Comments on: Rave flyers in the 90′s http://beautifuldecay.com/2009/08/21/rave-flyers-in-the-90s/ Beautiful/Decay | Artist Book Series + Daily Art & Design Blog Mon, 13 Feb 2012 09:27:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: jason splat http://beautifuldecay.com/2009/08/21/rave-flyers-in-the-90s/comment-page-1/#comment-50857 jason splat Sun, 11 Sep 2011 00:48:18 +0000 http://beautifuldecay.com/?p=9151#comment-50857 I'll add that in the end, a flyer is ultimately a piece of commercial art. And in being such, it is fashioned to visually showcase the type of event it will be, so it will be a financially successful event.. Promoters ask for a certain look because it sells for them. it's fun to pine for the good ol days where designs were more adventurous, in uncharted territory- but a decade later the scene has since become an industry and promoters want a certain look because it works for them. I’ll add that in the end, a flyer is ultimately a piece of commercial art. And in being such, it is fashioned to visually showcase the type of event it will be, so it will be a financially successful event.. Promoters ask for a certain look because it sells for them. it’s fun to pine for the good ol days where designs were more adventurous, in uncharted territory- but a decade later the scene has since become an industry and promoters want a certain look because it works for them.

]]> By: jason splat http://beautifuldecay.com/2009/08/21/rave-flyers-in-the-90s/comment-page-1/#comment-50855 jason splat Sun, 11 Sep 2011 00:27:47 +0000 http://beautifuldecay.com/?p=9151#comment-50855 wow I just stumbled on this hatefest page.. thanks for trashing my Kandy Fest rave flyer design. I'm sure you are all way better designers than I am. Sarcasm. Its super cool that you all think so highly of yourselves. Real artists have respect for all forms of art, and don't need to bash others to make themselves seem cooler. I'd love to see some examples of your awesome design work that is so much more 'real' than mine. wow I just stumbled on this hatefest page.. thanks for trashing my Kandy Fest rave flyer design. I’m sure you are all way better designers than I am. Sarcasm.

Its super cool that you all think so highly of yourselves. Real artists have respect for all forms of art, and don’t need to bash others to make themselves seem cooler.

I’d love to see some examples of your awesome design work that is so much more ‘real’ than mine.

]]> By: Sara http://beautifuldecay.com/2009/08/21/rave-flyers-in-the-90s/comment-page-1/#comment-17512 Sara Fri, 05 Nov 2010 18:58:32 +0000 http://beautifuldecay.com/?p=9151#comment-17512 I could not agree more. I do a lot of freelance design and probably about 99.5% of it is for raves. It's extremely frustrating to basically degrade myself and be forced to produce the same generic garbage that every other "professional rave flyer" looks like. I just told a fellow designer friend of mine today that I'm about to just stop fulfilling design jobs that request this stuff. As good as the money is it's stressful. A good designer who understands the basis of design cannot easily design stuff that looks this bad. It actually ends up taking me even longer to produce 3d rainbow vomit than it does to create a nice typographical layout (which is my preference). Anyhow... /rant. Glad to know that there are others out there that see the change in rave design and disapprove of it. I could not agree more. I do a lot of freelance design and probably about 99.5% of it is for raves. It’s extremely frustrating to basically degrade myself and be forced to produce the same generic garbage that every other “professional rave flyer” looks like.

I just told a fellow designer friend of mine today that I’m about to just stop fulfilling design jobs that request this stuff. As good as the money is it’s stressful. A good designer who understands the basis of design cannot easily design stuff that looks this bad. It actually ends up taking me even longer to produce 3d rainbow vomit than it does to create a nice typographical layout (which is my preference).

Anyhow… /rant. Glad to know that there are others out there that see the change in rave design and disapprove of it.

]]> By: amnesia http://beautifuldecay.com/2009/08/21/rave-flyers-in-the-90s/comment-page-1/#comment-13282 amnesia Sat, 26 Jun 2010 17:20:23 +0000 http://beautifuldecay.com/?p=9151#comment-13282 The old flyers are definately the best!...and i think they will become more collectable in the future as a piece of social history from an underground sub culture which has never seen anything comparable since the rave scene - the last 'proper' organic movement from the streets in the last 20yrs. If you are into your oldskool rave flyers, then check out this old raver/ flyer designers site on uk ebay, http://myworld.ebay.co.uk/raveonart he sells original flyer art from the uk rave scene from back in the day - proper oldskool - look amazing! He does them on canvas, t shirts, backdrops etc - well worth a look! and quality is excellent! The old flyers are definately the best!…and i think they will become more collectable in the future as a piece of social history from an underground sub culture which has never seen anything comparable since the rave scene – the last ‘proper’ organic movement from the streets in the last 20yrs. If you are into your oldskool rave flyers, then check out this old raver/ flyer designers site on uk ebay, http://myworld.ebay.co.uk/raveonart he sells original flyer art from the uk rave scene from back in the day – proper oldskool – look amazing! He does them on canvas, t shirts, backdrops etc – well worth a look!
and quality is excellent!

]]> By: rene http://beautifuldecay.com/2009/08/21/rave-flyers-in-the-90s/comment-page-1/#comment-10851 rene Wed, 05 May 2010 18:57:23 +0000 http://beautifuldecay.com/?p=9151#comment-10851 Facebook page: Through The Looking Glass: a Journey through Los Angeles' Rave History Facebook page: Through The Looking Glass: a Journey through Los Angeles’ Rave History

]]> By: Fei http://beautifuldecay.com/2009/08/21/rave-flyers-in-the-90s/comment-page-1/#comment-1851 Fei Sun, 23 Aug 2009 00:50:02 +0000 http://beautifuldecay.com/?p=9151#comment-1851 LMNO, You're right, there are some cool flyers. I am in no way dogging all raves, nor am I claiming to be extremely knowledgeable about them. But those are the trends I've noticed particularly in Los Angeles, and that flyer was a particularly bad one. Thanks for that link though! there's nice stuff on there. LMNO,

You’re right, there are some cool flyers. I am in no way dogging all raves, nor am I claiming to be extremely knowledgeable about them. But those are the trends I’ve noticed particularly in Los Angeles, and that flyer was a particularly bad one. Thanks for that link though! there’s nice stuff on there.

]]> By: lmno http://beautifuldecay.com/2009/08/21/rave-flyers-in-the-90s/comment-page-1/#comment-1846 lmno Sat, 22 Aug 2009 10:50:14 +0000 http://beautifuldecay.com/?p=9151#comment-1846 dear beautiful decay, it is so cheesy that you give such a shitty example considering present rave culture, where a lot of goods now still going on! for example: http://flyingflyer.wordpress.com/ i agree that there are some rubbish but there are pretty nice flyers! dear beautiful decay,
it is so cheesy that you give such a shitty example considering present rave culture, where a lot of goods now still going on!
for example:
http://flyingflyer.wordpress.com/
i agree that there are some rubbish but there are pretty nice flyers!

]]> By: junkel http://beautifuldecay.com/2009/08/21/rave-flyers-in-the-90s/comment-page-1/#comment-1839 junkel Fri, 21 Aug 2009 19:23:09 +0000 http://beautifuldecay.com/?p=9151#comment-1839 Tight!! Tight!!

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