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    Peter Saville is a graphic designer born in 1955 in Manchester, England. He studied graphic design and is known for his album cover designs for bands like Joy Division and New Order through his work with Factory Records from 1979-1991. Saville also founded design studios like Peter Saville Associates and worked on projects for fashion brands. He is renowned for his minimalist style and ability to capture the essence or "epitome" of identity through his graphic design work.

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    Peter Saville is a graphic designer born in 1955 in Manchester, England. He studied graphic design and is known for his album cover designs for bands like Joy Division and New Order through his work with Factory Records from 1979-1991. Saville also founded design studios like Peter Saville Associates and worked on projects for fashion brands. He is renowned for his minimalist style and ability to capture the essence or "epitome" of identity through his graphic design work.

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    Peter Saville is a graphic designer born in 1955 in Manchester, England. He studied graphic design and is known for his album cover designs for bands like Joy Division and New Order through his work with Factory Records from 1979-1991. Saville also founded design studios like Peter Saville Associates and worked on projects for fashion brands. He is renowned for his minimalist style and ability to capture the essence or "epitome" of identity through his graphic design work.

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    Saturday, March 19, 2011

    Peter Saville

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    Peter Saville
    Capturing the Epitome

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    Capturing the Epitome

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    LIFE
    • Born in Manchester, England(1955)
    • Studied Graphic Design at Manchester
    Polytechnic(1975-1978)
    • Worked on album covers(1979-2005)
    • Factory Records(1979-1991)
    • Peter Saville Associates(1983-1990)
    • Lived in Los Angeles for a year(1993-1994)
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    WORK
    • Co-found Factory Records(1979-1991)
    • Does artwork for Joy Division
    and Orchestral Manoeuvres
    in the Dark

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    • Starts 13 year collaboration with Brett
    Wickens
    • Opens Peter Saville Associates
    • Designs fashion catalogues for Yohji
    Yamamoto(1986)

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    • Joins Pentagram(1991-1992)

    • Moves to Los Angeles(1993-1994)

    • Meire(1995-1999)
    Opens The Apartment with Meire and

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    • Created identity for Design Museum
    website
    • Commissioned to visually design a culture
    identity for Manchester(2004)

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    THOUGHTS
    ON WORK
    • Captures the epitome in identity work

    • Late deliveries

    • Worked freely

    • American working method

    • Juxtaposition

    • Overuse of graphics

    • “Music covers are not graphic design, they do not


    communicate anything, they have no purpose in
    that respect.”

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    PHOTOGRAPHS
    OF VANDERSLICE

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    Bibliography
    • http://paulstolper.com/gallery/serie.php?id_album=14

    • http://blog.eyemagazine.com/?p=166

    • http://www.eyemagazine.com/feature.php?id=49&fid=57.

    • http://www.iconeye.com/index.php?
    option=com_content&view=article&id=2731:peter-saville--
    icon-004--julyaugust-2003

    • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Saville_(designer)

    • http://designmuseum.org/design/peter-saville

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