Layout essentials [electronic book] : 100 design principles for using grids / Beth Tondreau.

By: Tondreau, Beth [author].

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BookPublisher: Beverly, Mass. : Rockport Publishers, 2019Copyright date: ©2019Edition: Revised and updated.Description: online resource (208 pages) : color illustrations.Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9781631596315 (paperback); 9781631596308 (e-book).Subject(s): Grids (Typographic design)

| Layout (Printing)

| Graphic design (Typography)

Additional physical formats: Print version: Layout essentials : 100 design principles for using gridsDDC classification: 686.2252 Online resources: E-book Also available in print form.

Contents:

Elements of a grid -- Basic grid diagrams -- Determine the appropriate grid -- Formatting text -- Hierarchy of information -- Grid and image -- Combining grid, type, and image -- Color -- Space -- Rhythm and flow -- Single column -- Two column -- Three column -- Multicolumn -- Modular -- Tables, charts, and infographics -- Color as key component -- Color as organizing element -- Horizontal hierarchy -- Type and grids -- Dense information -- Breathing space -- Imperceptible grid -- Organic shapes -- Swiss grid -- Grid, disrupted -- Grid, refashioned -- Layered grid -- Grids and motion -- Breaking the grid.

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e-BOOK	MTU Bishopstown Library eBook	686.2252 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Not for loan	MTU Cork Module ARCH8017 - Supplementary reading.

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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

This revised and updated version of Layout Essentials: 100 Design Principles for Using Grids is an essential design text that outlines and demonstrates basic layout/grid guidelines and rules.

Includes bibliographical references.

MTU Cork Module ARCH8017 - Supplementary reading.

Also available in print form.

Electronic reproduction.: ProQuest LibCentral. Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Author notes provided by Syndetics

Prior to founding BTD in 1985, Beth Tondreau was Design Director at then-named Viking/Penguin, where she managed staff and projects for the Adult Trade and Penguin paperback divisions. Beth has also held positions as a designer and art director at other publishing houses in New York, London, and Boston. Beth earned a BA from the University of Pennsylvania, completed Radcliffe's Publishing Procedures Program, and pursued studies at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts. While working in London, she learned from colleagues at William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd (now HarperCollins). Beth has taught at FIT and NYU and guest speaks at Pace, City College, and NYU. In 2009, she curated and wrote Layout Essentials for Rockport Publishers, which was republished in 2011 and translated into several foreign language editions. As a member of AIGA, the professional association for design, Beth has been involved as a mentor in the AIGA/NY Mentoring Program and has served on the Board of Directors of AIGA/NY.