Peter Saville - FAC 1 TO MCR

Lecture date: 2006-11-30
An illustrated and conversational trawl with AACP director Shumon Basar through three decades of Peter Saville's graphic work, ranging from seminal record covers for Joy Division and New Order to art direction for the cultural image of Manchester.
Peter Saville studied graphic design at Manchester Polytechnic. In 1979 he became a founding partner in Factory Records. Post-Factory clients have included Yohji Yamamoto, Christian Dior and the Whitechapel Gallery.
In 2000, Saville founded SHOWstudio.com with photographer Nick Knight. A major retrospective of his work showed at the Design Museum in 2003.

[@damon6852]

Very, very surprised this video has sooo few views! Peter is not only a fascinating and brilliant commentator on culture, he played a central role in guiding and influencing some of the most important bands of the 20th century!

[@pickering9200]

Fantastic take on Councils and Branding. Great guy, great interview

[@80srevival44]

Thanks for sharing! One forgets how important album cover visual art is to the music art inside the package. Saville is brilliant.

[@jonesy2111]

I have to say as an artist that Mr Saville is the visual master of our times (pop etc) by default

[@brandongacer1850]

Genius

[@AndrewWells]

"New Order is now Bernard Sumners' band... and they are the worse for it"

[@SuperGrimupnorth]

made record covers using work place inspired images and signs......so what. the music would of still been just as influential if it was rapped up in sand paper or as something simple as a floppy disk

[@alimhaider8680]

it added a layer to it that can't be denied

[@matrags]

All Art is a blag my friend.

[@stannats2637]

I agree, it looks lovely

[@AndrewInCanada99]

I see your point, but in my opinion the record sleeve is just as important as the music, the two kind of go hand in hand. Sure it’s easy in theory to put a floppy disk on a cover, but not everyone thinks to do it. The first New Order record, Movement, is an excellent example of this. On first glance it’s just a blue sleeve with the band logo, but everything was meticulously thought out; the font, the shade of colour, the position of the lettering, etc. Saville really pioneered the idea that minimalist art could be just as impactful as grandiose and epic album art.

[@thisisadebrown]

But that is what he did... after a while you got drawn to his work, knowing that the contents would be cool

[@rupertbloomsbury9789]

Just goes to show how overrated New Order really is.