Choosing a Design Style

Choosing a Design Style

Some schools keep the same overall design from year to year while others change the look completely each time. This is completely up to the individual. When considering the design style think about the following questions:

Objectives

What is the purpose of the yearbook?
Is it mainly as a keepsake for students, a marketing tool for prospective students, an archival document, etc.

Design Elements

Do particular design elements need to be included?
For instance, the school logo, colours or motto, a theme for the year, etc.

Feel

What ‘atmosphere/feel’ are you wishing to convey? Modern, traditional, progressive or a particular style such as Art Deco?
Perhaps it is intended to be fun and funky as it is primarily for the students, or does it need to be clean and traditional for school archival purposes?

Likes/dislikes

Were there any particular pages, elements, colours, etc, that you particularly liked or disliked from your previous books or books you have seen?
Is there anything you would like to see changed?

If you are not sure what theme/look you would like for the yearbook, check out the trends booklet included in the pack for ideas.

Pinterest

Go to the YOLO Pinterest boards for more ideas: www.pinterest.nz/yolo_nz/boards
Pinterest is a great tool for gathering ideas for your yearbook design, it has billions of images from around the world and is effectively an online scrapbook. It is also simple to use.
You may wish to set up your own board for your school yearbook and then you can also invite staff and students to your board in order to collaborate on ideas.  

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