Layout and Composition: Grids

Learn why grids are so important and how to use them to create strong and consistent designs.

Introduction

• Welcome

1. Basics

• Why grids and proportions?
• Proportion: The golden section
• Proportion: The square
• Symmetry and asymmetry

2. The Pieces

• The elements of a grid
• Types of grids
• Which grid is right?
• Design process

3. Books

• Designing the master grid
• Working with the content
• Symmetrical grids
• Asymmetrical grids

4. Publications and Magazines

• Column and modular grids
• Working with complex content
• Multiple grids
• Unexpected grid systems

5. Posters

• Designing the poster grid
• Working with the content
• Typographic posters
• Alternative concepts

6. Other Formats

• Website grids
• Environmental grids
• The grid in exhibition design
• Inspiration

Conclusion

• Recap