Authors: Timothy Samara
ISBN-13: 9781592531257, ISBN-10: 1592531253
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Rockport Publishers
Date Published: May 2005
Edition: (Non-applicable)
Timothy Samara is a graphic designer and educator based in New York City, where he divides his time between consulting, writing, and teaching at the School of Visual Arts, Parsons School of Design, NYU, and Purchase College. He is the author of several books for Rockport Publishers, including Making and Breaking the Grid, Typography Workbook, Publication Design Workbook, Type Style Finder and Design Elements.
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 designersÆ 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.
Timothy Samara is a graphic designer and educator based in New York City where he teaches at the School of Visual Arts and Fashion Institute of Technology. HeÆs also the author of The Typography Workbook (Rockport 2004). He lives in New YorkÆs Chelsea district.
Coming to Order: A Brief History of the Grid in Modern Graphic Design | 14 | |
Grid Basics: A Workshop in Structural Designing | 22 | |
Exhibits: Grid-Based Design Projects | 32 | |
Historical Interlude: The Seeds of Deconstruction | 112 | |
Exploring Other Options: A Guide to Grid Deconstruction and | ||
Nonstructural Design Approaches | 120 | |
Exhibits: Grid Deconstructions and Non-Grid-Based Projects | 128 | |
App.: Index of Contributors | 204 | |
App.: Bibliography | 207 | |
App.: Acknowledgements | 208 | |
App.: About the Author | 208 |