
146 Best Practices for Graphic Designers: Grids and Page Layouts
The design agency 804 was founded in Düsseldorf,
Germany, by Helge Rieder and Oliver Henn in 1999.
It embarked on a three-year journey to completely
refresh the corporate communication of Simonswerk,
a German company that has a 100-year history of
producing hinges and hardware products.
804
SPATIAL FLEXIBILITY
CASE
STUDY
OPPOSITE: The layout of the
table of contents allows enough
white space for translation of the
publication into several different
languages without upsetting the
grid structure.
FIRM 804
CLIENT Simonswerk GmbH
“WE HAD TO ARRANGE A LOT OF
PRODUCT INFORMATION IN THIS