Design Project: Class of 1965 Commemorative Yearbook
Every year at Rollins, the Office of Alumni Relations throws a fantastic Alumni Weekend.
It's filled with a weekend full of events, music, and celebrations for not only returning alumni, but also for sports, fraternities and sororities, and other student organizations.
One of the biggest headaches on the printing end of the weekend is the annual 50th anniversary commemorative book. It includes 50th alumni photos, their contact information, personalized stories, the alma mater, and much, much more.
In years past, the department has designed this project, while using outdated software, an inconsistent design technique, all while the file wasn't set up for printing! So this year (in February), they asked me to design the book for them.
AND IT WAS A HIT!
The Class of 1965 Commemorative Book included a photo/data merge (lifesaver!), and consistent design elements, techniques, etc., for this book to be sustainable (and an easy project in the future), all while being able to be edited at a moments notice.
There wasn't a ton of thought as far as inspiration goes with this book. It was more about making sure that the faces matched the contact information, that the book was edited by the department and by myself, as well as include information that applied to the class of 1965.
One of the things that I am most proud of in this book is the data/photo merge that I learned for this project. Thanks Adobe! As well as learning of the script that places PDF pages where you want (hello 40 page import!). This wasn't the only piece that was created for Alumni Weekend, so there had to be a consistency between myself, and between the other designers.
It definitely fit in, and was a successful project!
