中文简介：

朋克时代的音乐和平面设计领域的DIY精神改变了音乐和设计世界。制作唱片和封面不再需要唱片公司或训练有素的设计师，只需几张Letraset纸和一台复印机。本书致力于弘扬这种具有独特魅力和个性化特点的DIY图形设计风格，这些设计通常由乐队成员、唱片公司老板或朋友完成而非专业设计师。这些封面虽然很少有正常意义上的美丽，但它们都有一种紧迫感和令人振奋的对设计惯例的漠视，这使它们与众不同。它们都是对独立和摆脱流行行业规范的明确呼声。本书精选了设计师、Unit Editions联合创始人托尼·布鲁克（Tony Brook）和知名朋克学者拉斯·贝斯特利（Russ Bestley）的唱片收藏中的作品，并采访了马尔科姆·加勒特（Malcolm Garrett）、Mute创始人丹尼尔·米勒（Daniel Miller）和Sniffin' Glue编辑兼音乐家马克·佩里（Mark Perry）。

英文简介：

Music from the punk era transformed the world of music. If you could play three chords, you could make records. You didn't even need a record label. You could start your own.

The same thing happened in graphic design. All you needed were a few sheets of Letraset and access to a photocopier, and you could make your own record covers. And lots of people did just that.

Action Time Vision: Punk & Post-Punk 7″ Record Sleeves is a celebration of DIY graphics from the punk and post-punk eras. You might call it outsider graphic design.

With a few exceptions, trained designers rarely did 7″ singles covers for this notoriously shouty and aggressive music. Apart from a few covers done by Barney Bubbles and Peter Saville, most punk and post-punk covers were designed by band members, label owners or friends.

Few of the sleeves showcased here are beautiful in the normal sense of the word. But they all have an urgency and an exhilarating disregard for design conventions that makes them exceptional. They are all clarion calls for independence and freedom from pop industry norms.

The work in this book is culled from the record collections of designer (and Unit Editions co-founder) Tony Brook, and leading punk scholar Russ Bestley. As one of the world's leading authorities on punk and post-punk music, Russ has contributed an insightful essay to the book.

The book also features interviews with designer Malcolm Garrett, Mute founder Daniel Miller and Sniffin' Glue editor and musician Mark Perry.