Peter Saville Prints: The Factory Records Designer

Peter Saville leaning forward in a dark brown jacket over a navy top, looking to the right against a grey studio backdrop — Peter Saville. Photo: Nick Knight, via Dezeen. Framed by CoolCuration.

Last updated: 2 November 2026

Peter Saville, born in Manchester in 1955, is the graphic designer who co-founded Factory Records and designed its sleeves for Joy Division and New Order. He was made a CBE in 2020. Peter Saville prints are rare on the open market, but the ICA sells an A1 lithograph by him for £100 in an edition of 100.

Our take on Peter Saville as an artist

Saville's record sleeves taught a generation of designers that you can leave things out. His Factory covers often had no band name or title on the front at all, just an image, a colour or a piece of type.

The Peter Saville print on our editions page carries the same idea into the internet age. Looks Like You've Reached the End (Found) is a single grey cloud on a flat lilac ground, made for the ICA in London. The title is the message a website shows when you scroll to the bottom of a feed.

He has said the material that informed his early work "was about things I didn't have", in a 2021 interview with Dezeen. That hunger for things just out of reach still shows in how sparse his work is.

Peter Saville: the essentials

Born in Manchester in 1955 and studied graphic design at Manchester Polytechnic from 1975 to 1978, according to the Design Museum.
Designed the 1978 poster for the Factory club night, then co-founded Factory Records in 1979 as its art director. He designed its sleeves for Joy Division and New Order until 1993, including Blue Monday and Power, Corruption & Lies (1983).
Co-founded the fashion website SHOWstudio with Nick Knight in 2000, and has been Creative Director for Manchester since 2004, according to his gallery, Paul Stolper.
The Design Museum held The Peter Saville Show in 2003.
Became a Royal Designer for Industry in 2011, won the London Design Medal in 2013 and was made a CBE in 2020 (RDI).
The National Portrait Gallery holds portraits of him, including one by Wolfgang Tillmans (2002).

Peter Saville exhibitions: now on and recent

We found no Peter Saville exhibition on now or announced. His most recent gallery shows were with Paul Stolper in London: Peter Saville and Anna Blessmann: Limited Edition Book and Print Launch, 28 November 2019 to 18 January 2020, and In Course of Arrangement, 2015. His full list is on his gallery page.

Where to buy Peter Saville prints

The Peter Saville print we list is Looks Like You've Reached the End (Found), 2021, from the ICA shop. It is a lithograph at about A1, 59 x 84cm (23.2 x 33.1in), in an edition of 100 with a signed certificate, for £100. UK delivery is £30, or you can collect it free from the ICA on the Mall.

The signature is on the certificate, not on the print. Other Saville editions turn up through his gallery and, now and then, at auction, where his Factory-related objects sell to collectors.

If his kind of pared-back design is your thing, our gifts for designers guide is a good next stop.

Peter Saville FAQs

Who is Peter Saville?

A British graphic designer, born in Manchester in 1955, who co-founded Factory Records and designed its sleeves for Joy Division and New Order between 1979 and 1993.

Is the ICA Peter Saville print signed?

The edition of 100 comes with a signed certificate. The print itself is not signed.

What did Peter Saville design for New Order?

Among others, the Blue Monday sleeve and Power, Corruption & Lies (1983), according to the Design Museum.

How much is a Peter Saville print?

The ICA lithograph costs £100, plus £30 UK delivery unless you collect it. This isn't investment advice.

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