Graphic design and art often interplay, with boundaries regularly blurred. One element that often to link the two is type; using individual letters or words in a way that either subverts or elevates linguistic communication.

In this episode we meet two artists whose successful careers have layered an expressive approach to typography with traditional techniques. Alan Kitching, one of the world’s foremost practitioners of letterpress typographic design and printmaking talks to Anthony Burrill, a graphic artist, print-maker and designer, renowned for his persuasive, up-beat style of communication.