Exhibitions
Writing and Object, Galerie Handwerk, Munich, 2014
Aesthetics City, Power Station of Art, Shanghai, 2013
Ginza Graphic Gallery, Tokyo, 2012
Useful Contraventions, Siemans Sanat Gallery, Istanbul, 2009
Awards
Marsh Award for Excellence in Public Sculpture, The Public Monuments and Sculpture Association, 2012
Designs of the Year Award nomination for Comedy Carpet, Design Museum, 2012
Blackpool Civic Trust; merit award for Comedy Carpet, 2012
Grand Prix for Comedy Carpet, Tokyo Type Directors Club, 2012
Designs of the Year Award nomination for Crawley Library, Design Museum, 2010
RIBA Award for Crawley library with Penoyre & Prasad, 2010
Blackpool Civic Trust; merit award for Climbing Towers & Bouldering Wall, 2007
Language stone award, 2006
Grand Prix, Tokyo Type Directors, (First Prize) for Flock of Words, Morecambe, 2003
Art for Architecture Award, Royal Society of Arts, 2001
Civic Trust Commendation and Street Design Award for Eric Area, Morecambe, 2000
Civic Trust Commendation, 1998
Street Design Award, Royal Town Planning Institute, for Loudoun Hall Forecourt, 1998
Museum of the Year Award with Jersey Heritage Trust For Maritime Museum Jersey, 1998
Lancaster Civic Society for Stone Jetty, Morecambe, 1996
Working for Cities Award, British Gas Properties/Arts Council, 1995
Art for Architecture Award, Royal Society of Arts for Tern Morecambe, 1994
Hull Civic Society Commendation for Fish Pavement, 1993
Art in Public Spaces, Northern Electric/Arts Council for Gateshead 1993
Selected Talks & Judging
University of Westminster, 2013
Lumen Prize, Treberfydd Foundation, 2012
EMZIN, Ljubljana, Slovenia, 2012
ESAD – Escola Superior de Artes e Design, talk & workshop, Oporto, Portugal, 2012
Camberwell College of Arts, University of the Arts, London, 2012
Poet in the City, Design Charette, York House, Twickenham, 2012
RIBA 4×4 making Places: Size Matters! The Rose Bowl, Leeds Metropolitan University, 2012
Pro Funnibono Publico lecture, Konstfact University of Arts, Crafts & Design, Stockholm, 2011
Italian Visual Communication Designer’s Association, Design Per conference, Bologna, 2010
The School of Architecture, University of Naples, The theatre in the city seminar, 2010
University College of Falmouth, 2010
Central St Martins, M.A Narrative Environment, 2010
Key Speaker, The Angel Symposium, Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art, Gateshead, 2009
Key speaker, City & Art Forum, Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University, Istanbul, 2009
Central St Martins College of Art and Design, London, 2008
Poets In The City, German Gym, Kings Cross, London, 2007
University for the Creative Arts, Epsom, 2007
Brunel Academy, Bristol, 2007
Royal Society of Architects in Wales, annual conference, Cardiff, 2006
Selected Publications
The Comedy Carpet, Blackpool, Booth-Clibborn Editions, 2013
Lettering Large, Steven Heller & Miro Ilic, Monacelli Press, New York, 2013
Oversize, Mega Art & Installations, Edited and Published by Viction:ary, Hong Kong, 2013
30 Studios by Étapes, Pyramyd Editions, Paris, 2013
LetterScape, A Global Survey of Typographic Installations by Anna Saccani, Thames & Hudson, 2013
Typespaces, Basheer Graphic Books, Singapore, 2012
Por Escrito, 1970-2010 by Richard Deacon, Universidad Publica de Navarra, 2012
We Never Had A Plan So Nothing Could Go Wrong – Why Not Associates, ggg Books No.104, Tokyo, 2013
Tokyo TDC, Vol 23, 2012
Which Way To Go? by Miguel Abellan, Monsa Publications, Barcelona, 2012
Paranormal Cumbria by Geoff Holder, The History Press, 2012
Local Heritage, Global Context by John Schofield & Rosy Szymanski, Ashgate Publishing, 2011
Space & Environmental Graphics, Rikuyosha Publishers, Japan, 2010
Virtual Typography by Matthias Hillner, AVA Publishing, Switerland, 2009
Art and Text, Black Dog Publishing, 2009
City and Art Project, Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University, Istanbul, 2009
Creative Island 2 by John Sorrell, Laurence King Publishing, 2009
Typo: The Beautiful World of Fonts by Fabiola Reyes, Monsa, 2007
Weird England: Your Travel Guide to England’s Local Legends… by Matt Lake, Sterling Publishing, 2007
Exploring Border Reivers by P Nixon, 2007
England in Particular by Sue Clifford & Angela King, hodder & stoughton, 2006
Artists and Public Space, Black Dog Publishing, 2005
Why Not 2 published by Thames and Hudson, 2004
People Making Places: Imagination in the Public Realm, published by Public Arts, 2004
Tokyo Type Director’s Annual, 2003
Art, Space and the City by Malcolm Miles, Routledge, 1997
Celebrating Local Distinctiveness, Common Ground for Rural Action, 1994
Selected Articles
Plus Eighty One, Typographic Art issue,Vol.59, Tokyo, Spring, 2013
Interni, no.4, Milan, April, 2013
Novum Magazine, Munich, December, 2012
Pen, Tokyo, October, 2012
Étapes: Design and Visual Culture, Paris, August, 2012
Le Courrier du Bois, Belgium, January, 2011
Creative Review, October, 2011
Area, No.111, Florence, July/August, 2010
Creative Review, March, 2009
M.E. magazine, Milan, September, 2009
Artlab, Milan, September, 2009
Letter Arts Review, USA, Spring, 2008
Summit: 49, British Mountaineering Council, Spring, 2008
Landscape magazine, February, 2007
Creative Review, May, 2007
Wallpaper, August, 2007
iSh magazine, Singapore, 2007
Concept magazine, Jakarta, 2007
Creative Review, April, 2006
Touchstone, September, 2006
Etapes: international, September, 2006
Creative Review, May, 2005
Disegno Industriale, October, 2005
Creative Review, April, 2003
Domus, December, 2003
Art and Architecture, issue no.59, 2003
Eye magazine, Autumn, 2002
Creative Review, September, 2002
Crafts magazine, January, 2000
Livewire, August, 2000
Druk, Netherlands, Autumn, 2000
Exhibitions
Writing and Object, Galerie Handwerk, Munich, 2014
Aesthetics City, Power Station of Art, Shanghai, 2013
Ginza Graphic Gallery, Tokyo, 2012
Useful Contraventions, Siemans Sanat Gallery, Istanbul, 2009
Awards
Marsh Award for Excellence in Public Sculpture, The Public Monuments and Sculpture Association, 2012
Designs of the Year Award nomination for Comedy Carpet, Design Museum, 2012
Blackpool Civic Trust; merit award for Comedy Carpet, 2012
Grand Prix for Comedy Carpet, Tokyo Type Directors Club, 2012
Designs of the Year Award nomination for Crawley Library, Design Museum, 2010
RIBA Award for Crawley library with Penoyre & Prasad, 2010
Blackpool Civic Trust; merit award for Climbing Towers & Bouldering Wall, 2007
Language stone award, 2006
Grand Prix, Tokyo Type Directors, (First Prize) for Flock of Words, Morecambe, 2003
Art for Architecture Award, Royal Society of Arts, 2001
Civic Trust Commendation and Street Design Award for Eric Area, Morecambe, 2000
Civic Trust Commendation, 1998
Street Design Award, Royal Town Planning Institute, for Loudoun Hall Forecourt, 1998
Museum of the Year Award with Jersey Heritage Trust For Maritime Museum Jersey, 1998
Lancaster Civic Society for Stone Jetty, Morecambe, 1996
Working for Cities Award, British Gas Properties/Arts Council, 1995
Art for Architecture Award, Royal Society of Arts for Tern Morecambe, 1994
Hull Civic Society Commendation for Fish Pavement, 1993
Art in Public Spaces, Northern Electric/Arts Council for Gateshead 1993
Selected Talks & Judging
University of Westminster, 2013
Lumen Prize, Treberfydd Foundation, 2012
EMZIN, Ljubljana, Slovenia, 2012
ESAD – Escola Superior de Artes e Design, talk & workshop, Oporto, Portugal, 2012
Camberwell College of Arts, University of the Arts, London, 2012
Poet in the City, Design Charette, York House, Twickenham, 2012
RIBA 4×4 making Places: Size Matters! The Rose Bowl, Leeds Metropolitan University, 2012
Pro Funnibono Publico lecture, Konstfact University of Arts, Crafts & Design, Stockholm, 2011
Italian Visual Communication Designer’s Association, Design Per conference, Bologna, 2010
The School of Architecture, University of Naples, The theatre in the city seminar, 2010
University College of Falmouth, 2010
Central St Martins, M.A Narrative Environment, 2010
Key Speaker, The Angel Symposium, Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art, Gateshead, 2009
Key speaker, City & Art Forum, Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University, Istanbul, 2009
Central St Martins College of Art and Design, London, 2008
Poets In The City, German Gym, Kings Cross, London, 2007
University for the Creative Arts, Epsom, 2007
Brunel Academy, Bristol, 2007
Royal Society of Architects in Wales, annual conference, Cardiff, 2006
Selected Publications
The Comedy Carpet, Blackpool, Booth-Clibborn Editions, 2013
Lettering Large, Steven Heller & Miro Ilic, Monacelli Press, New York, 2013
Oversize, Mega Art & Installations, Edited and Published by Viction:ary, Hong Kong, 2013
30 Studios by Étapes, Pyramyd Editions, Paris, 2013
LetterScape, A Global Survey of Typographic Installations by Anna Saccani, Thames & Hudson, 2013
Typespaces, Basheer Graphic Books, Singapore, 2012
Por Escrito, 1970-2010 by Richard Deacon, Universidad Publica de Navarra, 2012
We Never Had A Plan So Nothing Could Go Wrong – Why Not Associates, ggg Books No.104, Tokyo, 2013
Tokyo TDC, Vol 23, 2012
Which Way To Go? by Miguel Abellan, Monsa Publications, Barcelona, 2012
Paranormal Cumbria by Geoff Holder, The History Press, 2012
Local Heritage, Global Context by John Schofield & Rosy Szymanski, Ashgate Publishing, 2011
Space & Environmental Graphics, Rikuyosha Publishers, Japan, 2010
Virtual Typography by Matthias Hillner, AVA Publishing, Switerland, 2009
Art and Text, Black Dog Publishing, 2009
City and Art Project, Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University, Istanbul, 2009
Creative Island 2 by John Sorrell, Laurence King Publishing, 2009
Typo: The Beautiful World of Fonts by Fabiola Reyes, Monsa, 2007
Weird England: Your Travel Guide to England’s Local Legends… by Matt Lake, Sterling Publishing, 2007
Exploring Border Reivers by P Nixon, 2007
England in Particular by Sue Clifford & Angela King, hodder & stoughton, 2006
Artists and Public Space, Black Dog Publishing, 2005
Why Not 2 published by Thames and Hudson, 2004
People Making Places: Imagination in the Public Realm, published by Public Arts, 2004
Tokyo Type Director’s Annual, 2003
Art, Space and the City by Malcolm Miles, Routledge, 1997
Celebrating Local Distinctiveness, Common Ground for Rural Action, 1994
Selected Articles
Plus Eighty One, Typographic Art issue,Vol.59, Tokyo, Spring, 2013
Interni, no.4, Milan, April, 2013
Novum Magazine, Munich, December, 2012
Pen, Tokyo, October, 2012
Étapes: Design and Visual Culture, Paris, August, 2012
Le Courrier du Bois, Belgium, January, 2011
Creative Review, October, 2011
Area, No.111, Florence, July/August, 2010
Creative Review, March, 2009
M.E. magazine, Milan, September, 2009
Artlab, Milan, September, 2009
Letter Arts Review, USA, Spring, 2008
Summit: 49, British Mountaineering Council, Spring, 2008
Landscape magazine, February, 2007
Creative Review, May, 2007
Wallpaper, August, 2007
iSh magazine, Singapore, 2007
Concept magazine, Jakarta, 2007
Creative Review, April, 2006
Touchstone, September, 2006
Etapes: international, September, 2006
Creative Review, May, 2005
Disegno Industriale, October, 2005
Creative Review, April, 2003
Domus, December, 2003
Art and Architecture, issue no.59, 2003
Eye magazine, Autumn, 2002
Creative Review, September, 2002
Crafts magazine, January, 2000
Livewire, August, 2000
Druk, Netherlands, Autumn, 2000
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