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Peter Saville: Design Museum. (London).


Peter Saville Peter Saville (born 1955 in Manchester[1]) is an English graphic designer based in London. [1]

Saville attended St Ambrose College. He studied graphic design at Manchester Polytechnic (later Manchester Metropolitan University) from 1975 to 1978.
, the British graphic designer and cofounder co·found  
tr.v. co·found·ed, co·found·ing, co·founds
To establish or found in concert with another or others.



co·found
 of Manchester's Factory Records recently voted "the most admired person in the creative industries" by his peers, probably remains best known for his groundbreaking, two-decade-plus collaboration with Joy Division/New Order. Less publicly acknowledged is his understated--yet pervasively influential--work for the fashion houses of Yohji Yamamoto Yōji Yamamoto(山本 耀司、Yamamoto Yōji, born 3 October 1943) is an internationally known Japanese fashion designer based out of Paris, Japan, and New York. , Jil Sander
''This article is about the fashion designer Jil Sander. For the fashion house of the same name, see Jil Sander AG.
Jil Sander is a German fashion designer known for understated and sleek designs, luxurious fabrics and her perfume line.
, Christian Dior, Givenchy, and Stella McCartney and the epoch-defining "looks" he created for Roxy Music and '9os Britpop favorites Suede and Pulp. The Design Museum's midcareer survey "The Peter Saville Show" will chart this maverick designer's singular and determined path through an often fickle pop-cultural landscape. May 23-Sept. 14.
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Author:Higgs, Matthew
Publication:Artforum International
Article Type:Brief Article
Geographic Code:4EUUK
Date:May 1, 2003
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