The Egyp­tians sup­pos­edly used it to guide the con­struc­tion the Pyra­mids. The archi­tec­ture of ancient Athens is thought to have been based on it.

An arti­cle by Garr Reynolds that explains the basic tech­nique of the Rule of Thirds and how it relates to the Golden Mean or Golden Section.

A detailed arti­cle by Sig­ur­dur Armanns­son on how to cre­ate a grid sys­tem in Adobe Illustrator.

The canons of page con­struc­tion are a set of prin­ci­ples in the field of book design used to describe the ways that page pro­por­tions, mar­gins and type areas of books are constructed.

A key com­po­nent in the vehi­cle of com­mu­ni­ca­tion is com­po­si­tion, and in design school­ing it is taught as some­thing you should feel rather than create logically.

It’s one thing to write about how use­ful and impor­tant grids are for a design, it’s another thing to uti­lize them in a real world project.

This arti­cle walks you through the process of cre­at­ing a grid based on the golden ration for a Flash based site that will work for screen res­o­lu­tions of 1024x768 and up.

This arti­cle explains what is the Divine pro­por­tion (Golden Ratio) and what is the Rule of Thirds and describes how you can apply both of them effec­tively to your designs.