{"product_id":"making-and-breaking-the-grid-third-edition-a-graphic-design-layout-workshop-paperback","title":"Making and Breaking the Grid, Third Edition: A Graphic Design Layout Workshop - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eTimothy Samara\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTake your design work to the next level with \u003ci\u003eMaking and Breaking the Grid: A Graphic Design Layout Workshop\u003c\/i\u003e (Third Edition), the essential easy-to-use guide for designers working in every medium.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e With over 150,000 copies in print, this new edition makes a classic text relevant to a new generation of designers. \u003cb\u003eUpdates include: \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e A cross-cultural inclusive re-envisioning of design history related to the grid, including alternative approaches to layout \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Expanded discussion of grid use in interactive, UX\/UI scenarios \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Greater equity in the representation of design work by women and BIPOC designers \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Grids are the most basic and essential forms in graphic design--and they can be the most rigid. This book shows you how to \u003cb\u003eunderstand the rules of the grid to use them effectively\u003c\/b\u003e, and \u003cb\u003ethen how to break them\u003c\/b\u003e, resulting in \u003cb\u003ephenomenal cohesive layouts\u003c\/b\u003e. Timothy Samara explains the history of the grid and shows examples of grid basics, such as column, compound, and modular grids. He shows methods for building and using grids, and offers numerous examples of stunning design projects using a variety of imagery and typography. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Pages are filled with \u003cb\u003ehundreds of large, full-color layout concepts and diagrams\u003c\/b\u003e that educate and inspire. After mastering the grid, discover how to break it using conceptual designs that deconstruct and flip the grid successfully. Split, splice, and shift; create spontaneous compositions; make narrative constructs; work on an axis; use intuitive design; and more to create unique layouts or other projects. See ideas in action with eye-catching layout examples. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eWith this book you will: \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e learn how grids work. \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e be inspired to explore new concepts for using--or not using--grids. \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e discover achievable alternatives for boring layouts. \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e get the results you want using fresh design elements. \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e learn designers' processes via fascinating case studies. \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e see numerous examples of successful layouts created with and without grids. \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e communicate ideas effectively using visual language. \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cbr\u003e This new, expanded edition presents \u003cb\u003ethe most comprehensive, accessible, in-depth exposition of layout concepts ever published\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTimothy Samara\u003c\/b\u003e is a graphic designer based in New York City, where he divides his time between teaching, writing, lecturing, and consulting through STIM Visual Communication. His 20-year career in branding and information design has explored projects in print, packaging, environments, user interface design, and animation. He has been a senior art director at Ruder Finn, New York's largest public relations firm, and senior art director at Pettistudio, a small multidisciplinary design firm. Before relocating to Manhattan, he was principal of Physiologic in Syracuse, located in upstate New York. In 1990, he graduated a Trustee Scholar from the Graphic Design program at the University of the Arts, Philadelphia. Mr. Samara is a faculty member at New York's School of Visual Arts, New York University, Purchase College\/SUNY, and The New School, and has published six books on design and typography, all through Rockport Publishers: \u003ci\u003eMaking and Breaking the Grid\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eTypography Workbook\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003ePublication Design Workbook\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eType Style Finder\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eDesign Elements, \u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eDesign Evolution\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eLetterforms\u003c\/i\u003e. 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