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.
Build Typeface
Build is a grid based handset typeface designed by Steven Bonner to give a structured, geometric look to short passages of type such as headlines and is perfect for display usage.
From Golden Mean to “Rule of Thirds”
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.
Thinking with Type: Grid
An on-line companion to the book Thinking with Type by Ellen Lupton that contains a section on single-column, multi-column and modular grids.
Andrew Stewart Photography
Beautiful, simple, grid based site design for photographer Andrew Stewart.
Quiet Structure
Quiet structure is achieved when you de – emphasize the structural elements and bring a rhythmical consistency to the layout.
The Grid Book
Examines the history of ten grids that changed the world and charts the evolution of each.
The Complex Grid
Creating a complex grid system that allows for a layout to be divided into 2, 3, 4, and 6 columns and that’s based on Karl Gerstner’s grid for CAPITAL magazine.
Six Creative Column Techniques
Effective ways of getting creative with your columns in grid-based Web design.
Grid Computing and Design
Khoi Vinh writes about establishing a rational and sustainable layout grid for his Subtraction site. He explains how he shoehorns previous articles into the new framework.
Typographic Systems of Design
Typographic Systems explores eight major structural systems beyond the traditional ordering systems of the grid – including random, radial, modular, and bilateral systems.
Sarah France
Beautiful portfolio site by Sarah France with a well designed six column grid system.
UX Magazine
A well designed collaborative site, with a very nice grid structure, that focuses on user experience.
The Grid: The Structure of Design
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.
Grids: Order Out of Chaos
Many of the pages that you see everyday have a grid. You may not see it but it is there, holding up the design, establishing structure, guiding the page elements.
