/  dust – essay from 8vo: on the outside. lars müller publishers 2005.    this text describes the founding and early years of 8vo studio and    octavo journal of typography in mid-80s london.
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	8. At this time the Design Council shop seemed more interested in selling tea towels than promoting good design. < 9. 26 March 1986. A particularly good night at the Hacienda. < 10. Designers can of course generate their own content, and play without clients, but such design work is only a footnote to the core commissioned practice itself. Nor can such ‘free work’ be usefully described as art. < Simon Johnston January 1, 2005