The Guitar in London
Poster
1987 (made)
1987 (made)
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| Place of origin |
Screen print poster with black text on a white ground for the band The Duritti Column (Factory Records)
Object details
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| Title | The Guitar in London |
| Brief description | Screen print poster by 8vo (Mark Holt/Hamish Muir/Simon Johnston) for 'The Guitar in London’, The Durutti Column at the Astoria Theatre London, 1987. |
| Physical description | Screen print poster with black text on a white ground for the band The Duritti Column (Factory Records) |
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| Credit line | Given by 8vo (Mark Holt/Hamish Muir) |
| Bibliographic reference | The following text and bibliographic references were provided by designer Mark Holt:
'Like many of their contemporaries, 8vo (1984-2001) were working during a period of considerable change within the design industry - the transition from analogue to digital. Their work was a reaction to the prissiness of British design at that time; centred typography, image-led graphics, linguistic puns, and the pursuit of ‘idea-led’ design (often gimmick-driven design), products of Britain’s island mentality. 8vo took a more international stance building on European traditions. The practice’s core belief was that typography, the key building block of printed communication, could be the core component of a graphic solution (unsupported by illustration as was then the trend). Between 1986-92, alongside commercial projects, 8vo designed, edited and self-published their much heralded 8 issue typography journal ‘octavo’. The practice secured an international reputation and remain highly influential to this day.'
Further reading:
‘8vo. On the outside’ Lars Müller Publishers, 2005, isbn 3-03778-019-3
‘Octavo Redux 1:1, A Record of Octavo, Journal of Typography 1986-1992’, Unit Editions, 2017, isbn 978-0-9956664-5-0 |
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| Accession number | E.1410-2023 |
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| Record created | October 19, 2023 |
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