Does Size matter?

As the rave scene evolved and I guess printing got cheaper, rave flyers went from A5 to A4 to A3 and then to designs with many pages or folds. Which ones do you prefer? I think the A3 ones have the most impact, but were easily damaged when collected at the end of the night. Plus they don't fit in any of my filing systems as they are so large.... A4 are perfect IMO. A5 just a little to small to get that visual impact...

A is for Amnesia House

Amnesia House have been around since 1989 and though there early flyers are not stunning examples of what a classic rave flyer is, some of their later ones are classic examples of how raves used popular culture to advertise events. Take the Benson & Hedges flyer as an example. Its unmistakable as the cigeratte packets but it Amnesia as well. A number of other companies used this same trick including the Eclipse (classic Eastenders one for instance) and Sterns/Interdance.

I don't think they are as nice to look at as some of the more computer imagery ones but they are a very distinct style. What do you think?

Growing up with Rave Flyers

Why are Rave Flyers so collectable and well loved by a large section of people? Many website have been dedicated to them and more than any other recent form of advert they are revered, swapped and collected. Is it because many people were at chool when they firt came out and they were an aspirational thing to collect, alluring to future parties yet to be experiance. Or was it because if you went to those parties their flyer, with list of attraction, mega turbo sounds sytems and a line soccer team sized lineup that would play the tunes you loved, would remind you of thoe nights....

Or do they jut look cool, with the new age style computer generated graphics combination or original artwork from the likes of World Dance & Dreamscape designer Pez who created magical scene....

I don't know but we are going to explore some of those flyers in this blog and hopefully get your opinions on whether i am just talking bollocks. Do post details of your favourite ones and comment on the rave flyers I post up.

If you want to look at a collection of those flyers from the past or just haven't got a club what I am talking about do check out the Fantazia Rave Flyer Archive. We are aiming to include all the main flyers on here and unusual this will include the reverse and inner pages which rarely get shown on fan website already on the web....