The Designer And The Grid

by Lucienne Roberts, Julia Thrift

The Designer and the Grid reveals the key to the hidden driving force behind almost all graphic the grid. The book begins by reviewing its ubiquity in a cultural context before concentrating on the principles of the grid within graphic design. Case studies and interviews then explore what the grid means to leading contemporary graphic designers. Essays by an architect, a musicologist, a screenwriter and a Web designer deal with the grid as a universal idea; a step-by-step look at the mathematical precision of QuarkXPress reveals the digital grid. Provocatively, the book closes with a discussion of the implications for grid-bound design of the new CAD/CAM technologies. Do they spell the end of the grid as we know it? The Designer and the Grid is richly illustrated, with paired visuals showing designs both with and without their underlying grids. The favourite grids of top designers, including Simon Esterson, Vaughan Oliver, Ellen Upton and Muller & Hesse are also featured in thi

Genres: Design

159 pages, Paperback

First published October 1, 2002

Reviews

[Virgilio Neto]

Uma abordagem contemporânea do gride no design gráfico, passando pelas artes, arquitetura, design de móveis, escolas artísticas, cotidiano e cinema. Na segunda parte, grandes designers discutem como o gride entra em seu trabalho.