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September 13, 2020

How to Create a Fun Primary School Yearbook

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School yearbooks can take on any tone and theme that you want. A formal publication, sentimental keepsake or a chance to market to prospective students. But for a primary school…

YOLO
September 9, 2020

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Designing for Digital: Colour, Imagery, Fonts & Content

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Whether you are designing an online newsletter, yearbook or updating the school website, there is lots to consider when creating digital content. The colours you use, content you add, and…

YOLO
July 29, 2020

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The Top 25 Book Covers to Inspire Creativity

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Did you know that over 2 million new books are published globally each year? That is 2 million new opportunities for yearbook inspiration! Novels may not be the first place…

YOLO
July 7, 2020

How to Perfect Your Yearbook Page Headings

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Yearbooks are content dense and rely on good formatting and structure to make sense of the madness! Page headings help to organise content and inform the reader of the subject…

YOLO
June 4, 2020

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Design Myths: Rules to break in your school publication

Design Myths: Rules to break in your school publication https://www.yolo.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/jeroen-den-otter-pLpO8kr6q9E-unsplash.jpeg 1500 1001 YOLO YOLO https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/28a7eb385bb3e4400ab36073e113a53c?s=96&d=mm&r=g June 4, 2020 June 4, 2020

There are many Dos and Don’ts in design – use contrast, limit fonts, maintain whitespace! These guidelines are useful, but generalised rules can also restrict creativity and originality. Here we…

YOLO
May 9, 2020

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Colour Palette Ideas for Your Next Yearbook

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A cohesive colour palette plays a larger role than just making a page look pretty. Maintaining consistency with colour ensures that your design flows from start to end. For yearbooks,…

YOLO
May 8, 2020

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20 Great Free Fonts for Your 2020 School Yearbook

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There are a lot of great fonts on the market, but many are expensive or hard to find. YOLO has compiled a list of great free fonts that are easy…

YOLO
March 30, 2020

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YOLO School Yearbook Design from 2019

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The best design inspiration usually comes from seeing what others are up to! When speaking to yearbook coordinators, one of the most common requests we get is, “We would love…

YOLO
March 19, 2020

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2020 Design, Illustration & Typography Trends for Yearbooks

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In the large world of design, new styles of illustration and typography are always popping up! For 2020, we have collected the trends in branding, publishing and websites to help…

YOLO
March 17, 2020

How to Maintain Simplicity in a Busy Yearbook

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A yearbook full of content is a good thing for both your school and the reader. School events, important notices and great photography should all be highlighted – but how…