Clubbed: new book by Manchester's Rick Banks celebrates a visual history of UK club culture

Now it's being celebrated in a new book entitled Clubbed thanks to Manchester-based designer Rick Banks. Launched on Kickstarter earlier this year, the publication takes a closer look at the graphics behind Manchester's iconic Haçienda, Liverpool's legendary Cream and Sheffield's ever-popular Gatecrasher.

"I publish books I’m passionate about," he told Creative Boom. "My previous two publications were both about football. Dance music, my other passion, was hugely influential to me when I was growing up; it was one of the biggest reasons I got into graphic design.

"For years, I was always amazed no one had done a modern, visual book on clubbing. Similar types of books were published in the early '90s and they generally featured just flyers with some ‘humourous’, awful pastiche design."

The deluxe hardback features a dazzling collection of never-before-published materials and a specially commissioned editorial from writer and DJ Bill Brewster. Priced at £45, you can grab yourself a copy of Clubbed via face37.com.