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Yearbook Printing Process
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The Yearbook Printing Process

The last 6 weeks of yearbook production are busy! You have spent the entire school year gathering and creating content, but this time is especially condensed and involves making sure…

Cartoon background design
10 Page Background Ideas for Your Yearbook 2027 1351 Spacific Creative

10 Page Background Ideas for Your Yearbook

Backgrounds are the canvas of your page and can be as detailed or as simple as you would like. While hidden behind writing and photos, your page background plays an…

Design Movement
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Movement in Design: How to create a visual path in your yearbook

Yearbook content may be static and two-dimensional but that doesn’t mean it needs to look that way! Creating the illusion of movement helps to carry the reader through the yearbook…

Photo collage page
Why a Photo Collage for Your School Yearbook Is a Good Idea 2048 1536 Spacific Creative

Why a Photo Collage for Your School Yearbook Is a Good Idea

If a picture is worth a thousand words, just think of the story you could tell with a photo collage!  Yearbooks that range from informal to formal can benefit from…

design inspiration
Get Inspired: Design Inspiration for your yearbook 2048 1786 Spacific Creative

Get Inspired: Design Inspiration for your yearbook

All great design starts with great inspiration! Regardless of whether you are new to yearbook design or a professional, we all benefit from viewing the work of others. Not only…

yearbook articles
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The Art of Storytelling: How to write great yearbook articles

With a yearbook packed full of great content, writing articles that stands out is no easy feat!  A good piece of writing comprises many elements. The topic, language, structure and…

Yearbook cover design
First Impressions: Judging a yearbook by its cover 2048 1353 Spacific Creative

First Impressions: Judging a yearbook by its cover

We all know first impressions are important, and these judgements can be quick to form! Within seconds, people are able to decide whether they like and trust a person, a…

Design tips for yearbook
10 Design Rules for the Perfect Yearbook 2048 1365 Spacific Creative

10 Design Rules for the Perfect Yearbook

With so many moving parts involved in designing and producing a yearbook, it is very easy to get stuck with overcomplicated design, competing styles, and mistakes when it comes time…

2019 design trends
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Currently Trending: Design trends for 2019

Complement your yearbook content with some eye-catching, on-trend design! Last year, we wrote about the emergence of retro design, bold colours and geometric shapes for 2018. These are still popular,…

yearbook photography
Yearbook Photography: Capturing school spirit 2048 1365 Spacific Creative

Yearbook Photography: Capturing school spirit

What is the first thing your students look at when they receive their new yearbook? It’s probably not the Principal’s Address or the in-depth piece on the science faculty. Most…

internet tools
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The Top Ten Internet Tools You’ve Never Heard Of

The internet is full of useful tools that can help simplify almost any task. This article will introduce you to some handy websites that you may not have heard of…

Cookbook fundraiser
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Food for Thought: Is a school cookbook the perfect fundraiser?

Browse most family kitchens and you will find an abundance of cookbooks, written recipes and pages torn from magazines of cakes and desserts. Regardless of heritage, age or occupation, food…

Ginny Gartland Yearbook Interview
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Interview with Ginny Gartland

Interview conducted and written by John Shafer, Director of Spacific Creative Introduction Working at Cockle Bay School in Howick for over 20 years, Ginny Gartland has grown up with a…

Choosing Fonts
Let’s Talk About Text: Choosing fonts for your publication 2048 1365 Spacific Creative

Let’s Talk About Text: Choosing fonts for your publication

Fonts are like people – each one has a unique personality! Your font choice is a crucial element of your design style and will play an important role in setting…

print and digital yearbook
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Going Digital: Is a digital yearbook a better choice?

With technology constantly at our fingertips, it’s clear that the world is more digital than ever. How we absorb news, communicate with family, and pay our taxes has changed dramatically…

Engaging Content for your Yearbook
Mix it Up! How to Create Engaging Yearbook Content 2048 1365 Spacific Creative

Mix it Up! How to Create Engaging Yearbook Content

The best school yearbooks are a captivating blend of photography, graphics and text. They project the school’s vibrancy, culture and achievements in a single attractive publication. A key technique for…

choosing yearbook content
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Tips on Choosing Yearbook Content

Once your school decides to produce a yearbook, the next step is deciding what content to include. For most schools, it’s not a case of what to put in, but…

Yearbook Angela Little Communications Manager
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Interview with Angela Little

Interview conducted and written by John Shafer, Director of Spacific Creative Introduction Years ago, when visiting the archive room of Sacred Heart College in Auckland, I was struck by the…

diversity in yearbook
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Celebrating Diversity in Your School Yearbook

There’s a definite shift around the world towards inclusivity and better recognition of the many groups that comprise our society. Whether it’s the media, business culture or academic institutions, we…

yearbook purpose
What’s in a School Yearbook? Content, Audience & Purpose 2048 1536 Spacific Creative

What’s in a School Yearbook? Content, Audience & Purpose

If your school is weighing up whether to produce an annual yearbook, try starting with some simple starter questions like: What is a School Yearbook? Who is the audience? What…

In-house or Outsource Computer Screen
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Yearbook Design: In-house or Outsource?

The new school year is underway, and projects like the school yearbook are probably not very high on your to-do list. Making some early decisions about how you will produce…

Online tools
Handy Online Tools for Your Yearbook 2048 1365 Spacific Creative

Handy Online Tools for Your Yearbook

The Internet has always been a fantastic resource for information, but as online applications grow in sophistication, we now have access to many online tools that can help you create…

Yearbook Planning
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Time Saving Tips for Yearbook Planning

Creating a yearbook is a pretty big undertaking. A 96-page yearbook can have 400 to 600 photos and over 30,000 words! So, what can you do to make the project…

Timeline creation
Working to a Yearbook Timeline 2048 1365 Spacific Creative

Working to a Yearbook Timeline

It’s 2019 and you’re back at school, probably with thoughts about how the summer break seemed to fly by. However, the school year can also move at bewildering speed, to…

glitch effect
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Basic Design Principles for Yearbooks

Have you heard of the glitch effect? It’s a modern design trend that makes photographs looked like they’ve glitched; perhaps a distortion or a cluster of visible pixels. Then there’s…

2019 content
What’s in, What’s out for 2019 Content 2048 1365 Spacific Creative

What’s in, What’s out for 2019 Content

Most schools have a full calendar of events, activities and occasions, so it can be hard deciding what content to include in your yearbook and what to leave out –…

abstract design
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Design Inspiration for 2019

They might say that ‘screen design is the new design,’ but not when you are producing a yearbook for print. School yearbook design has come a long way, even in…

photo editing
Photo Editing for Your School Yearbook 2048 1371 Spacific Creative

Photo Editing for Your School Yearbook

The iPhone made photography universal, instant and spontaneous – glossy magazines like Elle now have whole cover photo shoots done on a mobile phone – but the one thing that…

Writing your school's story - the right way
Writing Your School’s Story — the Right Way 2048 1365 Spacific Creative

Writing Your School’s Story — the Right Way

Did you know that according to empirical research, we overestimate our own reading comprehension when we read on screen compared to paper? Anne Mangen, Chair of the Action, working at…

Finding Your Yearbook 'A' Team
Finding Your Yearbook ‘A’ Team 2048 1194 Spacific Creative

Finding Your Yearbook ‘A’ Team

Recent news that tennis superstars Novak Djokovic, Roger Federer and Alexander Zverev would not play in the Davis Cup, prompted Kosmos CEO Javier Alonso to retort, “teams are more important than players1.” You…

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