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I love what Peter Saville was doing with his art back then, bringing industrial cues into places that both contrasted and chimed so beatully. I love his Power C

by Neil44 9y ago

I love what Peter Saville was doing with his art back then, bringing industrial cues into places that both contrasted and chimed so beatully. I love his Power Corruption & Lies cover where he just adds the colour bar, so simple. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Power,_Corruption_%26_Lies https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Power,_Corruption_%26_Lies If you look at the promo stuff he was doing for Factory Records in the late 70s and 80s it still looks great today.

TheOtherHobbes 9y ago
I think Peter Saville possibly qualifies for the genius label. If you compare the industry standard sleeve and poster designs of that time with his work for Factory, it's like getting visual communications from another world. (Literally, with the Unknown Pleasures art.) He completely transformed the industry's approach to imagery - and I suspect that neither Joy Division nor New Order would have been nearly as successful without his iconic covers.
- Doctor_Fegg 9y ago
  And for a long period, too: the covers for True Faith (1987) and Technique (1989) were still startling in their newness. (If I ever come into serious money I'm buying this: https://fineartmultiple.com/buy-art/peter-saville-monarch-of-the-glen/ https://fineartmultiple.com/buy-art/peter-saville-monarch-of... ...) Worth noting that the pulsar image was actually found by Bernard Sumner/Albrecht, Joy Division's guitarist (and later New Order's singer), though of course Saville transformed it from found imagery to iconic sleeve.
- Neil44 9y ago
  He's great. Theres a book you should check out, 'Designed by Peter Saville', it's got a lot of his work from that period.
- joezydeco 9y ago
  His work on Tony Wilson's headstone (FAC-501) is pretty fantastic, too. http://www.anothermag.com/art-photography/2651/peter-saville-on-tony-wilsons-headstone http://www.anothermag.com/art-photography/2651/peter-saville...
kagamine 9y ago
I had a friend who collected Factory Records 12" for the sleeves (music too, but even if we didn't like the music, we got the record). I used to go around the record shops and search with him. Was too broke to do it for myself alone. The album art by Factory was sometimes better than the music on the record.
brianzelip 9y ago
'Factory Records : The Complete Graphic Album' book, 2006 https://vufind.carli.illinois.edu/all/vf-uiu/Record/8188597 https://vufind.carli.illinois.edu/all/vf-uiu/Record/8188597

by Neil44 9y ago

TheOtherHobbes 9y ago

I think Peter Saville possibly qualifies for the genius label. If you compare the industry standard sleeve and poster designs of that time with his work for Factory, it's like getting visual communications from another world. (Literally, with the Unknown Pleasures art.) He completely transformed the industry's approach to imagery - and I suspect that neither Joy Division nor New Order would have been nearly as successful without his iconic covers.

Doctor_Fegg 9y ago
And for a long period, too: the covers for True Faith (1987) and Technique (1989) were still startling in their newness. (If I ever come into serious money I'm buying this: https://fineartmultiple.com/buy-art/peter-saville-monarch-of-the-glen/ https://fineartmultiple.com/buy-art/peter-saville-monarch-of... ...) Worth noting that the pulsar image was actually found by Bernard Sumner/Albrecht, Joy Division's guitarist (and later New Order's singer), though of course Saville transformed it from found imagery to iconic sleeve.
Neil44 9y ago
He's great. Theres a book you should check out, 'Designed by Peter Saville', it's got a lot of his work from that period.
joezydeco 9y ago
His work on Tony Wilson's headstone (FAC-501) is pretty fantastic, too. http://www.anothermag.com/art-photography/2651/peter-saville-on-tony-wilsons-headstone http://www.anothermag.com/art-photography/2651/peter-saville...

kagamine 9y ago

I had a friend who collected Factory Records 12" for the sleeves (music too, but even if we didn't like the music, we got the record). I used to go around the record shops and search with him. Was too broke to do it for myself alone. The album art by Factory was sometimes better than the music on the record.

brianzelip 9y ago

'Factory Records : The Complete Graphic Album' book, 2006 https://vufind.carli.illinois.edu/all/vf-uiu/Record/8188597 https://vufind.carli.illinois.edu/all/vf-uiu/Record/8188597