No Sleep by DJ Stretch Armstrong

No Sleep

NYC Nightlife Flyers 1988-1999

DJ Stretch Armstrong, Evan Auerbach

powerHouse Books · Print & ebook · November 23, 2016

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Who it’s for
A visual history of New York City club life, told through flyers from 1988 to 1999.
Themes
New York City nightlife history, Club flyer art, Ephemeral print culture
Genres
Advertising Design, Pop Culture & Art, Music History

About this book

No Sleepis a visual history of the halcyon days of New York City club life as told through flyer art. Spanning the late 80s through the late 90s, when nightlife buzz travelled via flyers and word of mouth,No Sleepfeatures a collection of artwork from the personal archives of NYC DJs, promoters, club kids, nightlife impresarios, and the artists themselves.

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Club flyers, by design, were ephemeral objects distributed on street corners, outside of nightclubs and concert halls, in barbershops and retail shops, and were not intended to be preserved for posterity. Through the 90s, they became both increasingly prevalent and more sophisticated as printing technology evolved. Overnight, however, with the advent of the internet, theflyer essentially disappeared, despite it being common at one time for promoters to print thousands of flyers for any given event. Recently, these flyers have become sought-after collector's items.

NYC Club Flyers

A visual history of New York City club life, told through flyers from 1988 to 1999.

Come here for

  • Flyer artwork from New York City nightlife, 1988–1999
  • A look at how club flyers circulated and changed

Expect

  • Artwork from DJs’, promoters’, club kids’ and artists’ personal archives
  • The rise of flyer printing and its disappearance with the internet

Where it sits

Advertising Design42%
Pop Culture & Art34%
Music History29%

Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.

Publisher categories

  • Printmaking
  • Advertising Design
  • Rap & Hip Hop
Authors
DJ Stretch Armstrong, Evan Auerbach
Publisher
powerHouse Books
Published
November 23, 2016
Format
Print & ebook
Theme
New York City nightlife history · Club flyer art · Ephemeral print culture
Reading lane
Printmaking