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(Date Accessed: 10th April 2012)
Peter Saville studied Graphic Design at Manchester Polytechnic from 1975-78. He co-founded Factory Records in 1979. He designed some of their first posters. He then went on to design record sleeves for the label notably for several New Order and Joy Division albums.
Throughout his career he moved between Manchester, London and LA opening design consulatancies and working alongside an increasingly growing portfolio of Clients.
His high profile design clients evolved from bands wanting a cool album cover to a plethora of clients who asked him to art direct their designs including Dior, Givenchy and Selfridges.
Here are some of my favourite designs that he has produced.
New Order- Technique
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(Date Accessed: 10th April 2012)
Saville rented the Cherub for the shoot and used it to represent the good and bad elements of the music scene at the time. Whilst there was a financial crash approaching the people partied on in a haze of drug-fuelled Hedonism. He describes the Technique sleeve as “my first iconic work: all the previous sleeves were in some way idealistic and utopian”.
Peter Saville on his album cover artwork (Grundy 2011)
Ultravox-The Thin Wall
Image accessed at: http://heim.etherweave.com/weblog/archives/000387.html (Date Accessed: 8th April 2012)
Saville used this surrealist image in a largely unthreatening way. Rather drawing you towards the music than trying to forcefully capture you.
Clearly at the cutting edge of his field his ideas and concepts are employed by many a creative mind.
He designed an Alphabet designed entirely out of colours.
(Avantmode 2006)
References
Avantmode (2006) Peter Savilles Alphabet. Available at:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kHqZ9OQ22PM&feature=fvsr (Accessed: 9th April 2012)
Grundy, G. (2011) “Peter Saville on his album cover artwork”, The Observer, Culture, 29th May 2011 [Online]. Available at:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/gallery/2011/may/29/joydivision-neworder#/?picture=375040544&index=6 (Accessed 10th April 2012).
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