Gorgeous poster by Canadian agencyGottschalk+Ash done in the early 70’s. It’s sad how they’ve done great work like this in the past but now they do mediocre branding. At least that’s what it seems like on their site.
Category: Grid Systems
Peter Seitz: Designing a Life
Along with Brockmann, Crouwel and Aicher, Seitz is one of my biggest influences. His work has influenced many and is considered to be some of the best of our time. Design Observer has a great article on Seitz by Andrew Blauvelt, who also designed a book with Ryan Nelson called Peter Seitz: Designing a Life, a book featuring his work for the Walker Art Center. You can read about the making of the book on Ryan’s site and you can purchase the book from the Walker Art Center bookshop.
The Penguin Grid
500 Grids and Style Sheets
Interesting book available on You Work For Them explaining grid systems and how they are used. A CD is also included that contains 500 grid templates that can be customized.
Good graphic design relies on a simple, fundamental concept: the grid. With the invisible, unifying structure they provide, grids bring consistency and visual harmony to multi-page or multi-screen documents. The Designer’s Toolkit is the first book to streamline the use of this critical tool, providing a fast-track way for both experienced and amateur designers to identify and employ the best grid for the job. A CD embedded in the book’s cover includes 500 ready-to-use grid templates formatted for the most commonly used design programs. The templates can be used as-is or be easily customized to create professional-quality work. This unique book-plus-CD package provides the foundation for anyone to create effective, original, and sophisticated design.
Dimensions: 8.25″ x 9.25″ (inches)
Pages: 160
Edition: Hardcover w/ CD-rom
Languages: English
Form In A Form
This beautiful form for Eames chairs dates back to the 1950’s. Personally, I’ve never seen a form so visually interesting.
Biblioteca UPC
I wrote about them before but I was checking out Form Fifty Five and saw this amazing new project by Lamosca for the UPC library. Simple. Elegant. Clean. Perfect. Swiss design and grid systems at their best. I would kill for a project like this.