Graphic Design - General & Miscellaneous

Making and Breaking the Grid : Layout Design Workbook

Name: Making and Breaking the Grid : Layout Design Workbook
Author: Timothy Samara
ISBN: 9781564968937

by Timothy Samara

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Overview

"The first section, Making the Grid, begins with an exposition of basic grid types, illustrating and defining the most common ones used in traditional design work. A selection of relevant projects shows how these grids organize information appropriate to each application and can provide a framework for composition." "The second part of the book, Breaking the Grid, focuses on designs that challenge grid-based notions of organization. A brief discussion addressing the breaking down of structure is followed by a second set of relevant projects - this time, showing the grid reworked or discarded in favor of alternative compositional approaches." Working designers and students alike will find this book a valuable reference, as well as a source of inspiration for new approaches to laying out their projects.

About the Author, Timothy Samara

Timothy Samara is a graphic designer and educator based in New York City where he teaches at the School of Visual Arts and Fashion Institute of Technology. He's also the author of The Typography Workbook (Rockport 2004). He lives in New York's Chelsea district.