Description
| Product ID: | 9780760381939 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | CN |
| Title: | Making and Breaking the Grid, Third Edition |
| Subtitle: | A Graphic Design Layout Workshop |
| Authors: | Author: Timothy Samara |
| Page Count: | 256 |
| Subjects: | Graphic design, Graphic design, Book design and Bookbinding, Web graphics and design, Book design, Web graphics & design |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating Making and Breaking the Grid: A Graphic Design Layout Workshop (Third Edition) is the ultimate resource for designers who want to understand the rules of the grid, so they can get better at breaking them. Take your design work to the next level with Making and Breaking the Grid: A Graphic Design Layout Workshop (Third Edition), the essential easy-to-use guide for designers working in every medium. With over 150,000 copies in print, this new edition makes a classic text relevant to a new generation of designers. Updates include:
Grids are the most basic and essential forms in graphic design—and they can be the most rigid. This book shows you how to understand the rules of the grid to use them effectively, and then how to break them, resulting in phenomenal cohesive layouts. Timothy Samara explains the history of the grid and shows examples of grid basics, such as column, compound, and modular grids. He shows methods for building and using grids, and offers numerous examples of stunning design projects using a variety of imagery and typography. Pages are filled with hundreds of large, full-color layout concepts and diagrams that educate and inspire. After mastering the grid, discover how to break it using conceptual designs that deconstruct and flip the grid successfully. Split, splice, and shift; create spontaneous compositions; make narrative constructs; work on an axis; use intuitive design; and more to create unique layouts or other projects. See ideas in action with eye-catching layout examples. With this book you will:
This new, expanded edition presents the most comprehensive, accessible, in-depth exposition of layout concepts ever published. |
| Imprint Name: | Rockport Publishers Inc. |
| Publisher Name: | Quarto Publishing Group USA Inc |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2023-06-08 |