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>In the years I spent studying design and typography in art college later on, I never once heard anyone mention this rule. But it is the very first thing I brin
by vitaflo 4y ago
>In the years I spent studying design and typography in art college later on, I never once heard anyone mention this rule. But it is the very first thing I bring up with designers I hire.
This is interesting because when I was in design school we had entire courses on Swiss grid systems. "Grid Systems in Graphic Design" by Josef Müller was like the holy bible.
That said there are a lot of design peers that I've worked with that were either never taught or simply ignore this. I wonder if it's a generational thing and simply not taught anymore (I went to design school in the mid-90's).
Of course one downfall of having worked with various grid systems for so long is I can tell when something is off by one pixel and then cannot unsee it.
- munificent 4y agoGrid systems are one way of generating alignment, but not the only way. They're a means to the end, but it's helpful to focus on the end itself, which is that elements are aligned with each other.
- noduerme 4y agoWe also studied Swiss grids in design school. But much of the class was about how to use and break them; and they were presented as sort of one dish on a buffet of design philosophies. Practical alignment of everything with something else - for commercial work, especially - wasn't presented as a holistic rule. It would more just be an unstated byproduct of using a grid.