'''Peter Saville''' (born 1955) is a graphic designer based in his native city of Manchester,_England. He has a firm, Peter_Saville_Associates and is mostly known for his work on album covers for Joy_Division, New_Order as well as other musicians signed to Factory_Records, the record label he co-founded. In addition to his music-related work, his clients have included CNN, Adobe_Systems, Givenchy and Stella_McCartney. Saville studied graphic design at Manchester_Polytechnic from 1975 to 1978. Influenced by his fellow student, Malcolm Garrett, who had begun designing for the Manchester punk group, the Buzzcocks, and by Herbert_Spencer's ''Pioneers of Modern Typography'', Saville was inspired by Jan_Tschichold, chief propagandist for the New Typography. Saville entered the music scene after meeting Tony_Wilson, the journalist and Television_presenter, whom he approached at a Patti_Smith gig in 1978. This resulted in Wilson commissioning the first Factory_Records poster, Fac 1, Saville's first Classical/Modernist work. In July 1978 he graduated from Manchester with a first class degree. After leaving college, Saville co-founded Factory Records with Wilson, Rob Gretton and Alan Erasmus. In 1979, he moved to London and became art director of the Virgin offshoot, Din Disc. He subsequently created a body of work which furthered his refined take on Modernism, working for everyone from Roxy_Music to OMD. In March 2004, Saville was appointed creative director for Manchester city. ==Selected works== Image:unknownpleasures.jpg|Joy_Division - ''Unknown_Pleasures'' Image:JoyDivisionCloseralbumcover.jpg|Joy_Division - ''Closer'' Image:truefaithsmall.jpg|New_Order - ''True_Faith'' Image:neworder_technique200x200.jpg|New_Order - ''Technique'' Image:comingupsmall.jpg|Suede - ''Coming Up'' ==Further reading== *''Designed by Peter Saville'' - Peter Saville (Princeton Architectural Press, 2003) ==External links== *Peter Saville Associates *Peter Saville biography *A selection of Factory designs, primarily New Order *Peter Saville Information *Spike Magazine Interview * http://www.bluemondayownersclub.com Saville, Peter Saville, Peter De:Peter_Saville Ja:ピーター・サヴィル