Theme Gallery

When the Brookfield Central editors set out to find a theme for the 2015 Legend early in the summer of 2014, they had to overcome some distance. As they wrote in the book’s colophon, summer travel plans meant the book’s theme of “Focus” and main design element of graphic hexagons were thought up over Skype calls between France and the U.S. The hexagon first appears in a laser cut on the cover, and is repeated throughout the book, most notably in the folio, on divider pages and in numerous sidebars. On the opening pages, the intro copy explained the theme of “Focus” by telling the reader all about the memories captured in the book: “every crowd-roaring, bleacher-bouncing football game; every grade-boasting, drum-rolling assembly” and how “the real focus isn’t ever what we’re looking for – it’s what we found along the way.”