Book+Planning

The information below should be used by the incoming Editor in Chief, Assistant Editor, Layout Editor, Copy Editor, and Photography Editor to help start the design process for the yearbook. Most of this information was taken from notes on a course taught by [|Bradley Wilson] at a series of [|Taylor workshops] in Seattle during 2005 and 2006.

These are roughly the steps that should be followed when creating the design for a yearbook.
 * 1) **Choose a book theme**
 * an overarching theme that ties the book together
 * click here for a list of past book themes used
 * 1) **Choose design themes**
 * designs present throught the entire book
 * click here for a list of past design themes used
 * 1) **Choose universal fonts**
 * a serif font for body copy
 * a sans-serif for captions, etc.
 * script for headlines, highlights, divisions, etc.
 * selected fonts should reflect the book theme and/or design themes present in the book
 * click here for a list of past fonts used
 * 1) **Design the book theme**
 * cover
 * opening/closing
 * title page
 * table of contents
 * dividers
 * folios
 * paragraph/character styles
 * 1) **Decide on section themes**
 * themes (design and otherwise), that tie a section together
 * choose fonts for each section's headlines, subheadlines, features, etc.
 * 1) **Design section templates**
 * create paragraph and character styles specific to each section
 * create the actual spreads in Adobe InDesign
 * 1) **Design variations on section templates**
 * design different Adobe InDesign templates retaining the same section, design, and book themes.
 * designs should be different enough to keep the reader from noticing that templates are being used
 * designs should be similar enough that the reader can identify different variations as being part of the same section
 * 1) **Design special spreads that do not fit your templates**
 * click here for a list of past pages created that did not use templates