January 2010

Buy Slammer = Help Haiti

The grid-generating app Slam­mer is part of the Indie+Relief ini­tia­tive. Buy it and all pro­ceeds from today (01/20) will be donated to Haiti.

Eternal Network

Lovely min­i­mal grid based site design that’s rem­i­nis­cent of old computer paper.

Fluid 960 Grid System

A jQuery based fluid grid sys­tem tem­plate based on Nathan Smith’s 960 Grid Sys­tem. Allows mul­ti­ple lay­outs includ­ing 12 or 16 fluid columns and 12 or 16 fixed columns.

Masonry

Masonry is a lay­out plu­gin for jQuery that arranges ele­ments ver­ti­cally then hor­i­zon­tally accord­ing to a grid.

The Golden Proportion

The golden sec­tion– a pre­cise way of divid­ing a line, music or any­thing else-is showed up early in mathematics.

The Golden Ratio in Web Design

You would be sur­prised to find out that most aes­thet­i­cally pleas­ing designs, works of art, objects and even peo­ple have math in com­mon. Specif­i­cally the Golden Ratio…

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

Have an article, tool, template or news you want to submit? Send an email to: submit@thegridsystem.org

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