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Legitimacy in a throwaway world is the eternal art/pop/punk paradox. Part of The Six Cities Design Festival, DIY’s self-generated gig posters, record sleeves, T-shirts and other packages both confirms and runs counter to received wisdom. Hand-knitted by off-radar itinerants seizing the means of production then scribbling over its airbrushed sheen, archived moments become legend.

Peter Savile’s early Factory posters and Raymond Pettibon’s Minutemen and Blag Flag sleeves set contrasting tones. Optimo’s screenprint for last month’s show by Blurt, Wounded Knee’s customised buff brown pay-day envelope CDr sleeves and Uncle John and Whitelock’s restyled vintage blues covers favour classic reappropriation.

You can touch and play most of what’s on display as well as look. While poring over Annebel Wright’s variations on a sleeve, Bill Wells’ ‘Also In White’ makes a jaunty accompaniment.