas Melbourne Australia 2002: AGI (Alliance Graphique Internationale), Zurich/Pontresina, Switzerland 2003: Typo3 Johannesburg SA 2004: London College of Communication 23/6/04 2004: Forum Laus, Barcelona May 2004 2005: AGI (Alliance Graphique Internationale), Berlin Guest lectures / Workshops 1966: 'Frontiers of Printmaking', Michael Rothenstein, Library of Congress 66-24551 [7] 1999-2000: Hereford - College of Art 1974 Printed in Watford, Watford School of Art, Herts. 1993: The Sixties, David Mellor[8] 1994: D&AD Annual 1995: D&AD Annual 1996 D&AD Annual 1996: 'G1 subj: contemp, design, graphic,[9] 1996: 'A Double Life of 80 AGI designers .....' Armando Milani/Burgo 1997 'First Choice', Ken Cato, ISBN[10] 1999: Royal Mail Millennium Stamps 1999: New Design: London, The Edge of Graphic Design, Ed. E.M.Gomez, Rockport, USA, ISBN 1-56496-562-7 D&AD Annual 2000: Rotterdam - Willem de Kooning Academie 2000: Anthony Froshaug: Typography & Texts (2 vols), Robin Kinross ISBN 0-907259-13-8 2001: Master of the 20th Century, Ed. Mervyn Kurlansky/Icograda, Graphis, New York ISBN 1-888001-85-2 2002: Helvetica – Homage to a Typeface, Lars Müller, Switzerland ISBN 3-907044-87-8 2002: Copenhagen - I T University 2002: The Graphics Book, D&AD, Rotovision, ISBN 2-88046-550-8 2003: Creative Island, John Sorrell, Lawrence King, ISBN 1-85669-305-8 2003: The Thames & Hudson Dictionary of Graphic Design and Designers[11] 2004: D&AD Workout 2004: University of Delaware 2015: Workshop, Tipoteca, Italy Books on Alan Kitching or featuring work 2015: Tipoteca — Legacy of Letter Tour & Workshop — Cornuda, Italy 2015: A-Z in Letterpress, Laurence King, London, ISBN 9781780674810 2016: A Life in Letterpress, Laurence King, London[12] [13] 2016: Hay Festival — Guest Lecturer & Book Signing — Wales, UK 2017: Letter Exchange — Guest Lecturer — London, UK 2018: Woolwich Art Fair — Letterpress Workshop & Lecturer — London, UK 2019: TIPO — Guest Lecturer — Azores, Portugal 2019: Lettering Arts Trust — Letterpress Workshop — London, UK 2019: The Typography Workshop — Letterpress Workshop — London, UK 2020: Residency Art Centre USA — Letterpress Workshop — California, USA 2020: Ditchling Museum of Art + Craft — Visiting Lecturer — Ditchling, UK 2021: ESAD, Superior School of Arts and Design — Letterpress Workshop — Porto, Portugal 2022: Falmouth University — Visiting Lecturer — Falmouth, UK 2022: Hall for Cornwall — Talk/Q&A — Cornwall, UK 2023: Collins Agency — Online Talk/Q&A — Remote Bibliography 1970: 'Typography Manual', School of Art, Watford College of Technology
2016. 'A life in Letterpress , Laurence King, London.
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