Akala Mo Lang Wala Nang Slumbook
![Cover standing](https://i0.wp.com/karlcastro.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/IMG_6371.jpg?fit=1200%2C750)
The “Akala Mo Lang Wala Nang Slumbook Pero Meron, Meron, Meron!” Slumbook
Publisher: Witty Will Save the World, Co.
Dimensions: 6 x 6 in
Year: 2010-2015
About the project
A resurrection of a childhood artifact, the slumbook helps you compile your friends' profiles and messages, pre-Facebook style.
Design notes
Kids from the '80s and '90s will know: before Facebook, there was the slam book, or in Philippine parlance, the slumbook. If you wanted to create a profile and write on a friend's wall, you did it on each other's slumbooks. The slumbook vanished from bookstores in the noughties, so my friends and I thought of bringing it back. At the time it seemed like a zany idea, but the risk paid off eventually, with the old-school slumbook regaining popularity after our release.
Slumbook questions were updated, made wittier and more vernacular. In its various editions, our slumbook cover is always a simple one-color design, a marked departure from the colorful covers of the 90s. Inside, handwritten type is combined with a clean sans serif. With tongue-in-cheek questions and contemporary pop references, the overall effect is a more grown-up but nonetheless fun version of the slumbook. A “Table of Friends” was added so that you can easily track where your friends signed. For the notebook part, pages were kept unlined and little surprises placed on random pages.
![Table of friends](https://i0.wp.com/karlcastro.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/slumbook-03-IMG_6384-1.jpg?fit=1200%2C1200)
![Romantic status](https://i0.wp.com/karlcastro.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/slumbook-04-IMG_6387.jpg?fit=1200%2C1200)
![Personal info](https://i0.wp.com/karlcastro.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/slumbook-05-IMG_6377.jpg?fit=1200%2C750)
![Favorite toe](https://i2.wp.com/karlcastro.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/slumbook-06-IMG_6377-e.jpg?fit=1200%2C750)
![Favorite food](https://i1.wp.com/karlcastro.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/slumbook-07-IMG_6377-e2.jpg?fit=1200%2C750)
![Mas personal info](https://i1.wp.com/karlcastro.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/slumbook-08-IMG_6382.jpg?fit=1200%2C750)
![Describe](https://i2.wp.com/karlcastro.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/slumbook-09-IMG_6382-e.jpg?fit=1200%2C750)
![Ribbon closeup](https://i1.wp.com/karlcastro.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/slumbook-10-IMG_6379-1.jpg?fit=1200%2C750)
“And don't we just love it! This slumbook/slambook is a hilarious, ‘pang-asar’ version for grown-ups who could use a de-stressing laugh-fest with friends over smokes and beer.”
![Spine](https://i1.wp.com/karlcastro.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/slumbook-11-IMG_6394.jpg?fit=1200%2C750)
![Cover closeup](https://i1.wp.com/karlcastro.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/slumbook-01-IMG_6373.jpg?fit=1200%2C1200)
![Ribbon](https://i0.wp.com/karlcastro.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/slumbook-02-IMG_6407-1.jpg?fit=1200%2C1200)
Related links
Buy via Witty Will Save the World, Co.
Read the Philippine Daily Inquirer feature