November 2009

Myths & Misconceptions About Grid Systems

A few myths and mis­con­cep­tions about grids exist in the design com­mu­nity that can be detrimental.

Slammer 1.0

A new, robust ver­sion of Slam­mer that super­im­poses a cus­tomiz­able grid over any window.

Create a Grid Based Resume

Use the power of grid based designs to cre­ate a struc­tured and pro­fes­sional page lay­out in InDesign.

Basic Maths Wordpress Theme

Basic Maths is an ele­gant grid-based Word­press theme by Khoi Vinh and Allan Cole that fea­tures color-scheme con­trol and sup­ports microformats.

Universal Principles of Design

Uni­ver­sal Prin­ci­ples of Design is the first com­pre­hen­sive, cross-disciplinary ency­clo­pe­dia of design.

Neutica+

Neu­tica+ is a Word­press theme that fea­tures a strict, grid based design mixed with clean typography.

Grid-based Layout

A grid is a tech­nique that comes from print design but eas­ily be applied to web design as well. In its strictest form a grid is lit­er­ally a grid of X by Y pixels.

Atrise Golden Section

Atrise Golden Sec­tion allows you to design using the golden sec­tion pro­por­tion visu­ally over your pre­ferred design software.

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.

If you want to say hi or for general inquiries, send an email to: hello@thegridsystem.org

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