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Alan Kitching: London's Building Blocks brings letterpress mastery to Madrid

Creative Boom

A legacy built in letterpress Few designers have made the impact that Kitching has on contemporary printmaking. His career spans decades, from co-founding the experimental printing workshop at Watford to establishing The Typography Workshop in 1989, where he continues to champion movable type in the modern era.

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Iconic print design conference returns after 12-year hiatus

Creative Boom

Today, it's finding a new contemporary audience of designers, printmakers and typographers who come to enjoy a regular programme of design events and workshops. The St Bride Foundation was originally set up in 1891 to serve the burgeoning print and publishing trade of nearby Fleet Street in London.

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BlockFace: an open-source stamp kit to explore typography by graphic artist Will Mower

Creative Boom

You simply combine the stamps to construct letterforms, design typographic posters and cards, and explore the joys of printmaking. Origin story An artist, designer and printmaker, Will first became interested in modular systems and printmaking in 2013 during a period of creative block.

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UK's biggest comic art festival returns to Yorkshire this November

Creative Boom

Photography by Andrew Benge Teaming up once again with partners LeedsBID, Thought Bubble Festival 2023 will present a week of talks, workshops, exhibitions, public art installations, film screenings, venue takeovers and more. Dapo Adeola will be hosting a family-friendly library workshop. Thought Bubble.

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Dror Cohen's paintings use simple forms and bold colours to create a poetic sense of space

Creative Boom

As a student, I experimented with many techniques - aquarelle, pencils, oil and gouache, ink, printmaking, etc. "I Then I moved to New York and interned at a printmaking workshop and later at a small and friendly book publisher. "Both places had some really good teachers," she says. "As

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That back-to-school feeling: how to boost your creative skills this autumn

Creative Boom

Primarily printmaking and gouache painting. Consider signing up for a class, workshop, or online course. If you flood the market with digital illustrations that can be generated in mere seconds, the overall value of digital art will take a dive. "So Of course, that's not the only reason to upskill. Make reading a regular habit.

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Bauhaus Typography at 100

Creative Review

It was in the workshops that “Bauhaus typography took on its distinctive form — its rejection of serifs and capitals, embrace of experimental alphabets, insistence on universal clarity, and innovation in layering and hierarchy,” the archive adds.