The Grid System » proportions

Mystery of Golden Ratio Explained

Antonio Carusone — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 02:59:06 +0000

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

The Golden Proportion

Antonio Carusone — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 15:35:05 +0000

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

Antonio Carusone — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 15:33:48 +0000

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…

Columns & Grids

Antonio Carusone — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 18:35:40 +0000

Article on Mezzoblue exploring the different column options for grid based designs.

The Golden Grid

Antonio Carusone — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 16:25:01 +0000

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

Antonio Carusone — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 16:24:04 +0000

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

Canons of Page Construction

Antonio Carusone — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 15:26:35 +0000

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.

Five Simple Steps to Designing Grid Systems

Antonio Carusone — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 17:26:37 +0000

Five steps that cover the elements which make a successful grid system and how they can be applied to a number of media outputs.

Why Use a Grid?

Antonio Carusone — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 15:45:15 +0000

Grid design is a fundamental skill of any designer. Understanding proportional relationships, white space and composition are all vital in constructing a grid for any delivery platform.

Geometry of Design

Antonio Carusone — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 15:10:08 +0000

The book focuses on the classic systems of proportioning, such as the golden section and root rectangles, as well as systems such as the Fibonacci Series.

The Grid: The Structure of Design

Antonio Carusone — Fri, 28 Nov 2008 19:35:26 +0000

Using a grid is one of those basic design principles. A grid is made up of vertical and horizontal lines and is the foundation of nearly every type of visual media.