8vo (design)

8vo (design)

8vo is a London-based graphic design firm formed in 1985 by Simon Johnston, Mark Holt and Hamish Muir. ["Eye", Number 37, Volume 10, Autumn 2000.]

Designs for Durutti Column and Factory Records

8vo produced the artwork for many Factory Records records sleeves and promotional material. [http://www.cerysmaticfactory.info/8voportfolio.html] 8vo produced sleeves for music for the band Durutti Column including "Say What You Mean, Mean What You Say" [http://www.cerysmaticfactory.info/fac114.html] , "Domo Arigato" [http://www.cerysmaticfactory.info/fact144.html] , "Circuses and Bread" [http://www.cerysmaticfactory.info/facd154.html] , "Valuable Passages" [http://www.cerysmaticfactory.info/facd164.html] , "When the World" [http://www.cerysmaticfactory.info/fac194.html] , "The Guitar and Other Machines" [http://www.cerysmaticfactory.info/facd204.html] and "Obey the Time" [http://www.cerysmaticfactory.info/facd274.html] .

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). ["Eye", Number 37, Volume 10, Autumn 2000.] [http://www.cerysmaticfactory.info/8vo1.html]

References

* "8vo: On the Outside", by Mark Holt and Hamish Muir, Lars Müller Publishers, 2005. (ISBN 978-3037780190)
* "Eye", Number 37, Volume 10, Autumn 2000. [http://www.cerysmaticfactory.info/8vo1.html]

External links

* 8vo featured on [http://www.cerysmaticfactory.info/8vo.html cerysmaticFactory website]
* [http://www.markholtdesign.com/ Mark Holt online]
* [http://www.hamishmuir.com/ Hamish Muir online]

Notes


Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Нужна курсовая?

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Communicate: Independent British Graphic Design since the Sixties — An exhibition curated by Rick Poynor at the Barbican Art Gallery (2004) charting over 40 years of graphic design in the United Kingdom. The first major attempt to reflect on how the smaller independent studios and agencies marked and shaped the… …   Wikipedia

  • Catálogo de Factory Records — Anexo:Catálogo de Factory Records Saltar a navegación, búsqueda No. Artista Título Diseñador Formato FAC 1 Artistas Varios The Factory (Club No. 1) Peter Saville evento/poster FAC 2 Artistas Varios: Cabaret Voltaire, Joy Division, Durutti Column …   Wikipedia Español

  • George Venables-Vernon, 5th Baron Vernon — Infobox Person name = The Lord Vernon image size = caption = birth date = 22 June 1803Dictionary of National Biography now in the public domain] birth place = Stapleford Hall, Nottinghamshire death date = 31 May 1866 death place = Sudbury Hall… …   Wikipedia

  • Stephen Addington — D.D. (Northampton, England, 9 June 1729 mdash;Minories, 6 February 1796), a dissenting clergyman of considerable learning, was born at Northampton, June 9, 1729, and was educated under Dr. Philip Doddridge, whose manner in the pulpit he closely… …   Wikipedia

  • Nicolas Faccio — (1664–1753), of Duillier was a Swiss mathematician and Protestant fanatic. Life Faccio was the second son of Jean Baptiste Faccio, by his wife Catherine Basband or Barbaud. He was born at Basel, 16 February 1664. His ancestors had left Italy for… …   Wikipedia

  • Christmas Island — This article is about the Australian territory in the Indian Ocean. For other uses, see Christmas Island (disambiguation). Territory of Christmas Island …   Wikipedia

  • Bookbinding — A traditional bookbinder at work Old bookbindings …   Wikipedia

  • Octavo — For other uses, see Octavo (disambiguation). Octavo (abbreviated 8vo or 8°) is a technical term describing the format of a book, which refers to the size of leaves produced from folding a full sheet of paper on which multiple pages of text were… …   Wikipedia

  • Book size — Comparison of some book sizes based on American Library Association The size of a book is generally measured by the height against the width of a leaf,[1] or sometimes the height and width of its cover.[2] A series o …   Wikipedia

  • Charles Robert Darwin — Charles Darwin « Darwin » redirige ici. Pour les autres significations, voir Darwin (homonymie). Charles Darwin …   Wikipédia en Français

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
… Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”