Making and Breaking the Grid: A Graphic Design Layout Workshop
(Second Edition) is the essential easy-to-use guide for designers
working in every medium who want to take their work to the next level.
Grids are the most basic and essential forms in graphic design--and they
can be the most rigid. This book shows you how to understand the rules
of the grid to use them effectively, and then how to break them,
resulting in phenomenal cohesive layouts. Timothy Samara explains the
history of the grid and shows examples of grid basics, such as
column, compound, and modular grids. He shows methods for building and
using grids, and offers numerous examples of stunning design
projects using a variety of imagery and typography.
Pages are filled with hundreds of large full-color layout concepts and
diagrams that educate and inspire. After mastering the grid, discover
how to break it using conceptual designs that deconstruct and flip the
grid successfully. Split, splice, and shift; create spontaneous
compositions; make narrative constructs, work on an axis; use intuitive
design and more to create unique layouts or other projects. See ideas in
action with eye-catching layout examples.
With this book you will:
- learn how grids work.
- be inspired to explore new concepts for using--or not using--grids.
- discover achievable alternatives for boring layouts.
- get the results you want using fresh design elements.
- learn designers' processes via fascinating case studies.
- see numerous examples of successful layouts created with and without
grids.
- communicate ideas effectively using visual language.
This new, expanded edition will help you grow your knowledge of grid
design, so you can start breaking some rules.
