How to Design a Fictional 1990s Rave Flyer Using Midjourney and Figma Weave

The Chaos Aesthetic of early 90s Rave Culture

Before graphic design became clean, minimalist, and thoroughly sanitised by corporate brand guidelines, it was delightfully, aggressively chaotic. The flyers of the early 1990s British rave scene—advertising legendary warehouse parties and outdoor gatherings like Fantazia, Raindance, and Universe—were a riot of neon gradients, distorted futuristic typography, low-fidelity 3D renders, and cheeky corporate logo parodies.

It was an era where more was definitely more, and readability was completely optional.

In this guide, we are going to resurrect this legendary aesthetic. We will use /platforms/midjourney to generate the raw, surreal 3D elements and liquid chrome textures that defined the era, and then bring those assets into /platforms/figma-weave to assemble the final layout, apply destructive colour treatments, and layer on distorted vector typography.

Phase 1: Generating the Acid Graphics in Midjourney

To capture the true essence of 1991 to 1995, we need to avoid clean, modern rendering styles. We are aiming for the look of early Silicon Graphics workstation renders: chunky polygons, metallic liquid chrome, high-contrast lighting, and vibrant, almost nauseating neon colour palettes.

Open up Midjourney and run the following prompts to build your asset library.

The Centerpiece: The Cyber-Mascot

Many classic flyers featured an abstract, cybernetic character or object in the centre—think metallic spheres, glowing starbursts, or low-poly aliens.

`text /imagine prompt: 1990s rave flyer graphic, a metallic chrome liquid chrome alien head floating, neon green and hot pink wireframe background, low-poly 3D render, low-fidelity print texture, high contrast, scanlines, extreme saturation --v 6.0 `

The Background: Techno-Patterns and Wireframes

For the background, we need something that looks like an early computer simulation gone beautifully wrong.

`text /imagine prompt: 1990s techno background pattern, extreme neon orange and purple cybernetic grid, distorted geometric shapes, halftones, low-fi photocopy texture, rave flyer aesthetic --v 6.0 --ar 4:5 `

Pro-tip: If your images are coming out looking a bit too clean or modern, use Midjourney's styling parameters to dial back the realism. You can see live examples of how these styling parameters affect vintage outputs on Midjourney's official showcase page. If you run into issues tuning your prompts, check out our dedicated troubleshooting guide at /platforms/midjourney/articles.

Phase 2: Assembling the Layout in Figma Weave

Once you have generated your raw assets, download them and import them into Figma Weave. The magic of a true 90s flyer lies in how these elements are mashed together. There is no room for polite white space here; we want a dense, layered composition.

1. Constructing the Canvas Set up a canvas with classic flyer dimensions. A standard A6 flyer (105mm x 148mm) is perfect. Give your background frame a solid black color fill to make your neon graphics pop.

2. Layering and Blending Place your Midjourney background pattern onto the canvas. To get that authentic, cheap-print look, we want to play with blending modes: * Set your background image's blend mode to **Screen** or **Color Dodge** over a dark, saturated gradient layer. * Position your cyber-mascot graphic directly in the centre. Use a vector mask to cut out any unwanted edges, keeping the cut-outs slightly rough and imperfect—as if they were sliced out with a scalpel on a physical drafting table.

Phase 3: Typographic Anarchy

Typography on a 90s rave flyer didn't care about line height, hierarchy, or legibility. It was about raw energy. We want heavy, futuristic sans-serifs, stretched paths, and bold, contrasting strokes.

To achieve this inside Figma Weave:

1. Select Your Font: Look for blocky, wide, or ultra-italic futuristic typefaces.
2. Add the Classic Outer Stroke: Rave flyers loved contrasting text outlines. Give your header text a bright yellow fill, then add a thick, 4px solid black stroke, followed by a secondary neon-blue outer drop shadow with 100% opacity.
3. Warp the Path: Convert your text to outlines (Ctrl/Cmd + Shift + O) and use Figma Weave's path tools to warp, shear, and stretch the letters. Pull the corners of your main title (e.g., "HYPERDOME", "E-DANCE", or "RESONANCE") outwards to give it a dramatic, perspective-stretching effect.

Phase 4: Adding the Details (The Ticket Info)

No rave flyer is complete without the chaotic, jam-packed block of event details at the bottom. This is where you list the DJs, the ticket price, the venue, and, crucially, the warning labels.

Create a text box at the bottom and use a monospace font to list your fictional lineup:

`text FRIDAY 14TH MAY 1993 FEATURING: DJ PHANTASM / MC ECLIPSE / THE ORBITAL PROJECT VENUE: THE ABANDONED SUGAR FACTORY, WAREHOUSE 4 TICKETS: £8.50 IN ADVANCE / MORE ON THE DOOR INFO-LINE: 0898-RAVE-93 (CALLS COST 36p/MIN) * NO POLICE / NO BAD VIBES / LASERS & STROBES IN USE * `

To complete the vintage look, add a few tiny, decorative vector icons: a biohazard symbol, a classic smiley face, or some simple chevron arrows pointing inwards from the borders.

Exporting for Maximum Authenticity

To wrap it up, we want to simulate the cheap paper stock and ink bleed of a flyer that’s spent three days sitting in the glovebox of a Peugeot 205.

Export your final design from Figma Weave as a high-resolution PNG. If you want to take the analog degradation further, you can import the design into a photo-editing suite, apply a very subtle Gaussian blur (0.5 pixels) to blend the vector edges, add a layer of fine monochromatic noise, and slightly boost the contrast to crush the shadows.

The result is a beautifully loud, beautifully authentic slice of rave history that looks like it was pulled straight out of a record shop window in London circa 1993.