Peter Saville

Description	Typographer & Poster designer witha focus on music Album cover art}
Dates	1955-Present
Lived/Worked	Manchester, London, L.A

Best known for...

Posters for the factory night club and record label.

Why is he important?

Saville experimented with type and image to push the boundaries of art and design in the areas of album design and pop culture he was heavily influential in the "Cool Brittania" era

Historical context

Saville was influenced by early modernist symbolism which he juxtaposed with more complex images of coding bars.He also started working in fashion by joining the art director Marc Ascoli and photographer Nick Knight - who was to become a long term collaborator - on advertising campaigns for the Japanese designer Yohji Yamamoto.He drew inspiration from artists like Barbara Kruger and Richard Prince. The pesrson working at this time who i think is most similar to Saville must be Stefan Sagmeister who was also obsessed with music graphics and type.

How to see his work

Saville's work can be viewed in many meusems in his home toen of manchester and at the factory building. He also has exhibits inthe design museum on Londons south bank plus his work can be viewed extensivly on-line.

Peter Saville on the web

http://www.btinternet.com/~comme6/saville/ - {Peter Saville's own website!}