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Layout Essentials
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Layout Essentials

by Beth Tondreau
February 2009
Beginner
208 pages
5h 27m
English
Rockport Publishers
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SWISS GRID

78. Set Up a System

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A versatile system allows different sizes, shapes, and information to work in numerous configurations.

PIONEERS

Ellen Lupton notes that the Swiss grid pioneers Josef Müller-Brockmann and Karl Gerstner defined a design “programme” as a set of rules for constructing a range of visual solutions. Lupton nails the crucial aspects of Swiss design. “The Swiss designers used the confines of a repeated structure to generate variation and surprise. A system allows for both dense and spacious pages within the same project.

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DesignAnna Tunick

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