15 great grid-based designs
Using grids for design is far from new, but it never gets old. The following images showcase some great uses of the grid, but they are far from exhaustive.
1. Chinese festivities typography
Two posters by Chen Zhengda, chinese graphic designer, for the “Chinese Festivities Typography 2004″.
2. “Everything in it’s right place”
Poster by Felix Lobelius.
3. Les Hyper-réalistes
4. How very Tokyo
Poster by Spin.
5. Gini Coates
Poster and brochure in one by OK-RM.
6. Booklet about Oscar Wilde
By DHNN.
7. Luigi Bormioli
Leading italian glassmaker’s website by BBDK.
8. Swiss etc
By OnLab.
9. Willamette Industries annual report
10. Platvorm Magazine
Editorial design by Julie Joliat.
11. The Felton 2008 annual report
12. 12 in 12
A project by Craig Oldham.
13. CoopHimmelB(l)au
Corporate identity by Paulus Dreibholz.
14. Internationale Papierformate
By Daniel Peter.
15. John+Karen
By Joe Shouldice.
nice grid based works, thanks for the list..
Great examples! I enjoy grid based design myself. I experimented most with it while laying out custom file folders but wasn’t allowed to explore the more creative side of it. But on my own time and for my own clients, It has proven to be very enjoyable.
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http://www.ehow.com/how_4666622_determine-use-its-vs-its.html
Very nice and modern.
that’s really great grids which can use for websites and even in print designs too, thanks for this post.
It is remarkable how something apparently simple can be so brilliant. I admire those designers who can make the most out of simplicity.
Really like everything in its right place.The anniversary timeline was also cool in its own retro way.
For designers working in every medium, layout is arguable the most basic and most important element. Effective layout is essential to communication and enables the end user to not only be drawn in with an innovative design but to digest information easily.really like these modern layout
Many thanks.
regarding the Dyslexic Poster “Everything in it’s right place”
This work is great as it needs to be considered how those affected with dyslexia perceive and process information differently. It is not necessarily wrong but different in today’s society order. When reading, a dyslexic doesn’t read in an ordinary manner but first subconsciously decodes the information that takes time. The work here illustrates this well and forces a non-dyslexic to decode the information being viewed, placing the view in a dyslexic position. similar direction that the designer Scott Makela took.
Great work.
Hey, Does anyone know, where to find grid-templates for brochures?
I think the top few remind me of Bauhaus. Neat composition.