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'''Peter Saville''' (born 9 October 1955 in [[Manchester]])<ref>[http://www.btinternet.com/~comme6/saville/biography.htm Peter Saville] biography</ref> is an [[England|English]] art director based in [[London]].<ref name=dm>[http://www.designmuseum.org/design/peter-saville Peter Saville / Designing Modern Britain - Design Museum Exhibition : Design/Designer Information]</ref> |
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Saville attended [[St Ambrose College]]. He studied graphic design at [[Manchester Metropolitan University|Manchester Polytechnic]] (later [[Manchester Metropolitan University]]) from 1975 to 1978. |
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==Factory Records== |
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Peter Saville is famous for the design of record sleeves for [[Factory Records]] artists, most notably for [[Joy Division]] and [[New Order]]. |
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Influenced by a fellow student, [[Malcolm Garrett]], who had begun designing for the Manchester punk group, the [[Buzzcocks]], and by [[Herbert Spencer (graphic designer)|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."<ref>''Eye'', Number 17, Volume 5, Summer 1995.</ref><ref name=dm /> |
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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 ([[Factory Records Catalogue|FAC 1]]). Saville became a partner of Factory Records along with Wilson, [[Rob Gretton]] and [[Alan Erasmus]]. |
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Saville's album design for Joy Division's last album, ''[[Closer (Joy Division album)|Closer]]'', released shortly after [[Ian Curtis]]'s suicide in May 1980, was controversial<ref name=ideal>Johnson, Mark: "An Ideal For Living: An History of Joy Division", page 64. Proteus Books, 1984.</ref> 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.<ref name=ideal /> |
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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 [[Henri Fantin-Latour|Fantin-Latour]] "Roses" painting in combination with a colour-coded alphabet became the seminal album cover for New Order's ''[[Power, Corruption and Lies]]'' (1983), for example."<ref name="Dark Prince">[http://www.btinternet.com/~comme6/saville/interviewaiga.htm The Dark Prince], Alice Twemlow</ref> |
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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]].<ref>[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0767696/ IMDb Profile]</ref> His reputation for missing deadlines<ref>[http://www.iconeye.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2731:peter-saville--icon-004--julyaugust-2003 Peter Saville], Icon Magazine, July/August 2003</ref> is comically highlighted in the film. |
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==Work beyond Factory Records== |
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In 1979, Saville moved from Manchester to London and became art director of the [[Virgin Records|Virgin]] offshoot, [[DinDisc]]. He subsequently created a body of work which furthered his refined take on [[Modernism]], working for artists such as [[Roxy Music]], [[Duran Duran]], [[Wham!]] and [[Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark]]. Saville founded the design agency Peter Saville Associates (still designing primarily for musical artists and record labels) before he was invited to close his office in 1990 to join the partner-owned [[Pentagram (design studio)|Pentagram]], one of the most respected and very few truly multidisciplinary design consultancies/agencies in the world. |
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In 1993, Saville left London and moved to Los Angeles and joined the ad agency [[Frankfurt Balkind]] with his longterm collaborator [[Brett Wickens]].<ref name="Dark Prince"/> Saville soon returned to London.<ref name="Dark Prince"/> For a brief period, he founded The Apartment for the German advertising agency [[Meiré & Meiré]] from his modernist apartment in [[Mayfair]] that also doubled as the London offices of the agency.<ref name="Dark Prince"/> (The same apartment is depicted in the record sleeve of [[Pulp (band)|Pulp]]'s album ''[[This Is Hardcore]]''). The Apartment produced works for clients such as [[Mandarina Duck]] and [[Smart (automobile)|Smart Car]] before he returned to freelance under his own name and consider other collaborations (including John Warwicker at the Soho based Tomato). In 1999, Saville moved to offices in [[Clerkenwell]] to re-start Peter Saville Associates (later renamed Saville Parris Wakefield) |
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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]], [[EMI]] and [[Pringle of Scotland|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 (photographer)|Nick Knight]]. The two launched an art and fashion website [http://www.showstudio.com/ SHOWstudio] in November 2000. Notably the Belgian fashion designer, [[Raf Simons]] was granted full access to the archives of Peter Saville's vintage Factory projects and made a personal selection of Saville-designed works to integrate them into Raf Simon's "Closer" Autumn/Winter 2003-4 collection. |
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==Exhibition, book and soundtrack== |
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Saville's reclaimed status and contribution to graphic design was firmly established when London's [[Design Museum]] exhibited his body of work in 2003. The exhibition, called ''The Peter Saville Show'' was open from 23 May 2003 through 14 September 2003.<ref>[http://www.designmuseum.org/exhibitions/previous-exhibitions# Previous Exhibitions]</ref> 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. |
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==Selected record and CD covers by Saville== |
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*Joy Division – ''[[Unknown Pleasures]]'', 1979 |
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*Joy Division - ''[[Closer (Joy Division album)|Closer]]'', 1980 |
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*Joy Division - ''[[Still (Joy Division album)|Still]], 1981 |
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*New Order – ''[[Blue Monday (New Order song)|Blue Monday]]'', 1983 |
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*New Order – ''[[Power, Corruption and Lies]]'', 1983 |
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*New Order – ''[[True Faith (song)|True Faith]]'', 1987 |
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*Joy Division - ''[[Substance (Joy Division album)|Substance]]'', 1988 |
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*New Order – ''[[Technique (album)|Technique]]'', 1989 |
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*[[Gay Dad]] – ''[[Leisure Noise]]'', 1999 |
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*Pulp – ''[[We Love Life]]'', 2001 |
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*New Order – ''[[Get Ready (New Order album)|Get Ready]]'', 2001 |
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==External links== |
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*[http://www.savilleparriswakefield.com Official Peter Saville Website] |
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*[http://www.paulstolper.com Official Peter Saville Gallery Website] |
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*[http://www.designmuseum.org/design/peter-saville Design Museum biography of Saville] – includes timeline |
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*[http://www.btinternet.com/~comme6/saville/index222.htm Peter Saville Graphic Design] - includes biography, galleries, essays, articles, interviews and free downloadable fonts. |
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*[http://tosq.com/petersaville/ Sleeve designed by Peter Saville] - Japanese site. |
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*[[Joy Division#External_links|Jon Wozencroft on Peter Saville and Joy Division, TATE ETC., Issue 10, Summer 2007]] |
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*[http://www.imon.co.uk/saville/index.html A selection of Factory designs, primarily New Order] |
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*[http://www.cerysmaticfactory.info/saville.html Peter Saville @ Cerysmatic Factory] |
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*[http://www.spikemagazine.com/0903petersaville.php Spike Magazine Interview] |
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*[http://www.bluemondayownersclub.com Blue Mondays Owners Club] |
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*[http://www.adidas.com/adicolor Adicolor] |
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*[http://showstudio.com/projects/transmissions/section.php/7517/7522 Filmed interview on SHOWstudio] |
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*[http://www.ilovedesign.com/us/exclusives/?interview=9 Video Interview] on I love Design |
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==See also== |
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* [[Pioneers of Modern Typography]] |
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==References== |
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* ''Designed by Peter Saville'', by [[Rick Poynor]], Frieze, 2003. (ISBN 978-0952741428) |
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* [[Eye (magazine)|''Eye'']], [[List of Eye magazine issues|No. 17, Vol. 5]], edited by [[Rick Poynor]], Emap Construct, London, Summer 1995. |
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*[http://showstudio.com/projects/sav/sav_start.html Webchat transcript], [[SHOWstudio]], 2003. |
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* ''Peter Saville Estate 1-127'', by Heike Munder, JRP|Ringier, 2007. (ISBN 978-3-905701-66-1) |
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==Notes== |
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{{Joy Division}} |
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[[Category:1955 births]] |
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[[Category:Living people]] |
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[[Category:English graphic designers]] |
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[[Category:Alumni of Manchester Metropolitan University]] |
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[[Category:People from Manchester]] |
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[[Category:Communication design]] |
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[[Category:Album-cover and concert-poster artists]] |
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Revision as of 12:59, 18 May 2009
Peter Saville | |
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| Born | October 9, 1955 |
| Occupation | art director |
| Known for | Design of record sleeves |
Peter Saville may refer to: