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Why Grids? Understanding Grids
Why Grids?
Proximity
Elements that are close togheter are perceived to be more related than elements that are farther apart.
Alignment
Elements in a design should be aligned with one or more other elements. This creates a sense of unity and cohesion, which contributes to the design's overall aesthetics and perceived stability.
Alignment
Elements in a design should be aligned with one or more other elements. This creates a sense of unity and cohesion, which contributes to the design's overall aesthetics and perceived stability.
Consistency
The usability of a system is improved when similar parts are expressed in similar ways.
Proportion
Proportion is the visual or structural relationship between part of an item to the whole. Proportion is a useful tool for achieving a balanced layout by helping to define the size relationship that governs the different designs elements, such as their relative size and spacing.
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Aesthetics Usability
Aesthetics designs are perceived as easier to use than lessaesthetic designs.
Benefits
Before anything else a grid introduces systematic order to a layout, distinguishing types of information and easing a users navigation through them.
Understanding Grids
Desire
Obsession as a culture, society of creating an order out of things whatever they are. We have to create order out of chaos. When we see organic kind of systems, we have to rationalize them, systemize them and then comoditize them.
Mark Boulton
Shipping container
1956 Malcolm Mc Lean ships trucks whole industry possibility to rapidly unload/load anything
Wardrobe
Chaos
Wardrobe
Order
Anatomy
Anatomy
Margins
Anatomy
Gutters
Anatomy
Module
Anatomy
Columns
Anatomy
Hanging lines
Anatomy
Fields
Examples
Columnar
Examples
Hiearchical
Sources
Universal Principles of Design Making and Breaking the Grid The Layout Book Layout Essentials Mark Boulton: Designing Grid Systems - workshop Mark Boulton on layouts and grid systems - net.magazine Mark Boulton on Grids - webahead podcast
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