Tag: graphic design

Designing for the Web

A Prac­ti­cal Guide to Design­ing for the Web has writ­ten expla­na­tions of the core prin­ci­ples of graphic design in rela­tion to the web.

Grid Calculator 1.3

A new ver­sion of the excel­lent Grid Cal­cu­la­tor has been released for the Mac. The main fea­ture of this upgrade is the abil­ity to cal­cu­late grids for web design.

DixonBaxi

UK based cre­ative agency, Dixon­Baxi, has just launched a new site designed on a beautiful grid.

Auer

A site by Dan Auer, a graphic designer from North Car­olina, that allows you to view the sites grid.

Almost Modern

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

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.

Barbican Identity Guidelines

Stun­ning guide­line book for Bar­bi­can by UK based firm North Design. The book fea­tures a sec­tion on how grids are applied to the identity.

Canons of Page Construction

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.

LegiStyles

LegiStyles™ are a series of cus­tom styles for the RSS reader Net­NewsWire that focus on design and typography.

Five Simple Steps: A Practical Guide to Designing for the Web

Aimed to teach you tech­niques for design­ing your web­site using the prin­ci­ples of graphic design.

The Vignelli Canon

A 96 page PDF book by the mas­ter Mas­simo Vignelli on bet­ter under­stand­ing typog­ra­phy in graphic design with a nice sec­tion of grids.

Swiss Graphic Design

Adopted inter­na­tion­ally, the grid and sans serif type­faces such as Hel­vetica became the clas­sic emblems of Swiss graphic design.

AisleOne Essentials

A sin­gle place for all design­ers to find the most essen­tial books on graphic design, typog­ra­phy and grid systems.

Designer and the Grid

The Designer and the Grid reveals the key to the hid­den dri­ving force behind almost all graphic design: the grid.

Grid Systems in Graphic Design

The man­ual for graphic design­ers, typog­ra­phers and three dimen­sional design­ers. Con­sid­ered by most to be the defin­i­tive book on grid sys­tems. This book is a must for any designer.

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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