Holy Innocents’ High School Yearbooks

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Print Design

Over four years, Octopus Ink has been appointed to conceptualise and design the yearbooks for Holy Innocents’ High School — shaping them as more than typical yearbook publications, but as visual testimonies of calling, community and faith. 

2022–2024: “Called to Life, Called to Love”
The first three years were anchored in the school’s theme, expressed through evolving graphic interpretations of calling. In 2022, the design explored illustrated narratives and student voices — a tapestry of lives responding to God’s call in distinct ways.

In 2023, the concept shifted to constellations and connected nodes — a visual metaphor for individuals uniquely created, yet meaningfully linked in Christ. Clean lines and structured grids reflected clarity of purpose and unity in diversity.

In 2024, the theme matured into branching pathways — vibrant lines growing from a single source (a mustard seed), symbolising lives rooted in faith and reaching outward in love. The system became bolder and more distilled, reflecting a community growing in confidence and conviction.

2025: “Great Is Thy Faithfulness”
This year marks a new chapter. The visual language centres on radiant light — a sunburst breaking through gradient skies — capturing the steadfast, renewing mercy of God. The warmth of colour and expansive rays speak of hope, gratitude and assurance: His faithfulness endures through every season of school life.

Each year, the visual identity extends beyond the yearbook to the staff diary and student handbook, ensuring a cohesive design language across platforms. Together, these publications form a unified expression of the school’s ethos — rooted in Christ, growing in love, and carried by faithfulness from year to year.

2022

Our first year designing HIHS’ yearbook. It was illustrations were contributed by the students themselves.

2023

A more abstract approach, a deliberate departure from the 2022 design.

2024

Developing further from 2023, we incorporate the hand drawn element of a hand holding a mustard seed

2025

With the new theme, it is a new beginning, reflected in the bold colour choices that set it apart from the previous years.

Editorial layout

The inside pages continue the cover theme, with soft gradients and colours slightly muted, but yet giving the feeling of dawn and dusk. Images and text are given centre stage.

Other collatorals

Staff and student book designs for 2025