On preparing the RayVent we had a great many
ideas for a comprehensive design for the event. The first things to
be completed were the tickets and a poster which was used to advertise
the event online. These had to be available well before the actual RayVent.
You can see the poster on the RayVent main
page. It was never printed but used for online promotion.
The tickets followed a similar design idea. We ended up producing them
with a marginless lamination. There were different tickets for different
days. Since Sunday was the first day of the RayVent to be fixed and
Saturday was the bonus show, Sunday was labelled „RAY DAY I“
while Saturday was called „RAY DAY II“. Some 90 tickets
went on sale for each day.
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Sunday-Ticket |
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Saturday-Ticket |
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The RayVent Programme
As for every fanclub event there was a brief
programme available made up of four pages in A5 [14.8cm x 21cm; approx.
half the size of a legal sheet]. The design of the programme was based
on a map of Ray’s birthplace of Dumfries, Scotland. The credits
still mention Ray, Irvin and Amanda Lyon. When the printing was commissioned
we did not know that Steve Wilson would take Amanda Lyon’s role
in the Acoustic Trio.
Interestingly enough, the photo we used was later also used as a basis
for Ray Wilson’s Live 2CD and for the Live t-shirt which
was designed by club and RayVent crew member Martin Timmerbeil. You can
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The RayVent Passes
We make up a couple of access cards that borrow
from a couple of Genesis shows. These cards are assembled from a combination
of different Genesis motives. On normal club days, they are just a gimmick.
The RayVent, however, was a major event not least due to Ray’s concert.
We decided to have access cards again and tried to pick a layout that
related to the event. Since Ray Wilson is from Scotland, as is whisky,
we based the RayVent access cards on a whisky label. By clicking on the
individual access cards you will be able to see a larger version of the
images including the original whisky label. |
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The RayVent T-Shirt
Last but not least we also had a limited edition
of RayVent T-shirts produced. The shirts feature the image on the front
as well as an „it“ logo on the sleeve. Find photos of it in
the gallery. Ray wore this shirt
for his performances. On the photo in the right you can see the crew shirt
by the mcmuffin company who were
so kind as to produce the programme, the access cards, tickets and t-shirts. |
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RayVent T-Shirt |
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RayVent Crew-Shirt |
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Author: Christian Gerhardts
translated by Martin Klinkhardt |
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