Designing the Montreal Olympic logo
Scans of an article from Design magazine on the creation of the 1976 Olympic logo for Montreal. I knew that the logo’s symbolism was multi-faceted, but never realized quite how structured and grid-based the design was.
The Complex Grid
The Complex Grid, tips for designing a grid system in InDesign. There’s a lot of math that goes into developing a solid layout system.
Grid Systems t-shirt
Grid Systems t-shirt that pays homage to Josef Müller-Brockmann. I’m sure it would look less than flattering on me.
On Emil Ruder
A Brief History of Emil Ruder, an introduction to one of the founders of the International Typographic Style and proponent of the grid.
Future media standards
The BBC‘s future media standards and guidelines includes a section detailing the grid structure used in the current version of the website.
