Making and Breaking the Grid, Third Edition

Take your work to the next level with Making and Breaking the Grid: A Graphic Layout Workshop (Third Edition), the essential easy-to-use guide for ers working in every medium. With over 150,000 copies in print, this new edition makes a classic text relevant to a new generation of ers. Updates include: A cross-cultural inclusive re-envisioning of history related to the grid, including alternative approaches to layout Expanded discussion of grid use in interactive, UX/UI scenarios Greater equity in the representation of work by women and BIPOC ers Grids are the most basic and essential forms in graphic —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 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 s that deconstruct and flip the grid successfully. Split, splice, and shift; create spontaneous compositions; make narrative constructs; work on an axis; use intuitive ; and more to create unique layouts or other projects. See ideas in action with eye-catching layout examples. With this book you will: learn how grids work. be inspired to explore new concepts for using—or not using—grids. discover achievable alternatives for boring layouts. get the results you want using fresh elements. learn ers’ processes via fascinating case studies. see numerous examples of successful layouts created with and without grids. communicate ideas effectively using visual language. This new, expanded edition presents the most comprehensive, accessible, in-depth exposition of layout concepts ever published .