8vo (design)
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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
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]- 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
[edit]- ^ a b Thrift, Julia (1 October 2000). "8vo: type and structure". Eye. Archived from the original on 28 November 2020. Retrieved 20 January 2021.
- ^ Holt, Mark; Muir, Hamish (2005). 8v: On the Outside. Lars Müller. p. 9. ISBN 978-3037780190.
- ^ "the factory records catalogue". Factory Records. Archived from the original on 27 September 2020. Retrieved 20 January 2021.
- ^ "Designers > 8vo > Vini Reilly Genius < The Durutti Column". Factory Records. Archived from the original on 9 August 2020. Retrieved 20 January 2021.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Factory Records: FBN 36 THE DURUTTI COLUMN Circuses and Bread". Factory Records. Archived from the original on 24 October 2020.
- ^ http://www.cerysmaticfactory.info/facd164.html
- ^ http://www.cerysmaticfactory.info/fac194.html
- ^ http://www.cerysmaticfactory.info/facd204.html
- ^ http://www.cerysmaticfactory.info/facd274.html
- ^ http://www.cerysmaticfactory.info/8vo1.html
- ^ http://www.cerysmaticfactory.info/8vo1.html
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