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Although grid systems are the foundation for almost all typographic design, they are often associated with rigid, formulaic solutions. However, the belief that all great design is nonetheless based on grid systems (even if only subverted ones) suggests that few designers truly understand the complexities and potential riches of grid composition.
In her best-selling Geometry of Design, Elam shows how proportion, symmetry, and other geometrical systems underlie many of the visual relationships that make for good design. Now, Elam brings the same keen eye and clear explanations to bear on the most prevalent, and maybe least understood, system of visual organization: the grid.
Filled with extensive research and more than 100 informative examples from the Bauhaus to Nike ads, Grid Systems provides a rich, easy-to-understand overview and demonstrates a step-by-step approach to typographic composition. It suggests design strategies that transcend simple function and reductionist recipes to allow grids to become a means of truly dynamic communication. Any designer, educator, or student will benefit greatly from this elegant slim book, chock-a-block full of colorful examples, helpful vellum overlays, and Elam's insightful analysis.

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A three-column by three-row structure is the format for exploring texture and composition.

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  • Title Grid Systems: Principles of Organizing Type
  • Author Kimberly Elam
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition number 1st
  • Edition 1
  • Pages 112
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Princeton Architectural Press, New York
  • Publication date August 1, 2005
  • Illustrated Yes
  • ISBN 9781568984650 / 1568984650
  • Weight 0.88 lbs (0.40 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.5 x 7 x 0.5 in (21.59 x 17.78 x 1.27 cm)
  • Category Art & Art Instruction
  • Library of Congress subjects Graphic design (Typography), Type and type-founding
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 2004001242
  • Dewey Decimal Code 686.22

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Kimberly Elam is chairperson of the Graphic and Interactive Communication Department at the Ringling School of Art and Design in Sarasota, Florida.
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