Layout Essentials Revised and Updated
100 Design Principles for Using Grids
Published on 7. February 2019
208 pages
978-1-63159-630-8 (ISBN)
Description
A classic and essential text for designers since 2009, Layout Essentials: 100 Design Principles for Using Grids just got better with a fresh exploration of its design principles, updated text, and new photos and international graphics.
Grids are the basis for all design projects, and learning how to work with them is fundamental for all graphic designers. From working with multi-column formats to using type, color, images, and more, Layout Essentials not only demonstrates, using real world examples, how to use grids effectively, but shows you how to break the rules to use them effectively, too.
This revised and updated version of Layout Essentials is your one-stop reference and resource for all layout design projects.
Grids are the basis for all design projects, and learning how to work with them is fundamental for all graphic designers. From working with multi-column formats to using type, color, images, and more, Layout Essentials not only demonstrates, using real world examples, how to use grids effectively, but shows you how to break the rules to use them effectively, too.
This revised and updated version of Layout Essentials is your one-stop reference and resource for all layout design projects.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Beverly
United States
Publishing group
Quarto Publishing Group USA Inc
Illustrations
300 color photos
ISBN-13
978-1-63159-630-8 (9781631596308)
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Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Additional editions
Book
01/2019
Rockport Publishers
€29.00
Shipment within 3-4 weeks
Person
Beth Tondreau is the founder and principal of BTD, a small design firm that works with publishers to design books and book jackets and small businesses to develop their identities. She currently teaches in the Communication Design Department of New York City College of Technology in New York. Tondreau has been involved as a mentor in the AIGA/NY Mentoring Program and has served on the board of directors of AIGA/NYC
Content
- Cover
- Half Title
- Title
- Copyright
- Dedication
- CONTENTS
- Introduction
- GETTING STARTED
- Elements of a Grid
- Basic Grid Diagrams
- Determine the Appropriate Grid
- Formatting Text
- Hierarchy of Information
- Grid and Image
- Combining Grid, Type, and Image
- Color
- Space
- Rhythm and Flow
- GRIDS AT WORK
- Single column
- Two column
- Three column
- Multicolumn
- Modular
- Tables, Charts, and Infographics
- Color as Key Component
- Color as Organizing Element
- Horizontal Hierarchy
- Type and Grids
- Dense Information
- Breathing Space
- Imperceptible Grid
- Organic Shapes
- Swiss Grid
- Grid, Disrupted
- Grid, Refashioned
- Layered Grid
- Grids and Motion
- Breaking the Grid
- Glossary
- Recommended Reading and Listening
- Contributors
- Quick Start Guide
- Acknowledgments
