Too Fast to Live Too Young to Die: Punk & Post Punk Graphics 1976-1986

This book contains a selection of over 650 posters, club flyers, record covers and adverts from the collection. The artworks are put into context by graphic design experts, academics and commentators. Among them former art director of the New York Times Steven Heller, Reader in Graphic Design & Subcultures at London College of Communication Dr Russ Bestley, graphic design writer Rick Poynor, designer Malcolm Garrett and Pulitzer Prize-winning editor Michael Wilde. The book spans the growth and evolution of punk on both sides of the Atlantic including The Clash, The Buzzocks, Iggy Pop and the Stooges, Television, The Ramones, Patti Smith, Talking Heads, Devo, Blondie, Flying Lizards, Public Image Ltd, The Only Ones, The Slits, New Order, REM and Joy Division.

Two chapters by Russ Bestley – one drawn from a 1999 Eye article on DIY and post-punk record sleeves and an interview with Mike Coles of Malicious Damage records, were combined for this publication. Bestley also provided captions, pull quotes and other parts of the editorial.