Grids Question
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- Hombre_Lobo_20
Rule #1 of using grids - DO NOT FUCKING QUESTION GRIDS!!
- scrap_paper0
I'm not quite sure why there would be so much confusion but I do remember not being introduced to anything more then the rule of thirds while in school. Grid concepts are really simple and straight forward.
Do they know what the word "grid" means?
- centro0
its like using graph paper
- monNom0
I'm not surprised. Grids are much too limited concept in relation to the other CORE concepts like composition and colour. Grids really are a loose guideline for how to manage repetition within your designs and to create harmony in a multi-page composition. You can get by no-problem without knowing grids. Not so composition or colour.
Put it like this. You can draw in 3 point perspective without knowing about construction lines. The technique makes things easier, but the core skills in observation and drafting are the crux of the matter.
Beyond that, technical schools rarely deal with the theory in any detail. They more often just teach the tools.
- mnmlst0
Tell them to google "Khoi Vihn Grids are good"
- mnmlst0
actually, here: http://www.subtraction.com/pics/…
- orrinward0
Just explain them as a simple set of rules with regard to placement and alignment of material on a page or deliverable.
I don't really get what's not to understand...
- d_rek0
I think most grid resources do a rather poor job of helping people understand the basics of grid systems. Most approach them with fairly in-depth analysis.
I think as long as people understand that they are simply a tool to help guide the organization of content, which can be used as liberally or loosely as they choose, then that's about as basic as it gets.
I remember while I was in college our instructors kept referring us books like the Muller-Brockman one or others that approached the subject with complex analysis. I can't remember a single one of them summing up grid systems in any sort of simplified manner. And really none of those resources helped me really understand the grid any better. I think true understanding of a grid system comes from practical application of a grid - meaning that you can really only begin to understand it when you start to apply it.
- And you don't need a complex understanding of a grid system to start applying it. Understand the grid - as I said, come with experience.d_rek
- comes with experience.d_rek
- Does Muller-Brockman's book really approach the subject with complex analysis? I remember it being kind of on the simple side.ukit
- It leans heavily on math and proportion, which can be a bit overwhelming to young designers.d_rek
- yeah, Muller-Brockman is about as clear as it gets - well, the English parts ;-)kingsteven
- Miesfan0
http://www.thegridsystem.org/
http://www.noeticfront.com/blog/…
Grids are the core foundation of any design. Think of them as an invisible skeleton upon which visual content is arranged. They structure information so that the viewer can easily assimilate and retain it. They make compositions more aesthetically pleasing. They enhance user experience online.
- uan0
how about to give your students a cutted out set of paragraphs, pictures, titles, articles, aso. and let them arrange them in a FREE composition on a white sheet.
most probably they will end up with a composition that is arranged in some sort of grid.
from there on you can explain that it is normally easier to design the grid first, and the arrange your elements in it following the rules provided by the grid (=time saver).