Why do great designers use grids? Learn the principles of using grids to give your compositions strength and structure, break space into units, and streamline your design process.
Overview
Syllabus
Introduction
- Welcome
- Creating a manuscript or "book" grid
- Creating grids with columns
- Creating modular grids
- Using grids to create hierarchy
- Classic grids: The golden section rectangle and the Fleckhaus 12-column grid
- Creating unequal modules within the grid
- Creating grids for tabular matter
- Breaking out of the grid: Creating movement and dynamism
- Emphasizing creative chaos over order
- Creative challenge: Design a poster or webpage
- Creative challenge: Solutions
- Recap and what's next
Taught by
Ina Saltz