8vo (design)

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

^ ^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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[Eye_2000-1] 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] ttp://www.cerysmaticfactory.info/facd164.html

[8] ttp://www.cerysmaticfactory.info/fac194.html

[9] ttp://www.cerysmaticfactory.info/facd204.html

[10] ttp://www.cerysmaticfactory.info/facd274.html

[11] ttp://www.cerysmaticfactory.info/8vo1.html

[12] ttp://www.cerysmaticfactory.info/8vo1.html

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