Peter Saville for Arkitip

27 July 2010

Issue Edition Special Pricing Offer

For a limited time we are offering the complete Peter Saville issue edition at half price.

Peter Saville is best known for creating the seminal designs of Factory Records' recording artists including Joy Division and New Order. His proclivity for subtle rebellion against the design status quo kept his designs on the edge throughout his career, and fans eagerly awaiting his next direction.

Creating visual communication for popular music, has put him in a unique position to influence the minds of young people. Most people grow out of the designs that adorned their walls in their teens or early twenties. But Saville's work borrowed from cultural references which influenced the viewer by presenting them with an artist or typographer that they may not have been aware of.

While the designer maintains that the quality of the writing and the music is what makes people keep the records adorned by his designs, he is happy that these images "create a visual influence which the recipient could take with them in their adult life." He has often appropriated fine art images in his work while being careful treat them respectfully. Introducing these images in this way to the masses he says is, "probably the most useful thing that I've done."

Arkitip No. 0049 was produced as a virtual catalog of Peter's work. It  includes two original prints from the designer in an edition of 1500. The prints are 12 x 12 inches on 100 lb. archival stock and sit on top of the magazine inside a custom designed box carefully encasing the magazine and prints.

Featuring:
Peter Saville

Peter Saville essay from:
Matt Robertson

With Editorials from:
Studio Von Birken, Tony Arcabascio, Nieves, C.R. Stecyk III, Frank Novak & Joshua Gregory

7.75 x 10.5 In. (19.685 x 26.67 cm)
112 pages + covers
Four color offset printed, perfect bound
Hand packaged & numbered ltd. edition of 1500

Packaged with:
One Wire Mesh print 12 x 12 In. (30.48 x 30.48 cm)
One Hazard print 12 x 12 In. (30.48 x 30.48 cm)
Issue and prints packaged inside custom Peter Saville designed box
(Choose between the Wire Mesh and Hazard designs)

* We have shot videos to spotlight the issue supplement and packaging details of this special issue edition. These videos can be seen on the product page or on the official Arkitip Vimeo page.

Take advantage of this special pricing and opportunity to celebrate one of the most influential designers of our generation.