DESIGN
Pictures, copy and Goldfish? Design takes a delicious detour when we teach the elements of yearbook design using food. With a few pantry items, we can turn basic design principles into a tasty lesson. Here's a step-by-step guide, with photos and a PowerPoint link.
From our annual summer Advisers workshop, former Allen HS adviser Kelly Juntenan walks through the steps so you can teach your students Delicious Design. Grab some Goldfish and M&Ms. Captions have never tasted better.
Helpful Tuesday Tips about design
Wow 'em with showstopper design
Feature different modules for more storytelling opportunities
Better people page design (Part II)
Pack a punch with powerful headlines
No pictures? No problem. Find design inspiration in image-free spreads
Demo Days provide Minnesota staff with timely feedback, less deadline stress
Design like a diva: mix and match your layouts
Design needs personal space too. Here’s a breakdown of spacing suggestions so that everything feels comfortable.
Our natural tendency to design to the edge creates a crowded page. Increase the margins, and elements have room to breathe and the page flows.
As students work on yearbook pages, they’ll need to learn new vocabulary. Yearbook terminology will help them understand the anatomy of a spread.
27990_Headline Design_vP.pdf
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This won’t be your typical yearbook. It’s just not possible. And maybe that’s a good thing. It’s a chance to throw off the status quo and embrace change. Here are six ways yearbooks can, and should, look different this year.