Want to get creative with your yearbook cover? Try combining your school name or initials with a hidden graphic element. Not sure what I mean? Check out these well-known national brands and try to find the hidden image in their logos:
Having trouble finding the images within the logos? Visit the original post at SixRevisions.com for the answers and explanations behind them.
Think column design is boring? Here are 7 great magazine layouts that ALL use column design. And they are definitely not boring! (Thanks to BestDesignOptions.com for collecting these and posting them on their blog.)
I love the use of the color red on this one. If I was going to turn this into a yearbook layout, I would turn the red block on the left page into a sidebar and fill the red bar on the right page with photos.
I love how they combined the letters with the photo boxes, so that the photos flow off the photos into the shape of the letters. You can do this in InDesign by first changing your text into an outline and then combining the outline of the text with the photo box (with both objects selected, click object -> paths -> make compound path) to create one uniquely-shaped photo box.
Nice use of color.
I like the headline text here. When coming up with a theme, you should have a verbal and a visual theme. A lot of schools think a visual theme must be some kind of graphic, but it could also be in the way you design your text.
Again, I really like how the text was designed on the left side.
I like how the rest of the page is in neat columns, but the torn orange paper breaks that up, allowing for the headline to be slanted as well.
I really like how all the elements are within the columns, but the graphics cross over to give the layout more visual appeal. Also love the folio design.
Thank you, Mr. Moran of Woodrow High School in Dallas, TX, for posting this assignment on his blog, and then “tweet”ing about it, so we could find it! And now, we can share it with you! To view the original post, click here.
Creating a Spread in InDesign
1. Open Adobe InDesign
2. Choose “From Template”
3. Click on “Desktop”
4. Double-click the “Yearbook Folder“
5. Double-click “Desktop Templates”
6. Double-click “HJ Template Size 7 CS4.indt”
7. It will give you a “missing fonts” error. Click “OK.”
8. Click “View,” “Grids and Guides,” and “Show Document Grid.”
9. Create any one of the design samples below. (You may create one with a partner).
10. Save to your Thaw Space folder and Print before the end of class.
* Input sample pictures and fill text boxes (copy and caption) with placeholder text.
Sure, vellum with a laser cut, foil emboss will turn a few heads, but endsheets don’t have to cost an arm and a leg to look spectacular. We have several great company-designed choices that will save you some time and money. Or, if you want to create your own, here are a few suggestions:
*This entry is part of “The Yearbook Ladies’ A to Zs of Yearbook”
project. If you’d like to download the “E” card, go to the “Adviser
Resources” section of www.theyearbookladies.com
We’d love to hear from you! Share your questions, comments, and ideas below…
Design is da sign of a good yearbook. It’s okay–you can groan at that one, but don’t overlook these great places to get design ideas for your layouts:
*This entry is part of “The Yearbook Ladies’ A to Zs of Yearbook”
project. If you’d like to download the “D” card, go to the “Adviser
Resources” section of www.theyearbookladies.com
We’d love to hear from you! Share your questions, comments, and ideas below…
TheYearbookBlog would like to congratulate the following schools for receiving the 2008 Pacemaker Award. Winners were announced at the JEA/NSPA National Spring Convention in Phoenix, AZ:
For more information about these schools/books, judges comments, and a list of finalists, please visit the official NSPA website or click here.
We see it everywhere: ads, websites, DVD covers, movie posters, magazine covers… Why not in yearbooks? Here are some current design trends from justcreativedesign.com to get you started thinking about your 2010 book… (If you do use any of these design elements in your yearbook, send me a .jpg of the cover/endsheet/divider page/etc.. and I’ll post it!)
1. Rays of Light
2. Black (or Colored) Silhouettes
3. Ink Splatters/Grunge/Hand-made
4. Swirls and Flourishes
5. Flowing Lines
6. Funky Circles
7. Smoke Textures
8. Simple/Clean (my own addition to the list)
This is most clearly seen in all of Apple’s marketing and in the recent Pepsi re-design. It is characterized by one clean font (usually sans serif), a lot of white space, and in Apple’s case at least, a reflection as though the object is sitting on glass.
Here are some samples from simoncpage.co.uk that combine 2 or more of these elements:
Here are a couple of 2008 yearbooks that incorporated some of these design elements:
For more award-winning yearbook designs, click here to visit Herff Jones’ Yearbook Showcase.
Does your staff need some creative inspiration? Or maybe just a good laugh between deadlines? Here are some bus advertisements to get their creative juices going…
For more creative bus ads, visit the original post on toxel.com
I was browsing the internet for design inspirations and came across PrintCreate.com’s collection of Barack Obama posters. Not only is it a collection of today’s hottest design trends, but it’s a gold mine for yearbook theme ideas as well. Here are just a few examples…
To see the full collection, visit printcreate.com
And if you love the iconic look of artist Shepard Fairey’s poster of Obama, you can “Obamicon” yourself at obamicon.me
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