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- 9781631592843
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Quarto Publishing Group USA
ISBN-10
163159284X
ISBN-13
9781631592843
eBay Product ID (ePID)
22038777271
Product Key Features
Edition
2
Book Title
Making and Breaking the Grid, Second Edition, Updated and Expanded : A Graphic Design Layout Workshop
Number of Pages
240 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2017
Topic
Graphic Arts / Commercial & Corporate, Reference, Graphic Arts / Typography
Illustrator
Yes
Features
Revised
Genre
Design
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
0.9 in
Item Weight
36.9 Oz
Item Length
11.2 in
Item Width
9.2 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2018-456353
Dewey Edition
23
Dewey Decimal
686.2/24
Edition Description
Revised edition
Table Of Content
Introduction: Thoughts on Structure Making the Grid Coming to order:A brief history of the grid in graphic design Grid basics: Fundamental concepts of page structure Building a grid: Making the structure that suits your needs Using a grid: Considerations and best practices Exhibits: Design projects based on grids Breaking the Grid On the other hand: A historical survey of non-structural design techniques Alternative architectures Intuitive, relational, and conceptual Considering the practical in the impractical Exhibits: Design projects without grids Directory of contributors Index Bibliography About the author Acknowledgments
Synopsis
Making and Breaking the Grid: A Graphic Design Layout Workshop (Second Edition) is the essential easy-to-use guide for designers working in every medium who want to take their work to the next level. Grids are the most basic and essential forms in graphic design--and they can be the most rigid. This book shows you how to understand the rules of the grid to use them effectively, and then how to break them, resulting in phenomenal cohesive layouts . Timothy Samara explains the history of the grid and shows examples of grid basics , such as column, compound, and modular grids. He shows methods for building and using grids, and offers numerous examples of stunning design projects using a variety of imagery and typography. Pages are filled with hundreds of large full-color layout concepts and diagrams that educate and inspire. After mastering the grid, discover how to break it using conceptual designs that deconstruct and flip the grid successfully. Split, splice, and shift; create spontaneous compositions; make narrative constructs, work on an axis; use intuitive design and more to create unique layouts or other projects. See ideas in action with eye-catching layout examples. With this book you will: learn how grids work. be inspired to explore new concepts for using--or not using--grids. discover achievable alternatives for boring layouts. get the results you want using fresh design elements. learn designers' processes via fascinating case studies. see numerous examples of successful layouts created with and without grids. communicate ideas effectively using visual language. This new, expanded edition will help you grow your knowledge of grid design, so you can start breaking some rules., A comprehensive layout design workshop that assumes that in order to effectively break the rules of grid-based design, one must first understand those rules. Effective layout is essential to communication and enables the end user to not only be drawn in with an innovative design, but to digest information easily. Making and Breaking the Grid is a comprehensive layout design workshop that assumes that in order to effectively break the rules of grid-based design, one must first understand those rules and see them applied to real-world projects. Basics include composing typographic space, format determination, and sequencing and systemisation. Various types of grids manuscript, column, modular, hierarchical are also covered. Text reveals top designers' work in process and rationale. Projects with similar characteristics are linked through a simple notational system that encourages exploration and comparison of structure ideas. Each project is shown comprehensively so readers can see its structure revealed over several pages, at a size that allows for inspection of detail. Also included are historical overviews that summarise the development of layout concepts, both grid-based and non-grid based, in modern design practice., Making and Breaking the Grid: A Graphic Design Layout Workshop (Second Edition) is the ultimate resource for designers who want to understand and break the rules of the grid.
LC Classification Number
Z246.S23 2017
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