Overview
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Why do great designers use grids? Learn the principles of using grids to give your compositions strength and structure, break space into units, and streamline your design process.
Syllabus
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Introduction
- Welcome
- Creating a manuscript or "book" grid
- Creating grids with columns
- Creating modular grids
- Using grids to create hierarchy
- Classic grids: The golden section rectangle and the Fleckhaus 12-column grid
- Creating unequal modules within the grid
- Creating grids for tabular matter
- Breaking out of the grid: Creating movement and dynamism
- Emphasizing creative chaos over order
- Creative challenge: Design a poster or webpage
- Creative challenge: Solutions
- Recap and what's next
