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For designers working in every medium, layout is arguable the most basic, and most important, element. 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 applies to real-world projects.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. Also included are historical overviews that summarize the development of layout concepts, both grid-based and non-grid based, in modern design practice.Product Identifiers
PublisherRockport Publishers Inc.
ISBN-139781592531257
eBay Product ID (ePID)87902828
Product Key Features
Book TitleMaking and Breaking the Grid: a Graphic Design Layout Workshop
AuthorTimothy Samara
FormatPaperback
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2005
Number of Pages208 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height229mm
Item Width280mm
Additional Product Features
Title_AuthorTimothy Samara
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited States