Black Country Type
Black Country Type II - Order
Black Country Type II - Order
Black Country Type II by Tom Hicks Pre order - shipping approx May 2026. Foreword by Robert Plant The Modernist is pleased to announce our new publication: Black Country Type II. Following the overwhelming response to Volume I, we've been inundated with requests for more of Tom's work. This volume features completely n
Wallpaper feature: Black Country Type II
Wallpaper feature: Black Country Type II
BCT Exhibition Catalogue
BCT Exhibition Catalogue
Published to coincide with his 2025 solo exhibition at the University of Cambridge, this catalogue showcases the work of artist Tom Hicks. It features images from key stages in his Black Country Type project. The catalogue contains an essay on Hicks’ work written by Barry Phipps, art historian and curator at the Univer
BBC Feature - Black Country Type II
BBC Feature - Black Country Type II
Mark Murphy x BCT
Mark Murphy x BCT
You Are Here - Public Sculpture
You Are Here - Public Sculpture
Ikon and Transport for West Midlands (TfWM) present a new public sculpture for Halesowen by Black Country artist Tom Hicks.
Ay It book: Ikon Gallery Shop
Ay It book: Ikon Gallery Shop
Flatpack Festival - Black Country Type Film
Flatpack Festival - Black Country Type Film
Big Special x Black Country Type: Photo T-Shirt
Big Special x Black Country Type: Photo T-Shirt
Limited edition Big Special t-shirt made in collaboration with Black Country Type. The artistic moniker of Tom Hicks, BCT blends stylised imagery of post-industrial West Midlands with his own unique typography, and now celebrates Big Special with this bespoke photo t-shirt.
Big Special x Black Country Type: Logo T-Shirt
Big Special x Black Country Type: Logo T-Shirt
Big Special t-shirt made in collaboration with Black Country Type. The artistic moniker of Tom Hicks, BCT blends stylised imagery of post-industrial West Midlands with his own unique typography, and now celebrates Big Special with this logo t-shirt.
Black Country Type: Ay It
Black Country Type: Ay It
This exhibition will explore the work of Tom Hicks. Tom is a multidisciplinary artist, best known for his ongoing project, Black Country Type. Presented via the Instagram account @blackcountrytype, it is an ongoing photographic project.
Huck Magazine feature: A photographer’s search for the Black Country
Huck Magazine feature: A photographer’s search for the Black Country
Tom Hicks’s long term photo project seeks to define what the Black Country is, through signage, fonts and words.
British Journal of Photography - Feature article
British Journal of Photography - Feature article
Photography and poetry have a long-standing connection and the pairing is enjoying renewed popularity. Rachel Segal Hamilton speaks with photographers and poets to find out why
Ikon Commission - Blog Post
Ikon Commission - Blog Post
Dezeen - Black Country Type interview
Dezeen - Black Country Type interview
Artist Tom Hicks picks ten of his favourite photographs from his book Black Country Type, which documents the built environment of the West Midlands.
Guardian feature - The Black Country’s bright side
Guardian feature - The Black Country’s bright side
Ikon Gallery - Black Country Type Prints
Ikon Gallery - Black Country Type Prints
Royal Photographic Society Journal - My Place
Royal Photographic Society Journal - My Place
Dezeen's top 10 architecture and design books of 2023
Dezeen's top 10 architecture and design books of 2023
This year's top architecture and design books include a survey of 60 years of Barbie Dreamhouses and a volume documenting tidal pools around the world.
Black Country Type : The Book
Black Country Type : The Book
Braw Concrete by Peter Halliday + Alan Stewart Taking a long hard look at Glasgow’s post-war architecture. Our latest book invites a reappraisal of Glasgow’s post war architecture. 144 pages, Colour and B+W 210x148mm ISBN 978-1-9164718-4-9
BBC Feature: Finding beauty in rugged sights of the Black Country
BBC Feature: Finding beauty in rugged sights of the Black Country
Black Country Type Website
Black Country Type Website
I Choose Birmingham feature
I Choose Birmingham feature
Seventh Circle Gallery - Black Country Type
Seventh Circle Gallery - Black Country Type
Print Enquiries
Print Enquiries
Book - The Dereliction
Book - The Dereliction
Book - If Destroyed Still True
Book - If Destroyed Still True
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