Front cover image for Grid systems in graphic design : a visual communication manual for graphic designers, typographers and three dimensional designers = Raster Systeme für die visuelle Gestaltung: ein Handbuch für Grafiker, Typografen und Ausstellungsgestalter

Grid systems in graphic design : a visual communication manual for graphic designers, typographers and three dimensional designers = Raster Systeme für die visuelle Gestaltung: ein Handbuch für Grafiker, Typografen und Ausstellungsgestalter

"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 the systems (8 to 32 fields), this guidebook provides a crystal-clear framework for problem-solving."--Product description
Print Book, English, 2010
Verlag Niggli, Zürich, Switzerland, 2010
176 unnumbered pages : illustrations (some color) ; 31 cm
9783721201451, 3721201450
781678237
The book
Grid and design philosophy
The typographic grid
What is the purpose of the grid?
Sizes of paper
The typographic measuring system
Typeface alphabets
Width of column
Leading
Margin proportions
Page numbers
Body and display faces
Construction of the type area
Construction of the grid
Type and picture area with 8 grid fields
Type and picture area with 20 grid fields
Type and picture area with 32 grid fields
The photograph in the grid system
The illustration in the grid system
Solid tint in the grid system
Practical examples
The grid system in corporate identity
The grid in three-dimensional design
Examples of exhibitions
Systems of order in ancient and modern times
Concluding remarks
Parallel English and German text