Grid Basics
A Workshop in Structural Designing
Henry MagazinerTypography exercisesStudents of Chris Myers, University of the Arts, Philadelphia:Adam Hetherington Nikki Scoggins Jesse Taing
All design work involves problem solving on both visual and organizational levels. Pictures and symbols, fields of text, headlines, tabular data: all these pieces must come together to communicate. A grid is simply one approach to bringing those pieces together. Grids can be loose and organic, or they can be rigorous and mechanical. To some designers, the grid represents an inherent part of the craft of designing, the same way joinery in furniture making is a part of that particular craft. The history of the grid has been part of an evolution in how graphic ...
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