Peter Saville is an English art director and graphic designer that came to fame for the many record sleeves he designed for Factory Records, of which he was a director.
Cryptic and enigmatic yet lush and often beautiful, Saville's groundbreaking work for bands like Joy Division, New Order, Pulp, and Suede perfectly complemented the music contained therein, appropriating styles and sensibilities from across the artistic spectrum to convey moods and messages unique to their musical time and place.
Saville developed a unique style rooted in appropriation, referencing and revitalising images and aesthetics from throughout art history in a bold, thoroughly postmodernist context.
Everything he’s involved himself in evinces a rare degree of rigour, consistency and an ongoing desire to experiment. The New Order sleeves are particularly fascinating as a continuing narrative about the potential of design.
I think Saville is fantastic, making something fairly simple into a great piece of work with his own artistic signature. Most album covers of his are quite simplistic but still address the relation between the art and the music.
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