Peter Saville was born in 1955 in Manchester, Lancashire. He began his studies at Manchester Polytechnic for graphic design until 1978. Following his education, he had a meeting with Tony Wilson. Wilson owned Factory records, which was an established record label, and helped secure Saville’s entry into the music design scene. Below is an example of his promotional work for Factory Records (Petridis, 2013).

Saville is most known for his album cover art, a majority of which he completed for artists under Factory Records. His most notable and recognizable imagery was for Joy Divisions album “Unknown Pleasures”. This imagery collected a cult following and had been re-printed and stolen countless times.

He also created notable work for New Order’s album Blue Monday and another one of Joy Divisions albums “Closer”.

Aside from album covers Saville also worked in branding and as a creative director. He created this spread for Burberry London. Saville had a unique personality that translated into his work.

Following years of album design work, he transitioned to the position of creative director for his hometown council (ArtNet,n.d).

Works Cited:

2022. Peter Saville | Biography, Designs and Facts. [online] Famous Graphic Designers. Available at: <https://www.famousgraphicdesigners.org/peter-saville> [Accessed 11 March 2022].

Artnet.com. 2022. Peter Saville. [online] Available at: <http://www.artnet.com/artists/peter-saville/biography> [Accessed 11 March 2022].

Images from

dezeen.com/2013/09/20/design-by-peter-saville/