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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
October 8, 2009
A Practical Guide to Designing for the Web aims to teach you techniques for designing your website using the principles of graphic design.
August 27, 2009
A new version of the excellent Grid Calculator has been released for the Mac. The main feature of this upgrade is the ability to calculate grids for web design.
February 26, 2009
The Netherlands based studio Almost Modern have launched a new grid based site design.
February 22, 2009
Khoi Vinh is the Design Director for NYTimes.com, where he leads the in-house design team in user experience innovation. (more…)
February 12, 2009
Stunning guideline book for Barbican by UK based firm North Design. The book features a section on how grids are applied to the identity.
February 3, 2009
The canons of page construction are a set of principles in the field of book design used to describe the ways that page proportions, margins and type areas of books are constructed.
February 3, 2009
LegiStyles™ are a series of custom styles for the RSS reader NetNewsWire that focus on design and typography.
January 9, 2009
A 96 page PDF book by the master Massimo Vignelli on better understanding typography in graphic design with a nice section of grids.
December 12, 2008
Adopted internationally, the grid and sans serif typefaces such as Helvetica became the classic emblems of Swiss graphic design.
December 10, 2008
A single place for all designers to find the most essential books on graphic design, typography and grid systems.
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