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Grid Systems in Graphic Design
From a professional for professionals, here is the definitive word on using grid systems in graphic design. Though Muller-Brockman first presented hi interpretation of grid in 1961, this text is still useful today for anyone working in the latest computer-assisted design. With examples on how to work correctly at a conceptual level and exact instructions for using all of t...more
Hardcover, 176 pages
Published
January 1st 1996
by Arthur Niggli
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I would like to give this book a 3.5, actually, not quite a 4. I think it's really good, packed full of information, and actually pretty interesting to read, as long as you do it a little bit at a time. I do think though that it's a little over the top in insisting the grid is the only way to go, and a bit... insulting to those that choose not to use grids all the time. you sort of have to look past some of the very strong "grids are the best thing ever" statements and absorb the infor...more
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Grid Systems in Graphic Design is a timeless classic that belongs on every designer and designer wannabee's bookshelf.
Ripe with visual examples, the book doesn't only provide you with a practical framework for design and layout for anything you might be working on (web, print, application development...), it goes the extra mile to explain in the perfect amount of detail why things affect their audience in particular ways, or why you should do things one way or another.
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Ripe with visual examples, the book doesn't only provide you with a practical framework for design and layout for anything you might be working on (web, print, application development...), it goes the extra mile to explain in the perfect amount of detail why things affect their audience in particular ways, or why you should do things one way or another.
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Oddly, this isn't the page-turner I expected. Thus far it's functioning more as an unintentionally hilarious Objet d′art. I tried to like this. I know it's important, every designer should read it, etc. That said, I found it outdated and less than captivating. A landmark publication when it came out, I hoped it would help out my sense of composition and add clarity to everything I create. No such luck for me. I may try out The Elements of Typographic Style by Robert Bringhurst and leave Müller-B...more
Whoaaaaa, this book is off the chizain.
The first half of the book lays down some very simple ground rules for grids that anyone can immediately understand and benefit from. Unlike a lot of text books, it does an excruciatingly excellent job of explaining its lessons and reasoning. It's concise and extremely informative. The second half of the book gets into more complex grid systems and ways of seeing them.
The book provides lots of great explanations, and the book itself is l...more
The first half of the book lays down some very simple ground rules for grids that anyone can immediately understand and benefit from. Unlike a lot of text books, it does an excruciatingly excellent job of explaining its lessons and reasoning. It's concise and extremely informative. The second half of the book gets into more complex grid systems and ways of seeing them.
The book provides lots of great explanations, and the book itself is l...more
this is the essential, original book on grid systems from the master swiss designer josef müller-brockmann. all design students should buy this book if you want to learn about how to organize content and type in a beautifully visual and modern way.
This is the oldest and most comprehensive book on grid systems. This goes into great detail about establishing gutter type size columns and rows for achieving balance in design.
Un libro de cajón opara todo aquel que pretende saber algo de diseño.
A very useful guide to using grid systems in design from one of the masters.
Tom Pappalardo
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Books that are half english/half german are only half as long as they appear.
This was definitely written by a German in the 60s. Very...structured. Some very useful ideas, especially for people just getting into design. Rules are good. I just wish the latest edition of the book, published in 2007, would have included some less dated examples. I'm sure I'll be able to find some current examples of the grid system on the Internet.
Useful and somewhat interesting buy dry and outdated.
Always a source of inspiration. Should be re-read often.
Essential.
essential
A must read for all graphic designers. The systematic grids and margins explained in this book are extremely tight. It definitely lays a solid foundation of the grid system, but it's too extreme, to the point that it's over doing it. I definitely don't recommend anyone to follow the grids, this book is simply a tool to get exposed to working with the grid. To do any creative designs, please get out of these grids!
Essential and inspiring.
I love modernism and what came out of it. You may as well go back to the originals for a subject like this. Get it without the subject being watered down with any idea that there is a choice. And in English and German on the same page.
This is an excellent book on the creation and use of grids in typography and design. It’s very traditional and rigid Swiss design, but it’s well explained with tons of examples. I now plan to buy a copy to have for my own design library.
Definitely a handy reference for layout projects. I am kind of disturbed how its written like a "One-True Faith" kind of system as if there is only one methodology for tackling layout
It may look dry, but this book lets a designer see all the potential of grid systems, whether or not their final design uses one from the myriad of options presented.
Read it in college and again in 2006-2007. Required reading for graphic designers.
Michael Lee
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Elizabeth Tilak
Structure. You have to know structure before you break it.
A good introduction to ... GRID SYSTEMS IN GRAPHIC DESIGN! Yay!
Brandon Ferguson
marked it as to-read
Never finished it. =(
Un libro de cajón opara todo aquel que pretende saber algo de diseño.
Beautiful.
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