Autonomy: The Cover Designs of Anarchy 1961–1970 is a 2012 book edited by Daniel Poyner and published by Hyphen Press, which reproduces all of the cover designs by Rufus Segar of the British monthly anarchist magazine Anarchy from 1961 to 1970.
In his contribution to the book, graphic designer Richard Hollis observed: "Seen against a background of an emerging domination of the image in commercial media and rapid changes in technology, Anarchy'''s covers stand out as a significant record of the early years of graphic design in Britain."
In January 2013, design critic Rick Poynor, reviewed the book in the magazine Creative Review. He observed: "What the book sets out to do, and it succeeds magnificently without visual or verbal hyperbole, is to enrich and add nuance to our understanding of a 1960s graphic landscape we might think we know inside out by acquainting us with unfamiliar work that provided an important forward-thinking publication with its public face."Quoted in Autonomy in Creative Review. Also in 2013, the book was shortlisted for the Bread and Roses Award.Alliance of Radical Booksellers Shortlist for The Bread and Roses Award for Radical Publishing 2013. Academic Gideon Kossoff observed in his review of Autonomy'':
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