8vo (design)

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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]

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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]

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