Party Art/Design

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::: Party/Club/Rave Aesthetics :::

Ackland-Snow, Nicola, Nathan Brett, and Steven Williams. “Fly: Art of the Club Flyer”. London: Watson-Guptill, 1997.

Beddard, Phil & Savage, Jon “Highflyers: clubravepartyart”  (Book) 2002

Berlin, Chelsea Louise “Rave Art Flyers, invitations membership cards” (acid haus/raves) 

Jordan, Joel T., Summer Forest Hoeckel, and Jason A. Forest Jordan. “Searching for the Perfect Beat: Flyer Designs of the American Rave Scene”. London: Watson-Guptill, 2000.

Rose, Cynthia “Design After Dark: The Story of Dancefloor Style” (Book) 1991

Alwakeel, Ramzy “The Aesthetics of Protest in UK Rave” Dancecult 1:2 2010 

Parkin, Simon “Visual Energy: Flyer Design and its Relationship with Acid House” 1999 (thesis on flyer design, aesthetic and art in acid house, raves etc) 

Rick Bull “The Aesthetics of Acid” 1997 http://snarl.org/youth/rickacid.pdf

Smith, Raven (ed.) “Club Kids: From Speakeasies to Boombox and Beyond” 2008

St John, Graham (ed.) “Free NRG: Notes From the Edge of the Dancefloor” (inc. Australian rave/activist/protest texts, flyers, histories)  

Vatoff, Jones & Klinner “Rave: Sydney Rave Flyers 1990-95”  2014 

Yordanoc, Oggy “New Club Kids: London Party Fashion in the Noughties” 2014

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::: Rave Zines :::

Rave Archive (Zines) 

“Booting off the Doors: The Acid House Issue” LSD Magazine 2009 

It’s All About Flyers (zine articles & copies)

regrette etcetera

::: Rave/hardcore flyers archives :::

Phat Media 

Rave Flyers

Fantazia Flyer Library 

UK Free Parties and Free Festivals 1990-1994

It’s All About Flyers

Hardcore Will Never Die 

Sydney Underground Techno 

::: Photo books/collections :::

Out of Order – A Photographic Celebration of the Free Party Scene

See: also http://www.mollymacindoe.com/out-of-order ,

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