Peter Saville (born 1955 in Manchester^[1]) is an English graphic designer based in London. [2] Year 1955 (MCMLV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1955 Gregorian calendar). ... This article is about the City of Manchester in England. ... For other uses, see England (disambiguation). ... This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ...

Saville attended St Ambrose College. He studied graphic design at Manchester Polytechnic (later Manchester Metropolitan University) from 1975 to 1978. St. ... Manchester Metropolitan University is based in Manchester, England. ... Manchester Metropolitan University is based in Manchester, England. ...

Factory Records

Peter Saville is famous for the design of record sleeves for Factory Records artists, most notably for Joy Division and New Order. FAC 115: Factory Records Stationery (1984) Factory Records was a Manchester-based British independent record label, started in 1978 which featured several prominent musical acts, such as Joy Division, New Order, The Durutti Column, Happy Mondays, and (briefly) James and Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark. ... Joy Division were an English rock band that formed in 1976 in Salford, Greater Manchester. ... New Order are an English rock group formed in 1980 from the remaining members of Joy Division—Bernard Sumner (vocals, guitars, synthesizers), Peter Hook (bass, electronic drums), and Stephen Morris (drums, synthesizers). ...

Influenced by a fellow student, Malcolm Garrett, who had begun designing for the Manchester punk group, the Buzzcocks, and by Herbert Spencer's Pioneers of Modern Typography, Saville was inspired by Jan Tschichold, chief propagandist for the New Typography. According to Saville: "Malcolm had a copy of Herbert Spencer's Pioneers of Modern Typography. The one chapter that he hadn't reinterpreted in his own work was the cool, disciplined "New Typography" of Tschichold and its subtlety appealed to me. I found a paralled in it for the New Wave that was evolving out of Punk."^[2] [3] Malcom Garrett (born 1956) is a British graphic designer, who has worked for music artists such as Duran Duran and Peter Gabriel. ... This article is about the City of Manchester in England. ... Buzzcocks are an English punk rock band formed in Manchester in 1975, led by singer/songwriter/guitarist Pete Shelley for nearly their entire existence. ... Herbert Spencer was a British designer, editor, writer, photographer and teacher, born in London on June 22, 1924. ... Pioneers of Modern Typography was a book written by Herbert Spencer in 1969. ... Titlepage for Typographische Gestaltung written and designed by Jan Tschichold using City Medium and Bodoni. ... Herbert Spencer was a British designer, editor, writer, photographer and teacher, born in London on June 22, 1924. ... Pioneers of Modern Typography was a book written by Herbert Spencer in 1969. ...

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 commissioning the first Factory Records poster (FAC 1). Saville became a partner of Factory Records along with Wilson, Rob Gretton and Alan Erasmus. Anthony Howard Wilson (20 February 1950 – 10 August 2007) was an English record label owner, radio presenter, TV show host, nightclub manager, impresario and journalist for Granada Television and the BBC. Wilson, commonly known as Tony Wilson, was the music mogul behind some of Manchesters most successful bands. ... A television presenter is a British term for a person who introduces or hosts television programmes. ... Patricia Lee (Patti) Smith (born December 30, 1946) is an American musician, singer, and poet. ... FAC 115: Factory Records Stationery (1984) Factory Records was a Manchester-based British independent record label, started in 1978 which featured several prominent musical acts, such as Joy Division, New Order, The Durutti Column, Happy Mondays, and (briefly) James and Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark. ... The following is a list of items with recorded Factory Records numbers. ... Rob Gretton (January 15, 1953 - May 15, 1999) was best known as the manager of the post punk bands Joy Division and New Order. ... Alan Erasmus was the co-founder of Factory Records with Tony Wilson. ...

Saville's album design for Joy Division's last album, Closer, released shortly after Ian Curtis's suicide in May 1980, was controversial^{[citation needed]} in its depiction of Christ's body entombed. However, the design pre-dated Curtis' death, a fact which rock magazine the New Musical Express was able to confirm, since it had been displaying proofs of the artwork on its walls for several months.^{[citation needed]} Joy Division were an English rock band that formed in 1976 in Salford, Greater Manchester. ... Ian Kevin Curtis (July 15, 1956 – May 18, 1980) was the vocalist, lyricist and occasional guitarist of the band Joy Division, which he helped form in 1977 in Manchester, England. ... The New Musical Express (better known as the NME) is a weekly magazine about popular music published in the UK. It is unlike many other popular music magazines due to its intended focus on guitar-based music and indie rock bands, instead of mainstream pop acts. ...

Saville's output from this period included reappropriation from art and design. Design critic Alice Twemlow wrote: "...in the 1980s... he would directly and irreverently "lift" an image from one genre—art history for example—and recontextualize it in another. A Fantin-Latour "Roses" painting in combination with a color-coded alphabet became the seminal album cover for New Order's Power, Corruption and Lies (1983), for example."^[3] Alice Twemlow is a writer, critic and educator whose work focuses on graphic design. ... Self Portrait by Henri Fantin-Latour (1859), at the Musée des Beaux-Arts, Grenoble Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Henri Fantin-Latour Henri Fantin-Latour (January 14, 1836 - August 25, 1904) was a French painter and lithographer. ... Power, Corruption & Lies is the breakthrough album by Manchester band New Order, released in 1983 (see 1983 in music). ...

In the 2002 film 24 Hour Party People based on Tony Wilson and the history of Factory Records, Saville is portrayed by actor Enzo Cilenti. ^[4] His reputation for missing deadlines is comically highlighted in the film. This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Anthony Howard Wilson (20 February 1950 – 10 August 2007) was an English record label owner, radio presenter, TV show host, nightclub manager, impresario and journalist for Granada Television and the BBC. Wilson, commonly known as Tony Wilson, was the music mogul behind some of Manchesters most successful bands. ... FAC 115: Factory Records Stationery (1984) Factory Records was a Manchester-based British independent record label, started in 1978 which featured several prominent musical acts, such as Joy Division, New Order, The Durutti Column, Happy Mondays, and (briefly) James and Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark. ... Enzo Cilenti (born 8 August 1974) is a British actor. ...

Work beyond Factory Records

In 1979, Saville moved from Manchester to London and became art director of the Virgin offshoot, Din Disc. He subsequently created a body of work which furthered his refined take on Modernism, working for artists such as Roxy Music, Wham and OMD. Saville founded the design agency Peter Saville Associates (still designing primarily for musical artists and record labels) before he was invited to join the partner-owned Pentagram. Pentagram was small but one of the most respected design agencies in the world at that time (and still is today). In Roman times, Vestal Virgins were strictly celibate or they were punished by death. ... For Christian theological modernism, see Liberal Christianity and Modernism (Roman Catholicism). ... Roxy Music are an English art rock group founded in the early 1970s by art school graduate Bryan Ferry (vocals and keyboards). ... Wham! can mean one of two things: Wham!, a 1980s British pop duo formed by George Michael and Andrew Ridgeley. ... Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark or OMD were a Liverpool synth pop musical ensemble which recorded for Virgin Records (originally for Virgins DinDisc subsidiary). ... Pentagram is a design studio that was founded in 1972 by Alan Fletcher, Theo Crosby, Colin Forbes, Kenneth Grange and Mervyn Kurlansky in Needham Road, West London, UK. They now have offices in New York, San Francisco, Austin and Berlin. ...

Saville was forced to leave Pentagram in 1992, as his invoicing was very low (less than £300,000 by a five-man team) and due to his notorious working methods. Saville subsequently left London and moved to Los Angeles and the ad agency Frankfurt Balkind with his longterm collaborator Brett Wickens.^[5] Saville soon returned "penniless" to London.^[6] He ran a corporate identity off-shoot named The Apartment for a German advertising agency Meiré & Meiré from his modernist apartment in Mayfair that also doubled as the London offices of the agency.^[7] (The same apartment is depicted in the record sleeve of Pulp's album This Is Hardcore). The Apartment produced works for clients such as Mandarina Duck and Smart Car. This venture was dismantled in 1999 and Saville moved to offices in Clerkenwell to re-start Peter Saville Associates. Pentagram is a design studio that was founded in 1972 by Alan Fletcher, Theo Crosby, Colin Forbes, Kenneth Grange and Mervyn Kurlansky in Needham Road, West London, UK. They now have offices in New York, San Francisco, Austin and Berlin. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... Mayfair is an area in the City of Westminster London, named after the fortnight-long May Fair that took place there from 1686 until it was banned in that location in 1764. ... Pulp are a rock band, formed in Sheffield, England in 1978, by then 15-year-old school-boy Jarvis Cocker (vocals, guitar). ... This Is Hardcore is an album by British alternative rock band Pulp, first released in March 1998 (see 1998 in music). ... A smart car is an automobile with some artificial intelligence (or AI) functionality. ...

Saville grew in demand as a younger generation of people in advertising and fashion had grown up with his work for Factory Records. He reached a creative and a commercial peak with design consultancy clients such as Adobe, Selfridge's, EMI and Pringle. Other significant commissions came from the field of fashion. Saville's fashion clients include(d) Jil Sander, Martine Sitbon, John Galliano, Yohji Yamamoto, Christian Dior and Stella McCartney. Saville often worked in collaboration with his long time friend, fashion photographer Nick Knight. The two launched an art and fashion website SHOWstudio in November 2000. FAC 115: Factory Records Stationery (1984) Factory Records was a Manchester-based British independent record label, started in 1978 which featured several prominent musical acts, such as Joy Division, New Order, The Durutti Column, Happy Mondays, and (briefly) James and Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark. ... Renewal of the surface coating of an adobe wall in Chamisal, New Mexico Adobe is a natural building material composed of sand, sandy clay and straw or other organic materials, which is shaped into bricks using wooden frames and dried in the sun. ... Selfridges is a chain of department stores in the United Kingdom. ... The EMI Group (LSE: EMI) is a British music company comprising of the major record company EMI Music which operates several labels, based in Kensington in London, England, and EMI Music Publishing, based in New York. ... Pringle of Scotland (known generally simply as Pringle) is a leading Scottish knitware manufacturer. ... Jil Sander is a German fashion designer known for understated and sleek designs, luxurious fabrics and her perfume line. ... John Galliano CBE (born January 28, 1960, in Gibraltar) is a British - Gibraltarian fashion designer. ... Yōji Yamamoto（山本 耀司、Yamamoto Yōji, born 3 October 1943） is an internationally known Japanese fashion designer based out of Paris, Japan, and New York. ... Christian Dior (January 21, 1905 – October 23, 1957), was an influential French fashion designer. ... Stella Nina McCartney (born September 13, 1971) is an English fashion designer . ... Nick Knight, Director of SHOWstudio, is an influential British photographer. ...

Exhibition, book and soundtrack

Saville's reclaimed status and contribution to graphic design was firmly established when London's Design Museum exhibited his body of work in 2003. Due to his notorious bad luck in following deadlines, he was never approached by the museum for the exhibition's marketing materials. The exhibition, called The Peter Saville Show was open from 23 May 2003 through 14 September 2003. [4] A book by Rick Poynor, Designed by Peter Saville, accompanied the exhibition. The Peter Saville Show Soundtrack for the exhibition was performed and recorded by New Order, and was available to early visitors to the exhibition. The Design Museum is a museum in Shad Thames, near Tower Bridge in central London. ... Rick Poynor is a British writer on design, graphic design, typography and visual culture. ... The Peter Saville Show Soundtrack is a single released by New Order in 2003. ...

Sample album covers by Saville

Joy Division – Unknown Pleasures, 1979 Joy Division - Unknown Pleasures cover This is an album cover. ... Joy Division were an English rock band that formed in 1976 in Salford, Greater Manchester. ... Unknown Pleasures is the first album by Joy Division, released in 1979. ...

New Order – Power, Corruption and Lies, 1983 Cover of the New Order album Power, Corruption & Lies. ... New Order are an English rock group formed in 1980 from the remaining members of Joy Division—Bernard Sumner (vocals, guitars, synthesizers), Peter Hook (bass, electronic drums), and Stephen Morris (drums, synthesizers). ... Power, Corruption & Lies is the breakthrough album by Manchester band New Order, released in 1983 (see 1983 in music). ...

New Order – True Faith, 1987 New Order - True Faith single cover This is an album cover. ... New Order are an English rock group formed in 1980 from the remaining members of Joy Division—Bernard Sumner (vocals, guitars, synthesizers), Peter Hook (bass, electronic drums), and Stephen Morris (drums, synthesizers). ... True Faith is a 1987 track from New Order, produced by Stephen Hague. ...

New Order – Technique, 1989 New Order - Technique cover This is an album cover. ... New Order are an English rock group formed in 1980 from the remaining members of Joy Division—Bernard Sumner (vocals, guitars, synthesizers), Peter Hook (bass, electronic drums), and Stephen Morris (drums, synthesizers). ... Technique was the fifth original album by New Order, released in 1989 (see 1989 in music). ...

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External links

• Peter Saville Associates
• Design Museum biography of Saville – includes timeline
• Jon Wozencroft on Peter Saville and Joy Division, TATE ETC., Issue 10, Summer 2007
• Peter Saville biography
• A selection of Factory designs, primarily New Order
• Peter Saville Information
• Peter Saville @ Cerysmatic Factory
• Spike Magazine Interview
• Blue Mondays Owners Club
• Adicolor
• Filmed interview on SHOWstudio

Joy Division were an English rock band that formed in 1976 in Salford, Greater Manchester. ...

See also

• Pioneers of Modern Typography

Pioneers of Modern Typography was a book written by Herbert Spencer in 1969. ...

References

• Designed by Peter Saville, by Rick Poynor, Frieze, 2003. (ISBN 978-0952741428)
• Eye, No. 17, Vol. 5, edited by Rick Poynor, Emap Construct, London, Summer 1995.
• Webchat transcript, SHOWstudio, 2003.

Rick Poynor is a British writer on design, graphic design, typography and visual culture. ... Eye is a British graphic design magazine first published in London in 1990. ... Following is an incomplete list of Eye magazine issues. ... Rick Poynor is a British writer on design, graphic design, typography and visual culture. ... Nick Knight is a British photographer and Director of SHOWstudio. ...

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