Alan Kitching (typographic artist) Alan Kitching RDI AGI Hon FRCA, 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.Early life Born 1940 in Darlington , Co. Durham, he was an apprentice compositor. From 1962–64 he was a technician in hand and line type composition, Department of Printing, Watford College of Technology , Herts . After meeting Anthony Froshaug 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 . From 1994 he worked in partnership with designer/writer Celia Stothard. 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. 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, Goldsmith’s 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 Designers and Art Directors Association 1999: Fellow of Chartered Society of Designers 1999: Member of Alliance Graphique Internationale 1994: Royal Designer for Industry 1996: Member of the Designers and Art Directors Association 1997: Fellow of Royal Society of Arts 1998: Fellow of the Royal College of Art 2001: Visiting Professor The London Institute Commissions 1999: Stamps for Royal Mail: Magna Carta Millennium series 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 2003: Typographic artworks for VSO poster campaign ‘We need professionals’ 2003: Typographic mural for The Guardian Newspaper building receptionExhibitions 1992: Gallery at Pentagram, SOLO SHOW 1993: Royal College of Art, SOLO SHOW 1994: Crafts Council ‘True to Type’, 5 works, catalogue, 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 2000: ‘Powerhouse’, UK 2001: Gallery at Pentagram, ‘In Darkest England’ 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 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 2016: Suffolk 2016: The Lighthouse, Glasgow Talks and conferences 1994: icograda, London 1995: icograda, Lisbon 1995: AGI, Amalfi, Italy 1997: AGI, Barcelona, Spain 1998: A Typ.1, Lyon, France 2002: University of NSW Sydney & AGI Ideas Melbourne Australia 2002: AGI, Zurich/Pontresina, Switzerland 2003: Typo3 Johannesburg SA 2004: London College of Communication 23/6/04 2004: Forum Laus, Barcelona May 2004 2005: AGI, BerlinGuest lectures / Workshops 1999-2000: Hereford - College of Art 2000: Rotterdam - Willem de Kooning Academie 2002: Copenhagen - I T University 2004: D&AD Workout 2004: University of Delaware 2015: Workshop, Tipoteca, Italy Books on Alan Kitching or featuring work 1966: ‘Frontiers of Printmaking’, Michael Rothenstein, Library of Congress 66-24551 1974 Printed in Watford, Watford School of Art, Herts. 1993: The Sixties, David Mellor 1994: D&AD Annual 1995: D&AD Annual 1996 D&AD Annual 1996: ‘G1 subj: contemp, design, graphic, 1996: ‘A Double Life of 80 AGI designers.....’ Armando Milani/Burgo 1997 ‘First Choice’, Ken Cato, ISBN 1999: Royal Mail Millennium Stamps 1999: New Design: London, The Edge of Graphic Design, Ed. E.M.Gomez, Rockport, USA, D&AD Annual 2001: Master of the 20th Century, Ed. Mervyn Kurlansky/Icograda, Graphis, New York 2000: Anthony Froshaug: Typography & Texts, Robin Kinross 2002: Helvetica – Homage to a Typeface, Lars Müller, Switzerland 2003: Creative Island, John Sorrell, Lawrence King, 2002: The Graphics Book, D&AD, Rotovision, 2003: The Thames & Hudson Dictionary of Graphic Design and Designers 2015: A-Z in Letterpress, Laurence King, London, 2016: A Life in Letterpress, Laurence King, London
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