- Publisher
- Rockport
- Published
- 2005
- Shelf
- design: Systems
- ISBN
- 9781592531257
Systems
Making and Breaking the Grid
Timothy Samara
The grid taught in two halves: how to build one properly, then how to leave it on purpose.
Why read it
Muller-Brockmann tells you the law. Samara shows you the law and then a hundred pages of work that breaks it and is better for it, with the reasoning underneath. The second half is what stops a grid education producing designers who can only make one kind of page.
Why own it
The case studies are annotated, so you can see the column structure sitting under a layout you admire. It is the fastest way to learn to read a page rather than just look at one.
Who it is for
Anyone who has learnt grids and now finds their layouts predictable.
Reading order
Book 3 of 6 in the graphic design reading order. See all 6
Read nextA Smile in the MindBeryl McAlhone & David StuartOnce layout is under control, McAlhone and Stuart turn to the idea itself, and explain how a visual pun gets the viewer to finish it.Read before thisGrid Systems in Graphic Design
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