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

Josef Müller-Brockmann ; English translation by D.Q. Stephenson

ISBN 10: 3721201450 / ISBN 13: 9783721201451

Published by Verlag Niggli, Sulgen, 2016

About this Item

From a professional for professionals, here is the definitive word on using grid systems in graphic design. Though Muller-Brockman first presented his 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. Text in English and German. 176 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 31 cm. Tenth edition, 2016. Illustrated boards, shelf wear to edges, fading to cover and spine, no inscriptions, tight and square binding. Photographs available on request. All books dispatched same or next working day in robust packaging.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Grid systems in graphic design : a visual communication manual for graphic designers, typographers and three dimensional designers = Raster Systeme fu?r die visuelle Gestaltung : ein Handbuch fu?r Grafiker, Typografen und Ausstellungsgestalter
• Publisher: Verlag Niggli, Sulgen
• Publication Date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3721201450
• ISBN 13: 9783721201451
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Very Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • Graphic Design
  • Architecture and Design
  • Typography

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Synopsis

A grid system is a rigid framework that is supposed to help graphic designers in the meaningful, logical and consistent organization of information on a page. It is an established tool that is used by print and web designers to create well-structured, balanced designs. Rudimentary versions of grid systems existed since the medieval times, but a group of Swiss graphic designers, mostly inspired in ideas from typographical literature started building a more rigid and coherent system for page layout. The core of these ideas were first presented by Müller-Brockmann who helped to spread the knowledge about the grids thorough the world. This volume provides guidelines and rules for the function and use for grid systems from 8 to 32 grid fields which can be used for the most varied of projects, the three-dimensional grid being treated as well. Exact directions for using all of the grid systems possibe presented are given to the user, showing examples of working correctly on a conceptual level.

From the Back Cover

This book is suitable for those who work with automated text and image design. It shows examples of working correctly on a conceptual level. Exact directions for using all of the grid systems presented (8 to 32 grid fields) are given to the user. These can be used for the most varied of projects. The three-dimensional grid is treated as well. Put simply: a guidebook from the profession for the profession.

The development of organizational systems in visual communication was the service and the accomplishment of the representatives of simple and functional typography and graphic design. In the 1920s in Europe, works already arose in the areas of typography, graphic design and photography with objectified conception and rigid composition. In 1961 a brief presentation of the grid with text and illustrations appeared for the first time in an earlier book by the author. Articles published mainly in trade journals then followed.

This book now attempts to close a gap by giving examples and exact directions to the professional concerning all grid problems that can occur. The author, a world-renowned professional, thus offers his colleagues the tools to solve problems more easily.