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]

Designs for Durutti Column and Factory Records

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 , When the World , The Guitar and Other Machines and Obey the Time .

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]

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.

References
  1. Thrift, Julia (1 October 2000). "8vo: type and structure". Eye. Archived from the original on 20 January 2021. 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 11 February 2018.


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