ART & DESIGN | punk pioneer: Jamie Reid

Jamie Reid was born in Croydon, United Kingdom in 1947 to a politically-active family. His father was an editor at the Daily Sketch, a tabloid newspaper, and his grandfather was the head of the Druid Order and had stood for parliament just before the first World War.

Reid identifies himself as an anarchist and is influenced by the Situationist movement, an anti-capitalist movement in art and politics. He found that it was difficult to understand the lengthy statements of the Situations, and aimed to "simplify and visualise" their jargon.