Praxishandbuch Gestaltungsraster

Afew years ago enthusiasm prompted us to buy up the rights to the book Arbeiten mit Gestaltungsrastern, despite misgivings about its design. Although the book sold well - efficient graphic design would be inconceivable without grids - we didn't reprint. The book, with the copyrighted text we had procured, was simply not us. We searched long and hard before we found the ideal authors for our proposed title on typographical grids. Andreas and Regina Maxbauer, with years of teaching experience and efficient design at their own studio behind them, are neither advocates of the rigid grid dogmatism of the 1960s and the Ulm School, nor are they fans...

of the creative big bang theory which reinvents double spread after double spread. Instead they clearly illustrate how freedom [and consistency] of design evolve from the skilled deployment of grids. Basing much of their information on the findings of perception psychology the Maxbauers lay out both the basics of grid design and also the dos and don'ts of registering type and graphics on the grid. They thus provide designers, novices, journalists and specialist authors trying to get to grips with the grids used in print and non-print media with a useful tool and valuable insight into the topic. Less stringent than Müller-Brockmann and illustrated...

with examples by a whole host of different designers and studios [unlike the aforementioned which concentrates on Studio Bosshard alone], Andreas and Regina Maxbauer present the typographic grid as a sound medium in day-today typography, showing us inspiring examples of work with the grid.

Practical Manual of Typographical Grids
The freedoms and limitations of typographical grids
240 pages
Size 20,5 x 30,5 cm
Hardback with jacket planned
ISBN 978-3-87439-571-7