Peter Saville

Peter Saville is an English art director and graphic designer, most commonly known for his record sleeves and album covers, the most popular of which is closer by joy division which was created in 1980.
In 1978 after meeting with Tony Wilson, Peter saville became a partner in the business Factory Records and went on to design sleeves influenced by Jan tschichold. He was also influenced by the book 'Pioneers of Modern Typography' which would explain why his work focused on typographical design which can be seen on many of the sleeves he designed. His work is simple with minimal colours used as to not over shadow the typography.

In 2003 an exabition of his work was on display at London’s design museum titled “the peter saville show.”  

learn more about Peter Saville

http://www.petersaville.info/

 

John Maeda

 

John Maeda is a Japanese-American designer and computer scientist who focuses of design technology and leadership. Due to the fields he looks into he has wrote a book titled the laws of simplisity which is aimed at helping people overcome design problems and flaws and help simplify peoples life in a time where complex technology could be seen to be taking over. John Maeda is currently the president of the Rhode Island school of design. John Maeda likes to combine the technical side of design with the traditional. His work is in the permanent collections of the Museum of Modern Art, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art and the Cartier Foundation in Paris.
Some of John Maedas other achievements are being named one of the 21 most important people in the 21st century and receiving the national design award for communication design.

 

 

John Maedas Fireball

Read more about the laws of simplicity http://lawsofsimplicity.com/

 

Shirley Hughes

Shirley Hughes is a children’s illustrator and author who has illustrated more than 200 books. She worked on books such as my naughty little sister. Shirley later went on to write her own books and illustrate them her self, books such as Lucy & Toms day, this book was so popular that is was made into a series of over 50 books. The classic and traditional look of her work has captured the minds of many people and has led to her success. In 1977 and 2003 shierlys work won the Kate Greenaway medal for British children’s book illustration. Her most famous piece of work is Dogger and in 2007 was voted the favorite piece of work entered into the Kate Greenaway medal competition.  What has made her such an icon illustrater is the way she works, she believes that “A good picture book is never words with illustrations added later to make it look more attractive. As with a movie, the word and image develop together, independently."
In 1999 Shirley Hughes was awarded with an OBE for services to Children’s Literature.

 Learn more about Shirley Hughes and her work: http://alfiebooks.co.uk/allaboutshirleyhughes.asp