Russell Bestley is a Principal Lecturer at the London College of Communication. His areas of specialist interest include graphic design research methodologies, information design and the history of popular culture.

He has co-authored and designed a number of publications, including Visual Research: An Introduction to Research Methodologies in Graphic Design (AVA Academia 2004) – 2nd Edition to be published Summer 2011, Up Against the Wall: International Poster Design (RotoVision 2002) and Experimental Layout (RotoVision 2001), and has worked professionally as a designer and writer for a number of art and design galleries and institutions. 

Russell completed his PhD thesis in Graphic Design in 2007, entitled Hitsville UK: Punk Rock and Graphic Design in the Faraway Towns, 1976-84, and has contributed articles to publications including Eye magazine, Zed, Émigré and the Oxford Encyclopaedia of the Modern World.