Best Practices for Graphic Designers, Grids and Page Layouts

Breaking the Rules: Grid Deconstruction 181

Grid deconstruction, as the name implies, is a method

of breaking the grid by actually starting with a grid and

modifying or distorting it to suit the needs of the project.

Columns may be skewed or distorted. Text areas may

overlap one another. Individual modules may be moved

about and layered until there is no distinguishable trace

of the previous structure whatsoever. One benefit of

deconstructing a grid is that it ensures the choice to do

so was made for the right reasons. There is no chance

that a grid was not used because it would take

additional time to set up. Another benefit is that—

depending ...