Octavo Redux
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Octavo, International Journal of Typography, was published between 1986 and 1992. It has long been unobtainable. Until now.
Backers: 990
Average Pledge Per Backer: £79
Funded: £77,937 of £69,950
Dates: Apr 26th -> May 26th (30 days)
Project By: Unit Editions
Backers: 990
Average Pledge Per Backer: £79
Funded: £77,937 of £69,950
Dates: Apr 26th -> May 26th (30 days)
Project By: Unit Editions
£77,937
current pledge level
Last Updated: May 26 @ 09:30 -0400 GMT
111%
of goal
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Latest News
In conversation with Simon Johnston, co-founder of 8vo and Octavo. 
May 25th - via: kickstarter.com
Simon Johnston was educated at Bath Academy of Art and at the Kunstgewerbeschule in Basel, Switzerland. In the 1980s he co-founded the design studio 8vo in London, and was instigator and co-editor of the typography journal Octavo. Later he relocated... (Read More)
In conversation with Octavo's Mark Holt & Hamish Muir: part two.
May 23rd - via: kickstarter.com
The second part of our conversation with Hamish Muir and Mark Holt. Unit Editions: You have often cited your dissatisfaction with the state of British graphic design in the late 80s. What was so bad about it, and in what way was Octavo a riposte to... (Read More)
We’ve done it! Or more accurately, you’ve done it!
May 22nd - via: kickstarter.com
Thanks to you, we’ve hit our Kickstarter target and turned Octavo Redux into a reality. Hamish Muir and Mark Holt are already underway with the book’s design. As might be expected, it will be produced with their customary attention to the finer... (Read More)
In conversation with Mark Holt & Hamish Muir – part one
May 16th - via: kickstarter.com
Between the years 1986 and 1992, as part of the design studio 8vo, Hamish Muir and Mark Holt designed and edited eight editions of the typography journal Octavo. The magazine, except for #8, which was a CD-Rom, was always A4, always 16pp, always used... (Read More)
Octavo Redux cover revealed!
May 9th - via: kickstarter.com
We’re delighted to reveal a snippet of the Octavo Redux cover! As well as a few notes from Mark Holt & Hamish Muir about its visual engineering: Hard cover (1): 2mm grey board laminated with one-sided mirror paper; printed one special colour... (Read More)
Why were Octavo's letters so short?
May 8th - via: kickstarter.com
'Printed on 40gsm Zanders ‘Bible’ paper, the Octavo letterhead was a proper nightmare to use – the paper too thin for the carriage mechanism of our Brother CE-25 typewriter, which made repositioning the paper, for correction with the built-in... (Read More)
Octavo 87.4 A1–A4 folding poster
May 8th - via: kickstarter.com
Excitedly we move forward – thank you for your support thus far! Deluxe Edition and Studio Packs include a special reprint of the Octavo 87.4 A1–A4 folding poster, as seen below. (Read More)
Octavo 86.1
May 2nd - via: kickstarter.com
Graphic design is full of creative acts that changed its course. What sparked Octavo, International Journal of Typography’s first issue?In the words of Mark Holt and Hamish Muir: ‘Octavo 86.1 was a wake-up call. A rallying cry for a more... (Read More)
Octavo's single most important piece of equipment
May 2nd - via: kickstarter.com
‘Along with the ‘Abloy’ key for the PO Box, the single most important piece of equipment to the early days of the Octavo operation – a Brother CE25 Daisy Wheel electronic typewriter with OCR-B 10. Used for typing address labels for... (Read More)
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