Behance has just put up an interview with Xavier Encinas, from Paris-based graphic design studio Peter & Wendy, he which he talks about his creative process, grids and influences.
Category: Grid Systems
Grid Layout
Here’s a great tool for building sites using a grid system. The brainchild of Jon Hicks, it consists of a Javascript file and a simple XHTML code that you drop into your site and is toggled by pressing CTRL+SHIFT+G or CTRL+ALT+G on a PC. I’ve been using Khoi Vinh technique but I’m going to use this one from now on.
Highway Signs
A great slideshow by The New York Times showing how the typeface used on highway signs was improved to create better legibility. What’s really interesting is how they used a proportion-based grid system to create an overall layout system to be used across all signs.
Submitted by Pablo
Schmid Today
Schmid Today is a project about the designer and typographer Helmut Schmid that consists of an international exhibition, a book, a project documentary and a website. Excellent stuff.
«schmid today» is a research project about the designer and typographer Helmut Schmid by the University of Applied Sciences Düsseldorf’s Design Department. The project was initiated and is supervised by Professors Victor Malsy and Philipp Teufel. The research team of 55 students around them collected, researched and cataloged designs by Helmut Schmid for the course of three years. The Archive documents Schmid’s complete works, including originals from the past 40 years. The results of the research are published now in an international exhibition, a book, a project documentary and in the digital realm for the first time.
Battin
Battin is the personal portfolio of 20 year old designer, Philip Dam Roadley-Battin, who is based in Copenhagen/Berlin. This kid does some really nice work. My favorite is his JOSEF MULLER-BOCKWURST poster which is a tribute to Josef Muller-Brockmann’s legendary 1954 Zurich Tonhalle Concert Poster.
Nudge Your Elements
Interesting article by Khoi Vinh on padding your grid elements and not laying them right on a grid line. I don’t necessarily agree with this concept but it’s still an interesting insight. The situation he uses is very specific and I think it can be avoided if thought about before the creation of the grid.