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8vo was a London-based graphic design firm formed in 1985 by Simon Johnston, Mark Holt and Hamish Muir. [1] It closed in July 2001. [2]

Notable designs

8vo produced the artwork for many Factory Records records sleeves and promotional material. [3] 8vo produced sleeves for music for the band Durutti Column including Say What You Mean, Mean What You Say, [4] Domo Arigato, [5] Circuses and Bread, [6] Valuable Passages, [7] When the World, [8] The Guitar and Other Machines, [9] and Obey the Time. [10]

Octavo magazine

8vo produced eight issues of Octavo – a magazine with a heavy structural, typographic aesthetic from 1986 to 1992 (the last issue was released as a CD-ROM). [1] [11]

Notes

  • 8vo: On the Outside, by Mark Holt and Hamish Muir, Lars Müller Publishers, 2005. ( ISBN  978-3-03778-019-0)
  • Eye, Number 37, Volume 10, Autumn 2000. [12]

References

  1. ^ a b Thrift, Julia (1 October 2000). "8vo: type and structure". Eye. Archived from the original on 28 November 2020. Retrieved 20 January 2021.
  2. ^ Holt, Mark; Muir, Hamish (2005). 8v: On the Outside. Lars Müller. p. 9. ISBN  978-3037780190.
  3. ^ "the factory records catalogue". Factory Records. Archived from the original on 27 September 2020. Retrieved 20 January 2021.
  4. ^ "Designers > 8vo > Vini Reilly Genius < The Durutti Column". Factory Records. Archived from the original on 9 August 2020. Retrieved 20 January 2021.
  5. ^ "The Durutti Column > FACT 144 Domo Arigato > Re-release by Screen Edge < 8vo < Designers". Factory Records. Archived from the original on 29 June 2020. Retrieved 20 January 2021.
  6. ^ "Factory Records: FBN 36 THE DURUTTI COLUMN Circuses and Bread". Factory Records. Archived from the original on 24 October 2020.
  7. ^ http://www.cerysmaticfactory.info/facd164.html
  8. ^ http://www.cerysmaticfactory.info/fac194.html
  9. ^ http://www.cerysmaticfactory.info/facd204.html
  10. ^ http://www.cerysmaticfactory.info/facd274.html
  11. ^ http://www.cerysmaticfactory.info/8vo1.html
  12. ^ http://www.cerysmaticfactory.info/8vo1.html

External links


From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

8vo was a London-based graphic design firm formed in 1985 by Simon Johnston, Mark Holt and Hamish Muir. [1] It closed in July 2001. [2]

Notable designs

8vo produced the artwork for many Factory Records records sleeves and promotional material. [3] 8vo produced sleeves for music for the band Durutti Column including Say What You Mean, Mean What You Say, [4] Domo Arigato, [5] Circuses and Bread, [6] Valuable Passages, [7] When the World, [8] The Guitar and Other Machines, [9] and Obey the Time. [10]

Octavo magazine

8vo produced eight issues of Octavo – a magazine with a heavy structural, typographic aesthetic from 1986 to 1992 (the last issue was released as a CD-ROM). [1] [11]

Notes

  • 8vo: On the Outside, by Mark Holt and Hamish Muir, Lars Müller Publishers, 2005. ( ISBN  978-3-03778-019-0)
  • Eye, Number 37, Volume 10, Autumn 2000. [12]

References

  1. ^ a b Thrift, Julia (1 October 2000). "8vo: type and structure". Eye. Archived from the original on 28 November 2020. Retrieved 20 January 2021.
  2. ^ Holt, Mark; Muir, Hamish (2005). 8v: On the Outside. Lars Müller. p. 9. ISBN  978-3037780190.
  3. ^ "the factory records catalogue". Factory Records. Archived from the original on 27 September 2020. Retrieved 20 January 2021.
  4. ^ "Designers > 8vo > Vini Reilly Genius < The Durutti Column". Factory Records. Archived from the original on 9 August 2020. Retrieved 20 January 2021.
  5. ^ "The Durutti Column > FACT 144 Domo Arigato > Re-release by Screen Edge < 8vo < Designers". Factory Records. Archived from the original on 29 June 2020. Retrieved 20 January 2021.
  6. ^ "Factory Records: FBN 36 THE DURUTTI COLUMN Circuses and Bread". Factory Records. Archived from the original on 24 October 2020.
  7. ^ http://www.cerysmaticfactory.info/facd164.html
  8. ^ http://www.cerysmaticfactory.info/fac194.html
  9. ^ http://www.cerysmaticfactory.info/facd204.html
  10. ^ http://www.cerysmaticfactory.info/facd274.html
  11. ^ http://www.cerysmaticfactory.info/8vo1.html
  12. ^ http://www.cerysmaticfactory.info/8vo1.html

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