Josef Müller-Brockmann » Grid Design

The 960 Grid System Made Easy

admin — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 12:14:13 +0000

For those of you that are interested in ‘playing’ with a grid system framework for web design, but aren’t really sure how to use 960gs, you’d be wise to take a look at this great little 960gs tutorial by Joshua Johnson of Six Revisions.

Grid-based Expression Engine Themes

admin — Sun, 18 Jul 2010 23:01:31 +0000

If you’ve been looking for a quick way to get some of the well-known grid-based frameworks, such as Blueprint and 960gs, into your Expression Engine installation, it might be worth taking a look at the useful tool created by Nick Johnson of LIM, who says:

“I threw this together because I found that I was wanting to get an expression engine site up and running with some boilerplate css I could use to flesh out the design quickly. I prefer the grid based layouts, but for some simple layouts the css tinderbox works great.”

It will give you a nice blank canvas to work from based on some of the most popular CSS frameworks of the moment.

The Bare Essentials for the Graphic Designer

admin — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 15:37:40 +0000

A self-initiated project, by Ashwin Patel, based on the stereotypical ‘must haves’ of the graphic designer from mind set and values to tools and appliances.

This poster is available to purchase at £23 plus P&P. Size – 700mm x 490mm. Printed lithographically on Vision Superior (uncoated) 160gsm and available from here.

WordPress Grid Theme

admin — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 12:44:15 +0000

A recently added, grid-based WordPress theme, Studio 960 by Cudazi that looks quite nice and offers lots of scope for making it your own. A quick, inexpensive way of getting a clean, bold site up and running if you fancy it, too. I just thought that this kind of design might appeal to a few of my readers.

Feltron’s 2009 Annual Report nearing completion

admin — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 23:13:16 +0000

Nicholas Feltron, the NYC-based graphic designer and statistics geek (that’s why we love him) recently posted a Tweet to say “Final color on press for the 09 Annual Report means binding can get going next week.”

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Applying Mathematics To Web Design

admin — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 09:46:08 +0000

Smashing Magazine show you how to use different mathematical formulae to create a structured ‘grid’ to your web designs. They cover the usual supsects; the Golden Ratio, but there is another Indian-based ‘philosophy’ that I have never come across before, Kundli, which is based on horoscope charts. Interesting stuff.

Welcome to The New AisleOne

admin — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 09:00:04 +0000

Antonio Carusone, creator of Aisle One, a resource blog focused on graphic design, typography, grid systems, minimalism and modernism, has recently wrapped the site up in a fancy new design.

The new site design utilises keyboard navigation to ‘enhance the viewing experience’ and uses the up ↑ and down ↓ arrow keys to scroll through the site, which takes advantage of a nifty infinite scrolling feature. The site also has two viewing modes that can be accessed by pressing the (g) key for grid mode and the (l) key for list mode. And finally there’s a dashboard that can be opened and closed by pressing the (d) key. It contains other goodies like Twitter Hastags, inspirational links, featured articles and more.

A Brief History of Emil Ruder

admin — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 17:42:53 +0000

An interesting insight into the world of a typographer and designer by the name of Emil Ruder (1914-1970), who played a key part in the development and dissemination of the Swiss Style.

Three New Action Products by Behance

admin — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 21:18:33 +0000

As part of their mission to organise the creative world, Behance’s line of paper products is designed with Action in mind. And now, they’re introducing three new ways to get organised in style. What’s more, these new Action Method products are 100% sustainable.

Josef Müller-Brockmann T-Shirts Available

admin — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 11:29:44 +0000

T-Shirt Society, Ltd. have released a range of t-shirts inspired by the designs of many famous graphic designers. One of their latest incarnations is this one for Josef Müller-Brockmann.