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Art director Peter
Saville's work will always be synonymous with the bands Joy Division
and New Order.
And his landmark album covers and artwork for Manchester's Factory
Records have influenced UK design right across the board - from
sleeve art to corporate identity.
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The
Factory
Poster 1978
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Now for the first
time, the Design Museum has amassed an amazing body of his work,
including the earliest creations for Factory and for Roxy Music,
right up to his consultancy work for Givenchy and his own "recycled"
abstract art.
The Peter Saville Show doesn't just dwell on the finished product
- it also gives an insight into the creative
process surrounding his distinctive brand of graphic design.
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Saville is fastidious about archiving and not just his work in progress
but source material too, and the Design Museum has been given access
to some hidden gems.
Music fans will
recognise the whisky advert that inspired Electronic's Getting
Away With It sleeve, the science manual that give Joy Division's
Unknown Pleasure LP its motif - and the book that give him
the idea for the Factory poster.
In addition his controversial fashion campaigns for Japanese designer
Yohji Yamamoto and his work with other musicians such as OMD, Pulp,
Suede and Wham are all well covered.
loyal
clients
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Power,
Corruption and Lies - New Order
Album cover 1983
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The retrospective
also features new music from his most loyal clients, New Order,
which will be released in the coming weeks.
Trivia fans will also note the TV footage of Peter Saville's old
Factory partner Tony Wilson interviewing Iggy Pop and other punk
and new wave artists.
Music or design
fan or neither, this exhibition is an excellent introduction to
graphic design and how it has evolved over the past 25 years.
And if you are a music fan, it will serve only to endear you more
to one of the industry's most influential figures.
The
Peter Saville Show is at the Design Museum, Shad Thames, SE1 until
14 September . Open daily from 10.00 - 17.45, admission £6,
£4 cons. Nearest tube: Tower Hill, London Bridge
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