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Grid Systems in Graphic Design/Raster Systeme Fur Die Visuele Gestaltung (German and English Edition)
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 Ingram
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This is THE classic designers book on grid systems. I have a handful of grid-related books, and this one stands out and the most thorough and theoretical. Muller-Brockmann's explanations for why to make the decisions & thoughtful structure that he recommends is rare wisdom that I didn't get in my design education.
The book is dated in a wonderful way – very Midcentury Swiss. He starts off simple and then gets more and more complicated as the book progresses. I feel like his design isn't dire...more
The book is dated in a wonderful way – very Midcentury Swiss. He starts off simple and then gets more and more complicated as the book progresses. I feel like his design isn't dire...more
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 information.
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.
This book dissolves a lot...more
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.
This book dissolves a lot...more
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
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Un libro de cajón para todo aquel que pretende saber algo de diseño.
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 laid out beautifully...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 laid out beautifully...more
Recommended by a designer friend this week. He isn't wrong in labelling it as a classic. The book is as honest as it could be. It balances practical advice, historical perspective, philosophy with a plethora of good examples to look, observe and most importantly think about. If you practice creation of things visual in nature, go grab a read. If you're a self-taught practioner of design, make sure you do. This won't bore you with maxims, commandments or such fixated rules.
I'll read it again when...more
I'll read it again when...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.
A very useful guide to using grid systems in design from one of the masters.
Dec 27, 2010
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.
Genial. Lectura obligada.
A gorgeous book, but not very informative.
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 highly recommend this book to anyone interested in Grids. It's amazing!
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
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.
Fuck
Read it in college and again in 2006-2007. Required reading for graphic designers.
Oct 02, 2008
Michael Lee
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5 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
designers and the like.
Recommended to Michael by:
Elizabeth Tilak
Structure. You have to know structure before you break it.
A good introduction to ... GRID SYSTEMS IN GRAPHIC DESIGN! Yay!
In one word: FUNDAMENTAL.
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