Yearbook - Feedback

After yesterdays pitch we received some feedback on the yearbook. The suggestions were very valid and particularly helpful for our cover design, an area which has been almost avoided until now.

The inclusion of the number 2 should be integrated into the cover, this could be the use of the character 2, two shapes or lines etc, or another way to add the two such as the inclusion of a photograph of a set with the number 2 in it, or a particular print finish to make 2 parts of the cover differentiate from the rest.

Looking at the previous yearbook I feel the number 2 could be added more conceptually rather than a big 2 printed. The spine needs to remain the same however, this is a point to allow for when designing the cover. 
Mine and Rhianne's  initial cover designs related more to the layout of the content of the book; repeating the black square where the images lie inside to create a 'blank canvas' which is repeatedly filled inside of the book. We thought of perhaps including a spot colour in the large black block to really make the cover stand out. 

Our proposed use of a narrow cover jacket would be a nice format-based touch to the book but would really blow the budget as it would be a separate print job, and as the budget is already tight as it is, a different approach is required.