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Flux New Music Festival 1998

Poster
1998 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Lithograph colour poster with all the acts for the 1998 edition of the Flux New Music Festival in Edinburgh, 1998, performing at the Queen's Hall and Jaffa Cake.

Object details

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Object type
TitleFlux New Music Festival 1998 (generic title)
Brief description
Lithograph poster by 8vo (Mark Holt/Hamish Muir) for the Flux New Music Festival. USP Arts London, 1998.
Physical description
Lithograph colour poster with all the acts for the 1998 edition of the Flux New Music Festival in Edinburgh, 1998, performing at the Queen's Hall and Jaffa Cake.
Dimensions
  • Height: 152.4cm
  • Width: 101.6cm
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
Collection
Accession number
E.1417-2023

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Record createdOctober 19, 2023
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