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
Manchester
Manchester () is a city in Greater Manchester, England. It had a population of 552,000 in 2021. It is bordered by the Cheshire Plain to the south, the Pennines to the north and east, and the neighbouring city of Salford to the west. The t ...
,
Lancashire
Lancashire ( , ; abbreviated Lancs) is the name of a historic county, ceremonial county, and non-metropolitan county in North West England. The boundaries of these three areas differ significantly.
The non-metropolitan county of Lancash ...
, and attended
St Ambrose College
St Ambrose College is a Christian Brothers' Roman Catholic boys' grammar school in Hale Barns, Altrincham, Greater Manchester, England. It was founded in 1946 by Dr Joseph Robertson. In 2012 the school became an academy, and was completely re-b ...
. He studied graphic design at
Manchester Polytechnic
Manchester Metropolitan University is located in the centre of Manchester, England. The university has over 40,000 students and over 4,000 members of staff. It is home to four faculties (Arts and Humanities, Business and Law, Health and Educat ...
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
Factory
A factory, manufacturing plant or a production plant is an industrial facility, often a complex consisting of several buildings filled with machinery, where workers manufacture items or operate machines which process each item into another. ...
artists, most notably for
Joy Division
Joy Division were an English rock band formed in Salford in 1976. The group consisted of vocalist Ian Curtis, guitarist/keyboardist Bernard Sumner, bassist Peter Hook and drummer Stephen Morris.
Sumner and Hook formed the band after atte ...
and
New Order.
Influenced by fellow student
Malcolm Garrett
Malcolm Leslie Garrett (born 1956) is a British graphic designer, and Creative Director of Images&Co, a communications design consultancy based in London, UK. He is Ambassador for Manchester School of Art and co-founder of the annual Design M ...
, who had begun designing for the Manchester punk group,
Buzzcocks and by
Herbert Spencer
Herbert Spencer (27 April 1820 – 8 December 1903) was an English philosopher, psychologist, biologist, anthropologist, and sociologist famous for his hypothesis of social Darwinism. Spencer originated the expression " survival of the fi ...
'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 controversial
[Johnson, 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](_blank)
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
Enzo Cilenti
Vincenzo Leonardo "Enzo" Cilenti (born 8 August 1974) is an English actor, known for his roles in works such as '' The Theory of Everything'', '' Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell'', and ''Game of Thrones''.
Early life
Cilenti was born in Bradford ...
. 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
Virgin
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offshoot
Dindisc
Dindisc (often rendered DinDisc) was a UK record label, an imprint of Virgin Records but operating semi-independently, which issued new releases from mid-1979 through early 1982. It is no longer active, but CD reissues on Virgin still mention the ...
. He subsequently created a body of work that furthered his refined take on
modernism
Modernism is both a philosophy, philosophical and arts movement that arose from broad transformations in Western world, Western society during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The movement reflected a desire for the creation of new fo ...
, producing work for artists such as
Roxy Music
Roxy Music are an English rock band formed in 1970 by Bryan Ferry—who became the band's lead vocalist and principal songwriter—and bassist Graham Simpson. The other longtime members are Phil Manzanera (guitar), Andy Mackay (saxophone ...
,
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 ...
,
Ultravox
Ultravox (earlier styled as Ultravox!) were a British new wave band, formed in London in April 1974 as Tiger Lily. Between 1980 and 1986, they scored seven Top Ten albums and seventeen Top 40 singles in the UK, the most successful of which was ...
and
Peter Gabriel. During his time at Dindisc, he also designed the sleeve for Canadian band
Martha and the Muffins
Martha and the Muffins are a Canadian rock band, active from 1977 to the present. Although they only had one major international hit single " Echo Beach" under their original band name, they had a number of hits in their native Canada, and th ...
’ 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
Pentagram
A pentagram (sometimes known as a pentalpha, pentangle, or star pentagon) is a regular five-pointed star polygon, formed from the diagonal line segments of a convex (or simple, or non-self-intersecting) regular pentagon. Drawing a circle arou ...
. Saville collaborated with
Transport for Greater Manchester
Transport for Greater Manchester (TfGM) is the public body responsible for co-ordinating transport services throughout Greater Manchester in North West England. TfGM is responsible for investments in improving transport services and facilities ...
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
Los Angeles
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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
Pulp
Pulp may refer to:
* Pulp (fruit), the inner flesh of fruit
Engineering
* Dissolving pulp, highly purified cellulose used in fibre and film manufacture
* Pulp (paper), the fibrous material used to make paper
* Molded pulp, a packaging material
...
's album ''
This Is Hardcore
''This Is Hardcore'' is the sixth album by English band Pulp. Released in March 1998, it came three years after their breakthrough album, '' Different Class'', and was eagerly anticipated. In 2013, ''NME'' ranked it at number 166 in its list of ...
''). The Apartment produced works for clients such as
Mandarina Duck
Mandarina Duck is an Italian fashion brand, most commonly associated with designer luggage and travel accessories but which has also released sunglasses, fragrances, watches, perfumes and, in 2007, a mobile phone. Mandarina Duck is owned by E-La ...
and
Smart Car
Smart (stylized as smart) is a German automotive marque. Smart Automobile Co., Ltd. is a joint venture established by Mercedes-Benz AG and Zhejiang Geely Holding Group in 2019 and aimed at producing Smart-badged cars in China to be marketed gl ...
. 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
Selfridges
Selfridges, also known as Selfridges & Co., is a chain of high-end department stores in the United Kingdom that is operated by Selfridges Retail Limited, part of the Selfridges Group of department stores. It was founded by Harry Gordon Selfridg ...
,
EMI
EMI Group Limited (originally an initialism for Electric and Musical Industries, also referred to as EMI Records Ltd. or simply EMI) was a British Transnational corporation, transnational Conglomerate (company), conglomerate founded in March 1 ...
and
Pringle. Other significant commissions came from the field of fashion. Saville's fashion clients have included
Jil Sander
Heidemarie Jiline "Jil" Sander (; b. 27 November 1943) is a German minimalist fashion designer and the founder of the Jil Sander fashion house.
Early life and education
Heidemarie Jiline Sander was born in Wesselburen, Nazi Germany on 27 Nov ...
,
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 ...
,
Yohji Yamamoto
is a Japanese fashion designer based in Tokyo and Paris. Considered a master tailor alongside those such as Madeleine Vionnet, he is known for his avant-garde tailoring featuring Japanese design aesthetics.
Yamamoto has won notable awards f ...
,
Christian Dior,
Stella McCartney
Stella Nina McCartney (born 13 September 1971) is an English fashion designer. She is a daughter of British singer-songwriter Paul McCartney and the late American photographer and animals rights activist Linda McCartney. Like her parents, McCa ...
and Calvin Klein
Saville often worked in collaboration with longtime friend, fashion photographer
Nick Knight. The two launched the art and fashion website
SHOWstudio
Nicholas David Gordon Knight OBE (born 24 November 1958) is a British fashion photographer and founder and director of SHOWstudio.com. He is an honorary professor at University of the Arts London and was awarded an honorary Ph.D. by the same u ...
in November 2000.
Belgian
Belgian may refer to:
* Something of, or related to, Belgium
* Belgians, people from Belgium or of Belgian descent
* Languages of Belgium, languages spoken in Belgium, such as Dutch, French, and German
*Ancient Belgian language, an extinct languag ...
fashion designer
Raf Simons
Raf Jan Simons (; born 12 January 1968) is a Belgian fashion designer.
Beginning in furniture design, Simons launched his own menswear label in 1995. He was creative director at Jil Sander (2005–2012), Christian Dior (2012–2015), and Calvin K ...
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
City of Manchester
Manchester () is a city in Greater Manchester, England. It had a population of 552,000 in 2021. It is bordered by the Cheshire Plain to the south, the Pennines to the north and east, and the neighbouring city of Salford to the west. The two ...
, 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
England football team
The England national football team has represented England in international football since the first international match in 1872. It is controlled by The Football Association (FA), the governing body for football in England, which is affilia ...
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,
Edinburgh
Edinburgh ( ; gd, Dùn Èideann ) is the capital city of Scotland and one of its 32 council areas. Historically part of the county of Midlothian (interchangeably Edinburghshire before 1921), it is located in Lothian on the southern shore of t ...
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
Sir Edwin Landseer
Sir Edwin Henry Landseer (7 March 1802 – 1 October 1873) was an English painter and sculptor, well known for his paintings of animals – particularly horses, dogs, and stags. However, his best-known works are the lion sculptures at the bas ...
'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
Riccardo Tisci
Riccardo Tisci (; born 1974) is an Italian fashion designer. He studied in Italy at the Design Istituto d’Arte Applicata in Cantù until the age of 17, and then graduated from London's Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design in 1999. In ...
.
In July 2019 Saville was featured in the
BBC Radio 4
BBC Radio 4 is a British national radio station owned and operated by the BBC that replaced the BBC Home Service in 1967. It broadcasts a wide variety of spoken-word programmes, including news, drama, comedy, science and history from the BBC' ...
programme ''Only Artists'' in conversation with industrial designer
Marek Reichman
Marek Paul Reichman (born 1966) is an English industrial designer currently working as Chief Creative Officer and studio head at Aston Martin.
Early life and education
Reichman was born in Sheffield, then in the West Riding of Yorkshire. to an ...
.
Saville was appointed
Commander of the Order of the British Empire
The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry, rewarding contributions to the arts and sciences, work with charitable and welfare organisations,
and public service outside the civil service. It was established ...
(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
Frieze
In architecture, the frieze is the wide central section part of an entablature and may be plain in the Ionic or Doric order, or decorated with bas-reliefs. Paterae are also usually used to decorate friezes. Even when neither columns nor ...
, ''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
*
Joy Division
Joy Division were an English rock band formed in Salford in 1976. The group consisted of vocalist Ian Curtis, guitarist/keyboardist Bernard Sumner, bassist Peter Hook and drummer Stephen Morris.
Sumner and Hook formed the band after atte ...
– ''
Unknown Pleasures
''Unknown Pleasures'' is the debut studio album by English rock band Joy Division, released on 15 June 1979 by Factory Records. The album was recorded and mixed over three successive weekends at Stockport's Strawberry Studios in April 1979, wi ...
'', 1979
*Joy Division – "
Transmission", 1979
*Joy Division – "
Love Will Tear Us Apart
"Love Will Tear Us Apart" is a song by English rock band Joy Division, released in June 1980 as a non-album single. Its lyrics were inspired by lead singer Ian Curtis's marital problems and struggles with epilepsy. The single was released the m ...
", 1980
*Joy Division – ''
Closer'', 1980
*
Martha and the Muffins
Martha and the Muffins are a Canadian rock band, active from 1977 to the present. Although they only had one major international hit single " Echo Beach" under their original band name, they had a number of hits in their native Canada, and th ...
– ''
Metro Music'', 1980
*
The Monochrome Set
The Monochrome Set are an English post-punk/ new wave band, originally formed in London in January 1978. The most recent line-up consists of Bid, Andy Warren, Athen Ayren and Stephen Gilchrist.
History Original band: 1978–1985
The Monoc ...
– ''
Strange Boutique'', 1980
*
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 ...
- ''
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 ...
'', (with interior designer Ben Kelly) February 1980
*
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 ...
- ''
Organisation
An organization or organisation (Commonwealth English; see spelling differences), is an entity—such as a company, an institution, or an association—comprising one or more people and having a particular purpose.
The word is derived from ...
'', October 1980
*
Roxy Music
Roxy Music are an English rock band formed in 1970 by Bryan Ferry—who became the band's lead vocalist and principal songwriter—and bassist Graham Simpson. The other longtime members are Phil Manzanera (guitar), Andy Mackay (saxophone ...
– ''
Flesh and Blood'', 1980
*
David Byrne and
Brian Eno – ''
My Life in the Bush of Ghosts'', 1981
*Joy Division – ''
Still
A still is an apparatus used to distill liquid mixtures by heating to selectively boil and then cooling to condense the vapor. A still uses the same concepts as a basic distillation apparatus, but on a much larger scale. Stills have been use ...
'', 1981
*
New Order – "
Ceremony", 1981
*New Order – ''
Movement'', 1981
*
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 ...
– ''
Architecture & Morality'', 1981
*
Section 25 – ''
Always Now'', 1981
*
Ultravox
Ultravox (earlier styled as Ultravox!) were a British new wave band, formed in London in April 1974 as Tiger Lily. Between 1980 and 1986, they scored seven Top Ten albums and seventeen Top 40 singles in the UK, the most successful of which was ...
– ''
Rage in Eden'', 1981
*
King Crimson
King Crimson are a progressive rock band formed in 1968 in London, England. The band draws inspiration from a wide variety of music, incorporating elements of classical, jazz, folk, heavy metal, gamelan, industrial, electronic, experime ...
– ''
Discipline'', 1981
*New Order – "
Temptation
Temptation is a desire to engage in short-term urges for enjoyment that threatens long-term goals.Webb, J.R. (Sep 2014). Incorporating Spirituality into Psychology of temptation: Conceptualization, measurement, and clinical implications. Sp ...
", 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 – ''
Junk Culture
''Junk Culture'' is the fifth studio album by English electronic band Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark (OMD), released on 30 April 1984 by Virgin Records. After the commercial disappointment of the experimental 1983 album '' Dazzle Ships'', OMD ...
'', 1984
*New Order – ''
Low-Life
A low-life (or lowlife) is a term for a person who is considered morally unacceptable by their community. Examples of people society often labels low-lives include aggressive panhandlers, bullies, criminals, drug dealers, freeloaders, hobos, ...
'', 1985
*
Peter Gabriel – ''
So'', 1986
*Wham! – ''
Music from the Edge of Heaven
''Music from the Edge of Heaven'' is the final studio album from British pop duo Wham!. It was released on July 1, 1986 by Columbia Records.
''Music from the Edge of Heaven'' was only released in North America and Japan. In other territories, ...
'', 1986
*New Order – ''
Brotherhood
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Family, relationships, and organizations
* Fraternity (philosophy) or brotherhood, an ethical relationship between people, which is based on love and solidarity
* Fraternity or brotherhood, a mal ...
'', 1986
*New Order – "
Bizarre Love Triangle
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*Bizarre (rapper) (born 1976), an American rapper and member of hip hop group D12
*Bizarre (band), a Spanish rock band
* ''Bizarre'' (TV series), a Canadian sketch comedy television series
* ''Bizarre'' (magazine), a sister ...
", 1986
*New Order – "
True Faith", 1987
*New Order – ''
Substance'', 1987
*Joy Division – ''
Substance'', 1988
*New Order – ''
Technique'', 1989
*New Order – ''
Republic'', 1993
*
Suede
Suede (pronounced ) is a type of leather with a fuzzy, napped finish, commonly used for jackets, shoes, fabrics, purses, furniture, and other items. The term comes from the French , which literally means "gloves from Sweden". The term was firs ...
– ''
Coming Up'', 1996
*New Order – ''
Video 5 8 6'', 1997
*
Pulp
Pulp may refer to:
* Pulp (fruit), the inner flesh of fruit
Engineering
* Dissolving pulp, highly purified cellulose used in fibre and film manufacture
* Pulp (paper), the fibrous material used to make paper
* Molded pulp, a packaging material
...
– ''
This Is Hardcore
''This Is Hardcore'' is the sixth album by English band Pulp. Released in March 1998, it came three years after their breakthrough album, '' Different Class'', and was eagerly anticipated. In 2013, ''NME'' ranked it at number 166 in its list of ...
'', 1998
*
Gay Dad – ''
Leisure Noise'', 1999
*
The Other Two – ''
Super Highways'', 1999
*Pulp – ''
We Love Life
''We Love Life'' is the seventh and final studio album by English rock band Pulp, released on 22 October 2001 by Island Records. It reached number six on the UK Albums Chart, with a total chart stay of only three weeks. Written and recorded aft ...
'', 2001
*New Order – ''
Get Ready'', 2001
*New Order – ''
Waiting for the Sirens' Call
''Waiting for the Sirens' Call'' is the eighth studio album by English Rock music, rock band New Order (band), New Order. The album was released on 28 March 2005 in the United Kingdom and 26 April 2005 in the United States, and was preceded by th ...
'', 2005
*
Brett Anderson
Brett Lewis Anderson (born 29 September 1967) is an English singer best known as the lead vocalist and primary lyricist of the band Suede. After Suede disbanded in 2003, he fronted The Tears with former Suede guitarist Bernard Butler in 2004- ...
– ''
Brett Anderson
Brett Lewis Anderson (born 29 September 1967) is an English singer best known as the lead vocalist and primary lyricist of the band Suede. After Suede disbanded in 2003, he fronted The Tears with former Suede guitarist Bernard Butler in 2004- ...
,'' 2007
*Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark – ''
History of Modern'', 2010
*New Order – ''
Music Complete
''Music Complete'' is the tenth studio album by English rock band New Order. It was released on 25 September 2015 by Mute Records, their debut on the label. The album features guest vocals from Elly Jackson of La Roux, Iggy Pop and Brandon Flow ...
'', 2015
See also
*
Pioneers of Modern Typography
References
* ''Designed by Peter Saville'', by
Rick Poynor
Rick Poynor is a British writer on design, graphic design, typography, and visual culture.
Career
He began as a general visual arts journalist, working on ''Blueprint'' magazine in London. After founding ''Eye'' magazine, which he edited from 19 ...
, Frieze, 2003. ()
*
''Eye'',
No. 17, Vol. 5, edited by
Rick Poynor
Rick Poynor is a British writer on design, graphic design, typography, and visual culture.
Career
He began as a general visual arts journalist, working on ''Blueprint'' magazine in London. After founding ''Eye'' magazine, which he edited from 19 ...
, Emap Construct, London, Summer 1995
Webchat transcript SHOWstudio
Nicholas David Gordon Knight OBE (born 24 November 1958) is a British fashion photographer and founder and director of SHOWstudio.com. He is an honorary professor at University of the Arts London and was awarded an honorary Ph.D. by the same u ...
, 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 Interviewon I love Design
Peter Saville Discography on Discogs
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1955 births
Living people
Album-cover and concert-poster artists
Alumni of Manchester Metropolitan University
English graphic designers
Designers from Greater Manchester
People educated at St. Ambrose College
Factory Records
Commanders of the Order of the British Empire
Pentagram partners (past and present)