Layout: Grid Systems and The Designer and the Grid

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Today I went to the Library and borrowed books on Layout within Art and Design. As part of my studio Project I am working on creating a brand for a modern and minimalistic fashion brand that highlights the speciality of being located in Leeds. After researching into graphic designers such as Two Times Elliott and Yes Studio, who pioneer work for fashion houses, It was clear to me that layout plays a vital role in the way they bring the brand to life. Both of these books have inspired me greatly, and opened up my eyes to a broad field of Design. It has also influenced me to look and read magazines and look-books in a different light, as part of my research in my studio project I actually cut out parts from my favourite fashion and photography magazines that let me capture the beauty of layouts and the uniqueness of them. Measuring the margins and cut off points, it helped me gain a grasp of how these magazines and newspapers are subconsciously training our brains to read the page through a different perspective. 

The Designer and the Grid Paperback – 28 Jan 2005

by Lucienne Roberts  (Author), Julia Thrift (Author)

Grid Systems in Graphic Design: A Visual Communication Manual for Graphic Designers, Typographers and Three Dimensional Designers: A Handbook for ... Typographers, and Exhibition Designers (German) Hardcover – 1 Jan 1999












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