Peter Andrew Saville (born 9 October 1955) is an English art director and graphic designer. He came to prominence for the many record sleeves he designed for

Factory Records Factory Records was a Manchester-based British independent record label founded in 1978 by Tony Wilson and Alan Erasmus. The label featured several important acts on its roster, including Joy Division, New Order, A Certain Ratio, the Duru ...

, which he co-founded in 1978 alongside Tony Wilson and Alan Erasmus.

Early life

Peter Saville was born in

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, and attended

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. He studied graphic design at

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from 1975 to 1978. Saville became involved in the music scene after meeting

Tony Wilson Anthony Howard Wilson (20 February 1950 – 10 August 2007) was a British record label owner, radio and television presenter, nightclub manager, impresario and a journalist for Granada Television, the BBC and Channel 4. As a co-founder o ...

, the journalist and broadcaster. The meeting resulted in Wilson commissioning the first Factory poster ( FAC 1). Saville was a partner in Factory Records along with Wilson,

Martin Hannett James Martin Hannett (31 May 1948 – 18 April 1991), initially credited as Martin Zero, was an English record producer, musician and an original partner/director at Tony Wilson's Factory Records. Hannett produced music by artists including Joy ...

Rob Gretton Robert Leo Gretton (15 January 1953 – 15 May 1999) was the manager of Joy Division and New Order. He was partner in and co-director of Factory Records and a founding partner of The Haçienda. For ten years until his death in 1999, Gretton ra ...

and Alan Erasmus.

Factory Records

Peter Saville designed many record sleeves for

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artists, most notably for

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and New Order. Influenced by fellow student

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, who had begun designing for the Manchester punk group, Buzzcocks and by

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's '' Pioneers of Modern Typography'', Saville was inspired by

Jan Tschichold Jan Tschichold (born Johannes Tzschichhold, also known as Iwan Tschichold, or Ivan Tschichold; 2 April 1902 – 11 August 1974) was a German calligrapher, typographer and book designer. He played a significant role in the development of gra ...

, 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 parallel in it for the New Wave that was evolving out of Punk." Saville collaborated with Ben Kelly on numerous projects during this period. Saville credited Kelly as a major influence on his work, saying "I thought I could just take things from Ben, like he was a reference book or something. He used to get really mad about it." Kelly and Saville won a Designers and Art Directors Award for the sleeve of Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark's 1980 self-titled first album. Saville's album design for Joy Division's last album, '' Closer'', released shortly after

Ian Curtis Ian Kevin Curtis (15 July 1956 – 18 May 1980) was an English musician, singer, and songwriter. He was best known as the lead singer, guitarist, and lyricist of the post-punk band Joy Division, with whom he released the albums ''Unknown P ...

' suicide in May 1980, was controversialJohnson, Mark: "An Ideal For Living: An History of Joy Division", page 64. Proteus Books, 1984 in its depiction of Christ's body entombed. However, the design pre-dated Curtis's death, which the magazine '' New Musical Express'' confirmed, since it had been displaying proofs of the artwork in its offices for several months. Saville's output from this period included re-appropriation from the canon of art and design. Design critic

Alice Twemlow Alice Twemlow is a writer, critic and educator from the United Kingdom whose work focuses on graphic design. She has been a guest critic at the Yale University School of Art, Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA), and Rhode Island School of ...

wrote: "... in the 1980s ... he would directly and irreverently "lift" an image from one genre—art history for example—and recontextualise it in another. A Fantin-Latour "Roses" painting in combination with a colour-coded alphabet became the seminal album cover for New Order's ''

Power, Corruption & Lies ''Power, Corruption & Lies'' is the second studio album by English rock band New Order, released on 2 May 1983 by Factory Records. The album features more electronic tracks than their 1981 debut '' Movement'', with heavier use of synthesizers ...

'' (1983), for example."The Dark Prince
Alice Twemlow In the 2002 film ''

24 Hour Party People ''24 Hour Party People'' is a 2002 British biographical comedy-drama film about Manchester's popular music community from 1976 to 1992, and specifically about Factory Records. It was written by Frank Cottrell Boyce and directed by Michael Wint ...

'', which is based on Tony Wilson and the history of Factory Records, Saville is portrayed by actor

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. His reputation for missing deadlines is comically highlighted in the film.

Non-Factory work

In 1979, Saville moved from Manchester to London and became art director of the

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offshoot

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. He subsequently created a body of work that furthered his refined take on

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, producing work for artists such as

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Wham! Wham! (briefly known in the US as Wham! U.K.) were an English pop duo formed in Bushey in 1981. The duo consisted of George Michael and Andrew Ridgeley. They became one of the most commercially successful pop acts of the 1980s, selling mor ...

Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark (OMD) are an English electronic band formed in Wirral, Merseyside, in 1978. The group consists of co-founders Andy McCluskey (vocals, bass guitar) and Paul Humphreys (keyboards, vocals), along with Martin Co ...

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and Peter Gabriel. During his time at Dindisc, he also designed the sleeve for Canadian band

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’ album '' Metro Music''. He was paid more to design Gabriel's 1986 album '' So'' than for any other record sleeve in his career; he received £20,000. Saville founded the design agency Peter Saville Associates (still designing primarily for musical artists and record labels), which included Brett Wickens, before he was invited to close his office in 1990 to join the partner-owned

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. Saville collaborated with

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in 2008 for the rebranding of the Metrolink tram system with a yellow and silver polka-dot scheme after a period of significant expansion had been undertaken on the network.

Work after Factory Records

In 1993 Saville left London and moved to

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, to join ad agency Frankfurt Balkind with Brett Wickens. Saville soon returned to London, however, where he asked designer Howard Wakefield to restart the design studio. For three years they worked from "The Apartment" in partnership with German advertising agency Meiré & Meiré. Saville's modernist apartment in Mayfair doubled as the London studio. (The same apartment is depicted in the record sleeve of

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's album ''

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''). The Apartment produced works for clients such as

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and

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. In 1999 Saville moved to offices in Clerkenwell. 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

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and Pringle. Other significant commissions came from the field of fashion. Saville's fashion clients have included

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John Galliano John Charles Galliano (born 28 November 1960) is a British fashion designer from Gibraltar. He was the creative director of his eponymous label John Galliano and French fashion houses Givenchy and Dior. Since 2014, Galliano has been the crea ...

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, Christian Dior,

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and Calvin Klein Saville often worked in collaboration with longtime friend, fashion photographer Nick Knight. The two launched the art and fashion website

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in November 2000.

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fashion designer

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was granted full access to the archives of Saville's vintage Factory projects and made a personal selection of Saville-designed works to integrate them into Raf Simons "Closer" Autumn/Winter 2003-04 collection. Raf Simons Spring/Summer 2018 collection also features a selection of archival works by Saville. In 2004 Saville became Creative Director of the

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, playing a strategic role in the regeneration and cultural renaissance of his home city, notably defining the ethos for the Manchester International Festival. In 2010 Saville designed the

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home shirt. Saville has three D&AD awards, is a Royal Designer for Industry and won the London Design Medal in 2013. In 2012 Saville collaborated with Dovecot Studios,

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in celebration of their centenary to create a large scale tapestry of his work After, After Monarch of the Glen. This new tapestry commission is Dovecot Studios re appropriation of Peter Saville's appropriation of Sir Peter Blake's appropriation of

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's 1851 painting '' Monarch of the Glen''. In 2018, Saville redesigned the logo for British luxury fashion house

Burberry Burberry is a British luxury fashion house established in 1856 by Thomas Burberry headquartered in London, England. It currently designs and distributes ready to wear, including trench coats (for which it is most famous), leather accessorie ...

, as revealed by then creative director

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. In July 2019 Saville was featured in the

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programme ''Only Artists'' in conversation with industrial designer

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. Saville was appointed

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(CBE) in the 2020 New Year Honours for services to design.

Exhibition, book and soundtrack

Saville's reclaimed status and contribution to graphic design were firmly established when London's Design Museum exhibited his body of work in 2003. The exhibition, ''The Peter Saville Show'', was open from 23 May through 14 September 2003. A book published by

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, ''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.

Swing Project

Anna Blessmann and Peter Saville met in a gallery in Berlin in 2001 and soon began an artwork collaboration, works have been shown at Paul Stolper Gallery London, CRAC Alsace, Migros Museum Zurich, Whitechapel London and in various publications. In 2010 they presented 'Swing Project 1' in the FRAC Champagne-Ardenne, Reims and in 2012 'Swing Project 2' at Galerie Neu, Berlin. In 2013 they participated in the Fiorucci Art Trust 'Volcano Extravaganza', Stromboli. In 2014 they exhibited 'Swing Project 3' at the Cabinet Gallery, London.

Selected record and CD covers by Saville

– ''

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'', 1979 *Joy Division – " Transmission", 1979 *Joy Division – "

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", 1980 *Joy Division – '' Closer'', 1980 *

– '' Metro Music'', 1980 *

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– '' Strange Boutique'', 1980 *

- ''

'', (with interior designer Ben Kelly) February 1980 *

- ''

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'', October 1980 *

– '' Flesh and Blood'', 1980 * David Byrne and Brian Eno – '' My Life in the Bush of Ghosts'', 1981 *Joy Division – ''

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'', 1981 * New Order – " Ceremony", 1981 *New Order – '' Movement'', 1981 *

– '' Architecture & Morality'', 1981 * Section 25 – '' Always Now'', 1981 *

– '' Rage in Eden'', 1981 *

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– '' Discipline'', 1981 *New Order – "

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", 1982 *New Order – " Blue Monday", 1983 *New Order – ''

Power, Corruption and Lies ''Power, Corruption & Lies'' is the second studio album by English Rock music, rock band New Order (band), New Order, released on 2 May 1983 by Factory Records. The album features more electronic music, electronic tracks than their 1981 debut '' ...

'', 1983 *Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark – '' Dazzle Ships'', 1983 *Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark – ''

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'', 1984 *New Order – ''

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'', 1985 * Peter Gabriel – '' So'', 1986 *Wham! – ''

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'', 1986 *New Order – ''

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'', 1986 *New Order – "

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", 1986 *New Order – " True Faith", 1987 *New Order – '' Substance'', 1987 *Joy Division – '' Substance'', 1988 *New Order – '' Technique'', 1989 *New Order – '' Republic'', 1993 *

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– '' Coming Up'', 1996 *New Order – '' Video 5 8 6'', 1997 *

– ''

'', 1998 * Gay Dad – '' Leisure Noise'', 1999 * The Other Two – '' Super Highways'', 1999 *Pulp – ''

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'', 2001 *New Order – '' Get Ready'', 2001 *New Order – ''

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'', 2005 *

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– ''

,'' 2007 *Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark – '' History of Modern'', 2010 *New Order – ''

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'', 2015

References

* ''Designed by Peter Saville'', by

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, Frieze, 2003. () * ''Eye'', No. 17, Vol. 5, edited by

, Emap Construct, London, Summer 1995
Webchat transcript

, 2003 * ''Peter Saville Estate 1-127'', by Heike Munder, JRP, Ringier, 2007. ()

External links

Official Peter Saville websitePeter Saville WorksDesign Museum biography of Saville
– includes timeline
comprehensive archive from former colleaguesSleeve designed by Peter Saville
- Japanese site
Spike Magazine InterviewFilmed interview on SHOWstudioVideo Interview
on I love Design
Peter Saville Discography on Discogs
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Early life

Factory Records

Non-Factory work

Work after Factory Records

Exhibition, book and soundtrack

Swing Project

Selected record and CD covers by Saville

See also

References

External links