Saville, Peter 1955

Peter Saville is a British graphic designer and art director. He attended Manchester Polytechnic (now Manchester Metropolitan University) from 1975-1978 where he studied graphic design. He met local broadcaster Tony Wilson in 1978. Wilson commissioned Saville to design a poster for his Factory night at the Russell Club, Hulme. The poster became the first item in the Factory Catalogue. Saville was a Parftner in Factory Records along with Wilson, Alan Erasmus, Martin Hannett and Rob Gretton. He designed the record sleeves for many of the artists on Factory Records as well as stationery and other brand items for the company. He moved to London in 1979 and joined Dindisc as artistic director. He established his own studio, Peter Saville Associates, in the mid-1980s, working with Brett Wickens. He closed this studio in 1990 to join Pentagram. He moved to Los Angeles in 1993 to work for the advertising agency Frankfurt Balkind, but quickly returned to London where he re-opened his studio with Howard Wakefield. His design consultancy clients include Selfridges, Yohji Yamamoto, Stella McCartney and EMI. He became Creative Director of the City of Manchester in 2004.