The Grid Basics section covers composing typographic space,

format determination, and sequencing and systemization, in

addition to the various types of grids: manuscript, column,
modular, and hierarchical.
Demonstrates the basics of grid-based design - and grid
deconstruction - through schematic diagrams and exhibits
of supporting graphic design work by top designers.
Each project is shown comprehensively so readers can see
its structure revealed over several pages, at a size that allows for inspection of detail.
Text reveals the designers working process and rationale.
Projects with similar characteristics are linked through a
simple notational system that encourages exploration and
comparison of structural ideas.
Historical overviews summarize the development of layout
concepts, both grid-based and non-grid-based, in modern
design practice.

Author Timothy Samara

About the Author

For designers working in every medium, layout is arguably the most
basic, and the 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. Just as
arguable is importance of pushing boundaries and breaking rules, and
the urge among designers to violate rational structures has sparkled
a continuing debate for more than fifty years. Often this inclination
is at the expense of clarity, but the intuitive compositional approaches have generated some of the most interesting and exciting graphic
design ever created.

Brief Summary

Making
and Breaking
the Grid
A Graphic Design Layout Workshop

Timothy

Without a clear, balanced layout, even the

most interesting information is likely to be
ignored. But balance doesnt have to mean
boring, as cutting-edge designers are showing with exciting new deconstructionist looks.
Making and Breaking the Grid is both a practical workshop in traditional layout design and
a bold and inspirational guide to breaking the
rules. In the first part of the book, designers
learn the basics of working with layout grids
for all types of projects, including advertisements, books, posters, and invitations.
Once theyve mastered that process, the
fun beginsand the second part of the book
shows how to deconstruct the grid to create
edgier, more interesting work. Bringing the
common yet critical element of layout to new
levels of innovation, this much-needed book
gives designers the license and the means
to break away from convention and create
work that is unique and freshyet effective
and user-friendly.

Samara

Making and Breaking the Grid is a comprehensive layout design workshop that assumes that in order to effectively break the rules of gridbased design, one must first understand those rules and see them
applied to real-world projects.

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$34.95 CAN
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ISBN-13: 97B-1-59253-125-7
ISBN-10: 1-59253-125-3

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Samara

Timothy Samara is a graphic designer and

educator based in New York City, where he
divides his time between teaching at the
School of Visual Arts and Fashion Institute
of Technology, and writing and consulting
through STIM Visual Communication. His
design work focuses on indentity development and information design for corporate
and nonprofit clients, in projects spanning
print, environmental, and digital media. He
has taught and lectured at U-Arts, Philadelphia; Newhouse School of Communications;
Syracuse University; Western Michigan University; Renssalaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy,
New York; and SUNY Fredonia. He graduated
a Trustee Scholar from U-Arts in 1990 with a
BFA in graphic design. Tim lives in New Yorks
Chelsea district with his partner of four years.

Making and
Breaking the Grid

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