Turning Revolt into Style

The Process and Practice of Punk Graphic Design

Russ Bestley

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Manchester University Press
01 October 2025

Graphic design

Series: Studies in Design and Material Culture

Turning revolt into style: The process and practice of punk graphic design is a comprehensive analysis of punk aesthetics and the subculture's key watchwords of do-it-yourself, autonomy, and authenticity in relation to the professional practices and technological conventions of the graphic design and print industries in the late 1970s and early 1980s.

By: Russ Bestley
Imprint: Manchester University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 240mm, Width: 170mm, Spine: 24mm
Weight: 814g
ISBN: 9781526151322
ISBN 10: 1526151324
Series: Studies in Design and Material Culture
Pages: 288
Publication Date: 01 October 2025
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Introduction 1 Pretty vacant: Punk graphic themes 2 Material interventions: Punk graphic processes 3 Design it yourself: The punk diaspora 4 Your generation: Punk designers and the art departments 5 New sounds, new styles: Design and technology 6 A different kind of tension: Industry and the individual 7 Parallel lines: Into the eighties 8 Retro-spective: Influence and legacy Bibliography -- .

Russ Bestley is Reader in Graphic Design & Subcultures at London College of Communication.