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System Process Form

Hamish Muir

Co-Founder of MuirMcNeil

Paul McNeil

Co-Founder of MuirMcNeil

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Paul McNeil and Hamish Muir’s talk will focus on the centrality of form-giving to their design practice. A number of typographic projects, driven by both intention, chance and algorithmic procedures, will be presented to illustrate how expansive design spaces can be populated, mapped and articulated, relieving the designer from the heavy burden of trying to invent ‘new’ things while also opening up undiscovered and unpredictable vistas.

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Hamish Muir

Co-Founder of MuirMcNeil

Hamish Muir was co-founder of the London-based graphic design studio 8vo (1985–2001) and co-editor of Octavo, journal of typography (1986–92). With 8vo colleague Mark Holt, Muir co-wrote, co-edited and designed 8vo On the Outside, published by Lars Müller in 2005, and Octavo Redux 1:1 – A record of Octavo, journal of typography 1986–1992, published by Unit Editions in 2017.

Together with Paul McNeil, in 2009 he co-founded MuirMcNeil, a collaborative design practice focussed on developing both commercial commissions and independent research projects. MuirMcNeil’s work explores the use of systematic methods in editorial design, brand identity, type design and moving image.

Paul McNeil

Co-Founder of MuirMcNeil

Paul McNeil is a graphic designer, visual researcher and writer with extensive experience in design education, and was formerly Course Director of the Master’s Programme in Typographic Design at the London College of Communication. The Visual History of Type, McNeil’s definitive survey of typefaces from 1450–2015, was published in 2017, and Letters from M/M (Paris), his monograph on the renowned French studio’s type and letterforms, in 2022.

Together with Hamish Muir, in 2009 he co-founded MuirMcNeil, a collaborative design practice focussed on developing both commercial commissions and independent research projects. MuirMcNeil’s work explores the use of systematic methods in editorial design, brand identity, type design and moving image.

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