Monday, January 7, 2008

Peter Saville







Peter Saville


Peter Saville was born in 1955, he studied Graphic Design at Manchester Polytechnic University, from 1974-1978.
He was obsessed with rock music, photography Helmut Newton and Guy Bourdin.Peter Saville has a Modernist style. He has made key innovations in the field of visual communications, and in recent times he has had a profound effect on the interplay between art, design and advertising.
Saville's first contract was a poster for his alternative Factory Club in Manchester.
Saville started creating a new style of factory deisn, he produced covers for Joy Division, from which New Order were later to emerge, which made him famous. This style distinguished itself by a down-to-earth, "post" modern appearance.


Through his work he has impressed a Pop culture that sees itself as the dissolution of the emotionally charged, hippy fashion, proclaiming a strong emphasis on the superficial and a "cold" style.








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