February 2009

Interview on Reading Between The Leading

Aaron and Matt invited me to be a part of their online design talk show, Read­ing Between The Lead­ing, where we dis­cussed grid sys­tems and more.

Gridmaker for Photoshop CS4

Grid­Maker is a script for Pho­to­shop which allows speedy devel­op­ment of simple grids.

Grids, The Rule of Thirds, and Rethinking Slide Presentations

A quest for a sim­ple, design-centric Keynote tem­plate that’s more about com­po­si­tion than gra­di­ents and 3D bullet points.

Almost Modern

The Nether­lands based stu­dio Almost Mod­ern have launched a new grid based site design.

The Grid System in Creative Review

A few weeks ago Cre­ative Review Mag­a­zine con­tacted me about doing a small piece in their Feb­ru­ary issue about The Grid System.

Interview with Khoi Vinh

Khoi Vinh is the Design Direc­tor for NYTimes.com, where he leads the in-house design team in user experience innovation.

Illustrator 974px Grid System (12)

By Neil Bradley. Adobe Illus­tra­tor file with a grid sys­tem for a 974px wide page that is divided into 12 columns and rows using the Rule of Thirds (Golden Ratio). Includes a 16px baseline grid.

A Type Primer

A Type Primer pro­vides a prac­ti­cal guide for begin­ners, pre­sent­ing the basic prin­ci­ples and appli­ca­tions of typog­ra­phy. The book includes a sec­tion on how type is applied to a grid.

The Golden Grid

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.

Building the Golden Grid

An arti­cle explain­ing the struc­ture and uses of the Golden Grid, a CSS tool for grid based web sites.

About

Made popular by the International Typographic Style movement and pioneered by legends like Josef Müller-Brockmann and Wim Crouwel, the grid is the foundation of any solid design. The Grid System is an ever-growing resource where graphic designers can learn about grid systems, the golden ratio and baseline grids.

Created by Antonio Carusone, graphic designer and author of the design and typography blog AisleOne. Special thanks to Duane King for his help and wisdom.

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