Meanwhile #113

You can’t beat an ultra-specific instagram account – one of my favourites is High School High, Veronica Kraus' collection/curation/whathaveyou of old high school yearbooks. Borne out of printing constraints, budgets, experimentation and good old-fashioned playfulness, there’s a wild charm to these designs. The naiveté-gusto of 1970s high school year book committee kids is a design force to be reckoned with; just pure unfiltered, unsullied teenage creativity. Grids be damned, this stuff is always a refreshing kick up the bum if you’re stuck on a job. A few highlights:

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