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25 Aug 2017

Here is an Update via Kickstarter / Unit Editions on the redux version of Octavo currently being prepared for publication.

Hamish Muir and Mark Holt are overseeing the final round of photography, with material that wasn’t included in the journal: subscription card mock-ups; full page proofs for ads in Eye magazine (1992/3); metal punches for numbering the Octavo boxed set; and other rarely seen stuff.

Retouching of images is underway
A foreword has been written by 8vo co-founder Simon Johnston
10,000-word interview with Hamish and Mark has been edited
 A final dummy has been ordered from the printer
 Poster artwork completed
 Bookmark designs completed

Labels: 8vo, graphic_design, Hamish_Muir, Mark_Holt, octavo

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20 Feb 2014

New geometric typefaces by MuirMcneil

MuirMcNeil, the typographic design company formed by Hamish Muir (ex-8vo) and Paul McNeil, has announced four new parametric typeface systems: Panopticon, Intersect, Nine and Interact. Each is available to download via muirmcneil.com and there are four very snazzy four large-format day-glo posters to complete the package.

Labels: 8vo, graphic_design, Hamish_Muir, MuirMcNeil, typography

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21 Nov 2013

Octavo - More Madness Than Manifesto

Hamish Muir, one of the founding partners of 8vo, presents a talk about Octavo, the subscription-only design journal published from 1986 to 1992. This will take place at the JWT Building in London on Thursday 28 November from 7pm. For more details see the event page at Typocircle.com.

In the fully-illustrated talk, Hamish will cover the development, design, production and closure of the Octavo project. This will include a rarely seen reconstruction of part of the final CD-ROM issue from 1992.

Tickets are available via Eventbrite with prices ranging from 6.00 to 16.00 GBP.

Labels: 8vo, design, graphic_design, Hamish_Muir, talk

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19 Apr 2011

Working With Wim

Former 8vo partners Mark Holt and Hamish Muir join Adrian Shaughnessy and Ben Bos on Monday 9 May at the Design Museum in London for a two-part conversation with Tony Brook, the curator of the current Graphic Odyssey exhibition of the work of highly influential graphic designer/typographer Wim Crouwel.

In the first part of the evening which is themed around the experiences of those who have worked with Crouwel, Brook will interview Shaughnessy and Bos and this will be followed by Brook plus the two ex-8vo-ers Holt and Muir.

Tickets are priced at 15 GBP (non-members) and the price includes admission to Wim Crouwel: A Graphic Odyssey.

MuirMcNeil has also designed a rather good poster for the exhibition which is available from the Design Museum Shop.

Labels: 8vo, design, graphic_design, Hamish_Muir, Mark_Holt, MuirMcNeil

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