The hightlight of their poster creations was the large set they designed in 2011 based on the original Wim Crouwell exhibition which had taken place 1968. Each poster contains big and small variations of color, shapes, and patterns. While clicking through a large set of these posters Hamish declared they created over 230 poster designs in total.
Paul gave a very detailed review of some of the typefaces he has designed. Core Dissection is a system where each weight has different portions of letters removed. A user can layer weights upon each other to get complete characters but with segments of different color. Flip is a type system where each weight contains glyps rotated on different axis’.
One of their type system creations, FF ThreeSix, is something they designed to maintain a certain geometric aesthetic yet still usable at small sizes. Have a look and play around with FF ThreeSix on the Next FontShop.com.
Hamish Muir
Hamish Muir studied visual communication at Bath Academy of Art in the UK (1976-79) and graphic design at the Basel School of Design, Switzerland (1980-81).
He was co-founder (with Mark Holt and Simon Johnston) and principal of the London-based graphic design studio 8vo (1985-2001), and co-editor of Octavo, International Journal of Typography (1986-92). 8vo’s typographically led design work was produced for a wide range of clients in the UK and Europe, including album covers and posters for Factory Records, Manchester; exhibition catalogues and posters for the Museum Boymans-van Beuningen, Rotterdam; Identity, posters and publicity for the Flux New Music Festival, Edinburgh. With Mark Holt, Muir wrote and designed »8vo: On the Outside« published by Lars Müller in 2005. In 2011 Muir co-founded Outcast Editions, a digital publishing company specialising in interactive design and architecture books for iPad. Muir is a member of the Alliance Graphique Internationale.
Paul McNeil
Paul McNeil is a graphic designer specialising in typography, information design and generative design. He has over 35 years’ experience working in brand communications and visual identity for the UK telecommunications, government and charity sectors. In 1988, he established McNeil Design, a consultancy operating in long-term strategic relationships with marketing, public relations and industry partners.
He currently works in the Postgraduate Design area at the London College of Communication as Course Leader of MA Contemporary Typographic Media. In 2012, he was honoured with a Student’s Union White Square Teaching Award in recognition of excellent practice in facilitating learning. His research activities concern the history and classification of type, investigations into typographic systems and the uses of generative methods in visual communications.
McNeil is a Member of the Typographic Circle and the International Society of Typographic Designers. He is also a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.
Text by Michael Pieracci
