Graduation season is coming! That also means students are going to get their yearbooks, which they have been waiting for too long. Yearbook is a book to record, highlight and commemorate the past years of the students. As yearbook always recalls pleasant old memories for many, it is a popular item to keep as people age. A friend of mine still keeps his high school yearbook back in 1965. No doubt that yearbook cover design is an important issue for this life-time treasure. Down below is a list of 10 exquisite yearbook cover designs for you to enjoy.

Chenango Valley High school 2009

In this 2009 yearbook of Chenango Valley High School, graduates are defined as “Warriors”. The cover design is inspired by an ancient Roman warrior, the helmet and corselet parts are made up by the students’ photos. Apparently, this cover design symbolizes the good wish for the graduates to face every challenge and opportunity in the future like a brave warrior.

EYCI 2009-2010

“Keep moving forward” is the motto on this yearbook cover, telling its fellow holders never to stop and keep marching on. Yellow background gives out a warm feeling, and the stretching blue, red and orange stripes represent different paths in life. The adoption of various color combination associates with vigor and vitality and brings the whole design to live.

South Bromsgrove High School

Some schools also choose to put the school logo on its yearbook cover, which promotes relationship between school and students. On this yearbook cover of South Bromsgrove High School, we can see their school logo right in the middle and its full name down below. Three colored stripes in the middle extend a feeling of refreshing.

Shanghai American School Puxi 2011-2012

Color red is always the favorite to Chinese when it comes to celebration. On this 100 year anniversary yearbook cover of Shanghai American School Puxi, red is the dominant color. Using various straight lines and curves, the image describes the major attractions of Shanghai.

Bethlehem Lutheran 2011-2012

Students stand on the grass land to form the alphabetic shape of BLS, abbreviated for Bethlehem Lutheran School. This shows great creativity and unity. The whole cover is well-organized and expresses rich information. After many years, can you still remember where you were standing in the group?

Li Po Chun United World College of HK 2010

This yearbook’s theme is “Environmental Sustainability”. Green is the color of nature. It symbolizes growth, harmony, freshness and fertility. The whole cover design adopts green as its dominant color to fully express the environment-friendliness theme.

Chase High School 2009

Blue is the color of the sky and sea. It often associates with depth and stability. It symbolizes trust, loyalty, wisdom, confidence, intelligence and faith. The color itself contains good wish for the students. “Chase High” is the message for all. Whatever you may face tomorrow, chase high.

Herron High School

Herron High School’s yearbook cover is a modern design work. It is cool and stylish. Black stands out well on its red color background. Red symbolizes passion, strength and vitality while black represents power and mystery. Red describes young people’s characters while black relates to teenagers’ curiosity for the world yet to be explored.

SpeerClaw 2009

Different from most of the yearbooks for high school and college graduates, yearbook cover for elementary school kids can be extremely colorful. Little kids adore color combinations. On this cover, the designer lists all things relating with kids’ life, knowledge they learn and toys they play with. Isn’t it a lovely ideal for a kids’ yearbook cover?

Saint Anselm College 2007

It seems that colleges with hundred years of history love to use dark blue as a background color for its yearbook cover. Saint Anselm is no exception. This tranquilizing color extends a feeling of antiquity and wisdom. With that “2007” designed with colorful photographs, the yearbook cover achieves a perfect combination of classicism and modernism.

Conclusion

Most yearbook covers of senior school and college tend to use single color in the yearbook cover design to show its elegance and refinement, giving its viewers a feeling of wisdom and intelligence. Quite a number of schools put their school logo and motto into the yearbook cover. Some yearbook covers are designed with rich color combination according to kids’ taste.

Each of these yearbooks has its own distinguished features, extending well wishes for the graduates, inspiring them to deal with challenges and opportunities in life bravely. Having seen all these beautiful yearbook covers, are you ready for your own yearbook cover design?