Yearbook Design

Begin with basics

Skip the rules

Ignore content

Avoid hierarchy

Margins

Grids

Color

Photos

Ensures alignment

Creates visual interest

Improves consistency

Adds color to the page

To add decorative elements

To ensure consistency for recurring elements

To create more colors

To reduce the number of pages

It separates content into columns

It links the left and right pages visually

It adds color to the layout

It increases the number of elements

Eyelines run horizontally across the page

Vertical axes run from top to bottom

Eyelines and vertical axes together create four content areas

Eyelines are only decorative

To mark the center of visual interest

To indicate where to place text

To show the end of the layout

To highlight the least important area

It grabs attention

It creates a focal point

It makes the layout confusing

It helps organize other elements

Add photos to fill remaining spaces

Remove the grid lines

Change the dominant element

Move the bullseye

Begin from the center and work outward

Start from the corners

Fill in the largest spaces first

Add captions before photos

Caption placement

Photo color

Photo orientation only

Grid color

Work from the center out

Fill in the space with more photos

Add captions and maintain consistency

Ignore caption placement

Begin with basics

Know the rules

Consider content

Focus on color schemes