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Making and breaking the grid : a graphic design layout workshop /

By: Publication details: Gloucester, MA : Rockport Publishers, ©2002.Description: 207 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 29 cmISBN:
  • 1564968936
  • 9781564968937
  • 9781592531257
  • 1592531253
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • Z246 .S23 2002
Contents:
Thoughts on structure : an introduction -- Making the grid. Coming to order -- Grid basics -- Exhibits -- Breaking the grid. Historical interlude -- Exploring other options -- Exhibits.
Review: "The first section, Making the Grid, begins with an exposition of basic grid types, illustrating and defining the most common ones used in traditional design work. A selection of relevant projects shows how these grids organize information appropriate to each application and can provide a framework for composition." "The second part of the book, Breaking the Grid, focuses on designs that challenge grid-based notions of organization. A brief discussion addressing the breaking down of structure is followed by a second set of relevant projects - this time, showing the grid reworked or discarded in favor of alternative compositional approaches." "Working designers and students alike will find this book a valuable reference, as well as a source of inspiration for new approaches to laying out their projects."--Jacket.
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Item type Current library Collection Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Book Book Whitecliffe Library General Shelves General Z 246 SAM (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 0009545
Book Book Whitecliffe Library General Shelves General Z 246 SAM (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 2 Available 0007642

Includes bibliographical references (page 206) and index.

Thoughts on structure : an introduction -- Making the grid. Coming to order -- Grid basics -- Exhibits -- Breaking the grid. Historical interlude -- Exploring other options -- Exhibits.

"The first section, Making the Grid, begins with an exposition of basic grid types, illustrating and defining the most common ones used in traditional design work. A selection of relevant projects shows how these grids organize information appropriate to each application and can provide a framework for composition." "The second part of the book, Breaking the Grid, focuses on designs that challenge grid-based notions of organization. A brief discussion addressing the breaking down of structure is followed by a second set of relevant projects - this time, showing the grid reworked or discarded in favor of alternative compositional approaches." "Working designers and students alike will find this book a valuable reference, as well as a source of inspiration for new approaches to laying out their projects."--Jacket.

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