Prints by Ursula Hitz March 2014 by Ursula Hitz

CITY MAPS LIMITED EDITION SCREEN PRINTS BY URSULA HITZ | MARCH 2014

Contents OVERVIEW

SAN FRANCISCO

p18

Screen Printing

p20

Press p32

AMSTERDAM

GREATER LONDON

BERLIN p22

LONDON BOROUGHS

PARIS

CENTRAL LONDON

p10

ZÜRICH p26

CENTRAL NEW YORK

p14

ROME p28

NEW YORK

p16

Ursula hitz

p24

p30

p31

Glossary p3 4

OVERVIEW PRINTS GREATER LONDON

LONDON

dimensions 70 x 100 cm RRP: £260

dimensions 56 x 76 cm RRP: £150

new

5th colour edition neon pink / bark limited edition of 50 Fabriano 5

CENTRAL LONDON dimensions 38 x 38 cm RRP: £72

LONDON BOROUGHS MAP dimensions 50 x 70 cm RRP: £95

NEW YORK CITY

SAN FRA

dimensions 56 x 76 cm RRP: £138

dimensi RRP: £

4th colour edition pastel green / slate gray limited colour edition of 100 Somerset Satin 250gsm

1st colou turquoi limited co Somerse

new

Olympic Edition blue/red limited colour edition of 100 Somerset Satin

6th colour edition neon pink / grey limited colour edition of 100 Somerset Satin

1st colour edition neon orange / brown limited colour edition of 100 Southbank Smooth

2 AP’s left

3rd colour edition teal / peach limited edition of 30 - RRP £500 Fabriano 5

5th colour edition teal / peach limited colour edition of 200 Fabriano 5

3rd colour edition orange / cyan limited colour edition of 100 Somerset Satin

3 left

3rd colour edition black/pearl blue limited colour edition of 200 Fabriano 5

Exclusive colour edition green / silver limited colour edition of 100 Fabriano 5

1st colour edition blue/anthracite limited colour edition of 100 Fabriano 5

N ANCISCO

ions 56 x 76 cm £138

ur edition ise /terra rosa olour edition of 100 et Satin

ZÜRICH

ROME

BERLIN

AMSTERDAM

PARIS

dimensions 56 x 76 cm RRP: £138

1st colour edition blue/cyan limited colour edition of 100 Somerset Satin

1st colour edition slate green/silver limited colour edition of 100 Somerset Satin

1st colour edition brown / light blue limited colour edition of 100 Somerset Satin

1st colour edition night blue / violet limited colour edition of 100 Somerset Satin

2nd colour edition sky blue/blue xeno limited colour edition of 100 Somerset Satin

LONDON GAMES 2012 TORCH dimensions 17.5 x 52 cm RRP: £58

2nd colour edition metallic silver / orange limited colour edition of 100 Somerset Satin

MAP OF GREENWICH dimensions 38 x 38cm RRP: £72 new

blue/anthracite limited edition of 30 Somerset Satin

Exclusive Culturelabel edition Sold out

G R E AT E R L O N D O N 5TH COLOUR EDITION

This map names districts and boroughs within Greater London within the M25, spanning from Enfield in the North, Sutton in the South, Romford in the East, to Southall in the West. Details: • limited colour edition of 50 neon pink / bark • screen print on Fabriano 5 • dimensions: 70cm x 100cm • signed and numbered by the artist Bespoke framing recommended.

G R E AT E R L O N D O N 2ND COLOUR EDITION

This map names districts and boroughs within Greater London within the M25, spanning from Enfield in the North, Sutton in the South, Romford in the East, to Southall in the West. • limited colour edition of 30 teal/peach • screen print on Fabriano 5 • dimensions: 70cm x 100cm • signed and numbered by the artist Bespoke framing recommended.

CENTRAL LONDON 5TH COLOUR EDITION

details • limited colour edition of 100 neon pink / grey • screen print on Somerset Satin archival printmaking paper • dimensions: 38cm x 38cm • signed and numbered by the artist • printed & designed in Britain Bespoke framing recommended. Looks good mounted in square 50cm x 50cm frame

CENTRAL LONDON 5TH COLOUR EDITION

details • limited colour edition of 200 teal / peach • screen print on Somerset Satin archival printmaking paper • dimensions: 38cm x 38cm • signed and numbered by the artist • printed & designed in Britain Bespoke framing recommended. Looks good mounted in square frame 50cm x 50cm

NEW YORK CITY 5TH COLOUR EDITION

The map of New York includes neighbourhoods of Manhattan, Bronx, Queens and Brooklyn. Includes Financial District, Battery Park City, Tribeca, Knickerbocker Village, China Town, Soho, Little Italy, Noho, Nolita, Lower East Side, West Village, Meatpacking District, Flatiron, Chelsea, Garment District, Union Square, Murray Hill, Theatre District, Upper West Side, Central Park, Upper East Side, York Ville, El Barrio, Harlem, Morning Side Heights, Hamilton Heights, Williamsburg and more. details • limited colour edition of 100 pastel green / slate gray • screen print on Somerset Satin archival printmaking paper, with deckle edge on two sides • dimensions: 76cm x 56cm • signed and numbered by the artist • printed & designed in Britain Bespoke framing recommended. Looks good floated in standard 70cm x 90cm frame.

N E W Y O R K C I T Y ( M A N H AT TA N ) 1ST COLOUR EDITION

Naming neighborhoods within Manhattan, Brooklyn and Queens. details • limited colour edition of 100, blue/anthracite • screen print on archival printmaking paper • dimensions: 38cm x 38cm • signed and numbered by the artist • printed & designed in Britain Bespoke framing recommended. Looks good mounted in square frame 50cm x 50cm

SAN FRANCISCO 1ST COLOUR EDITION

The map of San Francisco names neighbourhoods, parks, Golden Gate bridge, Pier 39 and Alcatraz. details • limited colour edition of 100 sea terra rosa/turquoise • screen print on Somerset Satin archival printmaking paper, with deckle edge • dimensions: 76cm x 56cm • signed and numbered by the artist • printed & designed in Britain Bespoke framing recommended. Looks good floated in standard 70cm x 90cm frame.

AMSTERDAM 1ST COLOUR EDITION

The map of Amsterdam names grachten and neighbourhoods including De Wallen, Jordaan, Amstel, Plantage, Oud-Zuid, Muesum Kwatier, de Pijp, Watergraafsmeer, Amsterdamse Bos in the South, West Poort, Buikslootermeer in the North and Ijburg in the East. details • screen print on archival paper • limited colour edition of 100 (night blue/violet) • signed and numbered • 56 cm x 76 cm • delivered rolled in postal tube Bespoke framing recommended. Looks good floated in 90cm x 70cm frame.

BERLIN 1ST COLOUR EDITION

The map of Berlin (Ost- and West) names Mitte, Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg, Pankow, Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf, Spandau, Steglitz-Zehlendorf, Tempelhof-Schöneberg, Neukölln, Treptow-Köpenick, Marzahn-Hellersdorf, Lichtenberg and Reinickendorf. details • screen print on archival paper • limited colour edition of 100 • signed and numbered • 56 cm x 76 cm • delivered rolled in postal tube Bespoke framing recommended. Looks good floated in 90cm x 70cm frame.

PA R I S 2 N D C O L O U R E D I T I O N

The map of Paris shows arrondissements and areas such as Place de l’Etoile, Champs Elisées, Trocadero, Rivoli, Châtelet, Ile de Cité, Bastille, Belleville, Buttes Chaumont, Montmartre, Saint Germain, Odéon, Place d’Italie, Paris EXPO and more. details • limited colour edition of 100 sea blue / ultramarine • screen print on Somerset Satin archival printmaking paper, with deckle edge • dimensions: 76cm x 56cm • signed and numbered by the artist • printed & designed in Britain Bespoke framing recommended. Looks good floated in standard 70cm x 90cm frame.

ZÜRICH 1ST COLOUR EDITION

The map of Zürich names districts (Kreis 1-20) and places in respective areas. Includes Bahnhofstrasse, Niederdorf, Oberstrass, Unterstrasse, Stadelhofen, Zürich Zoo, Zürichberg, Höngg, Wipkingen, Buchegg, Milchbuck, Berninaplatz, Allenmoos, Hallenstadion, Industriequartier, Hardbrücke, Langstrasse, Wiedikon, Triemli, Binz, Sihl etc. Letting is based on Helvetica. details • limited colour edition of 100 ultramarine/light blue • screen print on Somerset Satin archival printmaking paper • dimensions: 76cm x 56cm • signed and numbered by the artist • printed & designed in Britain Bespoke framing recommended. Looks good floated in silver or white standard 70cm x 90cm frame.

ROME

The map of Rome names the seven hills of Rome, parks such as Villa Borghese, Centro Storico including Spagna, Fontana di Trevi, Roman Forum, Palatine Hill, Vatican City and Trastevere to the west of The Tevere, and more. Lettering is based on Trajan (font) which letterforms are based on an ancient Roman form of writing. details • limited colour edition of 100 slate green / silver • screen print on Somerset Satin archival printmaking paper • dimensions: 76cm x 56cm • signed and numbered by the artist • printed & designed in Britain Bespoke framing recommended. Looks good mounted in silver or white standard 70cm x 90cm frame.

ABOUT URSULA HITZ

Ursula Hitz is an artist and designer. Born in rural Switzerland, she cultivated diverse talents in typography, graphics and cheese making. Since moving to London a decade ago, Ursula’s work has focused on location and place. She meticulously creates typographic maps of the world’s best-known cities. Ursula is interested in the ways that letters capture not only the dimensions of a place, but its personality too. Why the passion for place names? ‘I love becoming fixated on their intricacies, before taking a step back and seeing a bigger structure evolve,’ she explains. ‘Unlike regular maps, mine don’t focus on streets or buildings. Instead, they build an organic texture of words that grow from the centre – in the way that most cities have grown.’

SCREEN PRINTING [ M A D E I N B R I TA I N ]

All prints listed are hand-printed by two print makers, based in Brighton and in Bristol. â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Screen printing or silk screening is a printing technique particularly suited for flat or relatively flat surfaces. The heart of the process involves a fine mesh or screen that is tightly stretched around a rigid frame. The areas that are not to be printed are masked out on the screen. To create the print, the framed screen is positioned over the item to be printed along with a dollop of thick ink. A squeegee is then used to press the ink through the screen. The masked areas prevent ink from passing through, but the unmasked areas allow the ink to be imprinted on the material. If more colors are desired in the final design, the process is repeated with different screens.â&#x20AC;&#x2122;

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PRESS HOME BEAUTIFUL MAGAZINE Fave Finds May 2013

ES MAGAZINE December 2012 TOP 3 GIFT ‘The perfect gift for a London lover - Ursula Hitz celebrates the capital with this limited-edition typographic print.’

C O M P L E T E LY L O N D O N M A G A Z I N E

THE ART CABIN

May 2011

19 January 2013

...Swiss-born artist and resident Londoner Ursula Hitz has a way with words. Her distinctive brand of prose reaches beyond paperbacks and on to the city maps she creates out of a visually charming jumble of hand lettering. There’s order among the apparent chaos, as the typography represents the boroughs that make up each city – Zurich, New York and Paris have all been laid out. Why the passion for place names? ‘I love becoming fixated on their intricacies, before taking a step back and seeing a bigger structure evolve,’ she explains. ‘Unlike regular maps, mine don’t focus on streets or buildings. Instead, they build an organic texture of words that grow from the centre – in the way that most cities have grown.’ · Donna Hardie http://bit.ly/qP8dLm • page 46 - 47

INTERVIEW WITH URSULA HITZ Ursula Hitz talks about the inspiration behind her typographic limited edition maps of London, New York, Paris, etc. http://theartcabin.co.uk/ursula-hitz-interview/

THRILLIST August 2011

DESKTOP MAGAZINE

From a Swiss designer turned Londoner whose talents apparently lie in “typography, graphics, and cheese-making”, Hitz is now laying out her new home on a trio of typographic prints depicting Greater, zones 1-3, and Central via tightly packed neighborhood names morphed to fit the size and shape of their respective areas, though to accommodate its space, Walthamstow is oddly spelled without any F’s. She’s also done Paris, New York & Zurich -- hit UrsulaHitz.com and admire the beauty.

July 2012

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KINKIMAGAZIN BLOG July 2011 Eigentlich stehen die üblichen Landkarten kurz vor dem Aussterben, iPhone und Navi sei Dank! Der Schweizer Künstlerin Ursula Hitz sei Dank, dass diese nun ein Revival erleben. Die Dame kreiert typografische Landkarten als Limited Edition in aufwendigen, von Hand produzierten Siebdrucken. Von New York, Paris und London hat sie bereits schon welche hergestellt und das mit Erfolg. Das Completely London Magazin hat sich bereits ihrer Arbeit gewidmet und nun befindet sie sich in der New Designers Ausstellung in London. Klingt vielversprechend. Spannend klingt übrigens auch ihr neustes Werk – eine typografische Karte von Zürich. Und unsere Stadt kann sich richtig sehen – respektive lesen – lassen. http://bit.ly/oxFFZN

G L O S S A RY

W H AT I S A C I D - F R E E PA P E R ? (Archival) Acid-free paper is paper that has a neutral or basic pH (7 or slightly greater). It can be made from any cellulose fiber as long as the active acid pulp is eliminated during processing. It is also lignin and sulfur free. Acid-free paper addresses the problem of preserving documents for long periods. source: Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia deckle edge In manual papermaking, a deckle is a removable wooden frame or “fence” placed into a mould to keep the paper slurry within bounds and to control the size of the sheet produced. After the mold is dipped into a vat of paper slurry, excess water is drained off and the deckle is removed and the mold shaken or “couched” to set the fibers of the paper. Some of the paper slurry passes under the deckle and forms an irregular, thin edge. Paper with a feathered or soft edge is described as having a “deckled” edge, in contrast with a cut edge.

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W H AT I S A L I M I T E D E D I T I O N P R I N T ? In printmaking, an edition is a number of prints struck from one plate, usually at the same time. This may be a limited edition, with a fixed number of impressions produced on the understanding that no further impressions (copies) will be produced later, or an open edition limited only by the number that can be sold or produced before the plate wears. Most modern artists produce only limited editions, normally signed by the artist in pencil, and numbered as say 67/100 to show the unique number of that impression and the total edition size. numbering Because of the variation in quality, lower-numbered prints in an edition are sometimes favoured as superior, especially with older works where the image was struck until the plate wore out. However the numbering of impressions in fact may well not equate at all to the sequence in which they were printed, and may often be the reverse of it... source: http://www.arttips.co.uk

W H AT I S A N A RT I S T ’ S P R O O F ? ..Artist’s proofs are not included in the count of a limited edition, and sometimes the number of artist’s proofs, which belong to the artist, can be surprisingly high at twenty or more. By convention, the artist is not supposed to sell these at once. source: Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia