Between 1986 and 1992, 8vo did plenty of ground-breaking and, let's face it, simply stunning design for Factory Records (c.f. various Hacienda posters and covers for The Durutti Column). They also found time to do loads of other work and publish Octavo, International Journal of Typography. It's been long out of print but Hamish Muir and Mark Holt of 8vo (which itself disbanded in 2001) have reunited to make all 8 issues available once again in a very special 384pp book that is currently in the last week of seeking Kickstarter funding.

The book will be made using high-end production techniques to faithfully reproduce the original publications.

To quote the editors: "Octavo Redux is as close as you can get to the originals without holding them in your hands."

The Kickstarter is at 90% of its total with less than 7 days to go so there is still to contribute and make sure this important graphic design project sees the light of day.

Labels: 8vo, graphic_design, kickstarter, octavo, typography

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

Idea (#343), a Japanese language typographical / design magazine features the full story (with pics) of Octavo the 8vo-designed journal of typography, first published in 1986.

The mag is a tad pricey at 2,829 JP YEN (about 21.50 GBP) and is available via Amazon.co.jp and other outlets.

Labels: 8vo, design, graphic_design, typography

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