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Russell Bestley
Dr Russell Bestley is a Reader in Graphic Design at the London College of Communications, University of the Arts, London. His most recent book, The Art of Punk was co-authored with Alex Ogg and published by Omnibus Press (UK), Voyageur (North America), Hannibal Verlag Gmbh (Germany) and Hugo et Compagnie (France) in 2012. He co-authored and designed a number of publications on the subject of graphic design with design writer and educator Ian Noble, including Visual Research (AVA Academia 2005/2011), Up Against the Wall (RotoVision 2002) and Experimental Layout (RotoVision 2001). He has contributed articles to publications including Eye magazine, Zed, Emigre, The National Grid and the Oxford Encyclopedia of the Modern World. His Ph.D. thesis, 'Hitsville UK: Punk Rock and Graphic Design in the Faraway Towns, 1976-84', was completed in 2008 and led to several publications, a website and exhibitions in London, Southampton, Blackpool and Leeds. He is also involved in the international Punk Scholars Network, a loose knight group of academics involved in the study of punk subcultures.