Grids, grids, grids
I’m currently knee-deep in research concerning the use of grid systems in design. Specifically, whether their role is paramount to the content or if it’s more subservient in nature.
A bit of light reading (from top to bottom):
- The New Typography - Jan Tschichold
- Stop Stealing Sheep - Eric Spiekermann
- Thinking With Type - Ellen Lupton
- The Elements of Typographic Style - Robert Bringhurst
- Book Typography - Michael Mitchell
- Asymmetric Typography - Jan Tschichold
- Typographie - Emil Ruder
- The Typographic Grid - Hans Rudolf Bosshard
- Designing Programmes - Karl Gerstner
- Type & Typography - Phil Baines
- Designing Books - Jost Hochuli
- The Designer and the Grid - Lucienne Roberts
- Making Books - Alan Bartram
- The Grid - Allen Hurlburt
- How to Draw Layouts - Jan Tschichold
- Grid Systems - Josef Muller-Brockmann
- Notes on Book Design - Derek Birdsall
Links will be added when I need to procrastinate a bit more.