Josef Müller-Brockmann: Grid Systems in Graphic Design / Raster Systeme für die Visuele Gestaltung (1968) [EN/DE]

This book is suitable for those who work with automated text and image design. It shows examples of working correctly on a conceptual level. Exact directions for using all of the grid systems presented (8 to 32 grid fields) are given to the user. These can be used for the most varied of projects. The three-dimensional grid is treated as well. Put simply: a guidebook from the profession for the profession.

The development of organizational systems in visual communication was the service and the accomplishment of the representatives of simple and functional typography and graphic design. In the 1920s in Europe, works already arose in the areas of typography, graphic design and photography with objectified conception and rigid composition. In 1961 a brief presentation of the grid with text and illustrations appeared for the first time in an earlier book by the author. Articles published mainly in trade journals then followed.

This book now attempts to close a gap by giving examples and exact directions to the professional concerning all grid problems that can occur. The author, a world-renowned professional, thus offers his colleagues the tools to solve problems more easily.

Grid Systems in Graphic Design: A visual communication manual for graphic designers, typographers, and three dimensional designers / Raster Systeme für die Visuele Gestaltung: Ein Handbuch für Grafiker, Typografen und Ausstellungsgestalter
Publisher Niggli Verlag, 1968
176 pages

Publisher

Grid Systems in Graphic Design / Raster Systeme für die Visuele Gestaltung (English/German, 1968, no OCR)
Sistemas de retículas / Sistemas de grelhas (Spanish/Portuguese, trans. Ángel Repáraz Andrés / Fernando Peraira Cavadas, 1982, added on 2013-12-11, removed on 2017-3-9 upon request of the publisher)