Week 10: Starter Post for Grids

Lupton writes “a grid breaks space or time into regular units. A grid can be simple or complex, specific or generic, tightly defined or loosely interpreted. Typographic grids are all about control.”

As you begin your magazine project, thinking about grids will be immeasurably helpful in crafting your jump spread. The feature spread, too, can benefit from a well-ordered space.

Grids are everywhere – from newsprint to magazines and online websites. Check out MoMA’s effective use of space online here.

For this week’s post, read the following linked article at Smashingmagazine.com and respond to one of the six creative column techniques discussed.

SMASHING MAGAZINE ARTICLE: “Grid-Based Design: Six Creative Column Techniques”

IN ADDITION TO YOUR RESPONSE TO ONE OF THE TECHNIQUES, post a jpeg of a grid you discovered online or in a magazine that you found to be either especially good, or especially bad… Explain it!

Note: in Number Four, the article talks about escaping boundaries, especially by using pull quotes. Not a bad idea to keep in your head for the mag layout.