Peter Saville (born 9 October 1955) is an English art director and graphic designer. During the 1980s, he designed many record sleeves for Factory Records.
Peter Saville was born in Manchester.
Saville attended St Ambrose College. He studied graphic design at Manchester Polytechnic (later Manchester Metropolitan University) from 1975 to 1978.
Saville entered the music scene after meeting Tony Wilson, the journalist and television presenter, whom he approached at a Patti Smith show in 1978. This resulted in Wilson's commissioning the first Factory Records poster (FAC 1). Saville became a partner of Factory Records along with Martin Hannett, Wilson, Rob Gretton and Alan Erasmus. Read more...
British graphic designer / art director peter saville's career emerged during his role as
art director of factory records (which he co-founded with tony wilson and alan erasmus)
from 1978-1991. During his time with factory, he designed iconic album and poster art,
most notably for bands such as new order and joy division. He is known for changing
the way people look at album art and music packaging, and has played a strong role in
changing our perception of visual culture.
Peter Saville on communication design and designing the record cover
video by designboom...
video by designboom...
Some of Peter Saville works
Republic album for New Order, 1993
Art Direction: Peter Saville
Art Direction: Peter Saville
Factory Poster/Fac 1, 1978
Design: Peter Saville
Design: Peter Saville
Coming Up album for Suede, 1996
Art Direction: Peter Saville
Photography: Nick Knight
Design: Howard Wakefield at The Apartment
Art Direction: Peter Saville
Photography: Nick Knight
Design: Howard Wakefield at The Apartment
Peter Saville and the story behind that England shirt
The football shirt as a vehicle for 'socio-cultural provocation'? When
Umbro invited Peter Saville to contribute to the design of its new
England home kit, it was always likely that there would be more on the
agenda than a few stripes.
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