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“ The grid system is an aid, not a guarantee. It permits a number of possible uses and each designer can look for a solution appropriate to his personal style. But one must learn how to use the grid; it is an art that requires practice. ”
Josef Müller-Brockmann
February 1, 2014
I built a proof-of-concept that supported both modular scales and uniform columns. However, I discovered that moving different sized columns around was nearly impossible, and the code was clumsy.
March 2, 2010
Because of its beautiful nature, mathematics has been a part of art and architectural design for ages. But it has not been exploited much for website design.
March 2, 2010
The Egyptians supposedly used it to guide the construction the Pyramids. The architecture of ancient Athens is thought to have been based on it.
November 4, 2009
Universal Principles of Design is the first comprehensive, cross-disciplinary encyclopedia of design.
November 4, 2009
Atrise Golden Section allows you to design using the golden section proportion visually over your preferred design software.
October 8, 2009
A two column grid system based on Mark Boulton’s Adaptive Grid Systems article.
August 24, 2009
An article by Garr Reynolds that explains the basic technique of the Rule of Thirds and how it relates to the Golden Mean or Golden Section.
June 29, 2009
The second part to Sigurdur Armannsson excellent article on creating grid systems in Adobe Illustrator. This article is based around the grid system developed by Marcus Gärde.
June 8, 2009
A detailed article by Sigurdur Armannsson on how to create a grid system in Adobe Illustrator.
June 8, 2009
There is practically no (or very little) documentation about this problem on the web or in many typography or grid design books.
February 18, 2009
The Golden Grid is a web grid system. It’s a product of the search for the perfect modern grid system. It’s meant to be a CSS tool for grid based web sites.
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