Art Of The Grid
It’s not a particularly cool thing to admit but being a designer I really love grids. The first thing I discovered recently (via my friend and fountain of web developer knowledge Mark) was Blueprint a super robust CSS framework. I’ve not had a chance to apply it to a proper site yet but I had a quick play with it and it looks like it will save a lot of time re-treading old ground. One thing I am really impressed with is the baseline grid anyway I will post more on my experience with blueprint when I have a chance to use it more extensively.
So as a gridophile (sounds kind of creepy) I was stoked to find The Art Of The Grid a site built with our sort in mind. Notepads based on popular grids and even shelves built on famous grid systems. Check out these Guardian shelves.
I think i’m on my 4th gridded notepad. Have tried Twen, Die Neue Typographie and the Raster Systeme. The Raster Systeme is my favorite. Mostly due to it’s A4 format.
If you love grid, you got to get one. I bought mine on Magma Books
Thanks for the heads up nuzzaci! I will be purchasing a few of the Raster Systeme note pads soon as possible. Müller-Brockmann is the best! Do you have Rastersysteme? I heard it’s a bugger to get hold of but if you can get it do so. It’s the grid bible. But I guess I am probably preaching to the converted right?