I must admit in foundation year I was never really interested in typography and was not even to sure of what it meant however Alan’s work instantly caught my eye. It essentially makes typography art, the textures, styles and colors even the experimental layouts , now in my second year of vis-com I appreciate his work more than ever, id love one of his posters!!! I conducted research to see how Alan produces his work and learnt the following on a website “Alan Kitching is one of the world’s foremost practitioners of letterpress typographic design and printmaking. He is renowned for his expressive use of wood and metal letterforms in creating visuals for commissions and his own limited edition prints. He has shown in London and Barcelona, and contributed to various exhibitions in Europe including the Pompidou Centre Paris, the British Library and the Barbican Art Gallery London. Alan is visiting tutor in typography at The Royal College of Art and Visiting Professor, University of the Arts London. He lives and works in Kennington London with designer, writer and partner Celia Stothar.”

I made this 3d relief rebellious colorful punk style face and covered it with thumbnail images of things in my life, that make me, me. The project was fun but at the time it felt a little pointless and abstract, all our match boxes looked good together on the wall though. (sorry about the poor picture quality).

All of the book cover designs were hand drawn and scanned in, then edited on photoshop. I tried to make the designs reflect the theme of the story or show a scene described in the story.