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Buddy Carr 39 Longboard
I’ve been a busy bee lately. I’m pleased to announce that the 39 longboard I designed for Buddy Carr is now a reality. When Buddy contacted me almost a year ago, I knew right away that our collaboration would produce work that would make us bo...
Limited Edition 2010 Letterpress Calendar
I have a thing for well-designed calendars and letterpress printing, so this year I tried to combine the two into a single project. Now available to order is this Limited Edition 2010 Letterpress Calendar. The print features a calendar with the yea...
This Studio + Twenty Ten Poster
It’s that time of the year again and the uber-talented David Bennett has released his mouth-watering 2010 calendar poster. The poster is set in Europa Grotesk and printed one color on a 80gsm stock. I just received one in the mail and it’s stunn...
Lucas Nasson
Some lovely work here by NYC based designer Lucas Nasson. Pictured here is a poster for an event at Lincoln Center. Love the black & white and the grid. The image is a little tall but worth it to see the entire piece. ...
Dieter Rams
Image courtesy of September Industry. Seems like there’s a ton of stuff going on around Dieter Rams and his legendary work. There’s the “Less and More — The Design Ethos of Dieter Rams” exhibit at the Design Museum in London. To coincide w...
Myths & Misconceptions About Grid Systems
A few myths and misconceptions about grids exist in the design community that can be detrimental, especially to designers who are new to the subject. I recently read an article, which is no longer online, claiming that grids have disadvantages and i...
David Barath
Excellent collection of work by Budapest based creative director, David Barath. ...
Hey Ho
I wrote about France based studio Hey Ho back in the day and since then they’ve filled their portfolio with drool-inducing work. Like this piece for Éditions Galaade. So yummy and full of grid goodness. ...
Basic Maths Wordpress Theme
Khoi Vinh and Allan Cole have created Basic Maths, an excellent grid-based theme for Wordpress that includes features like microformats, color-scheme control, full widget support and a key shortcut to display the grid. Not to mention it’s beautifu...
Herbert W. Kapitzki
My jaw dropped when I saw the work of Herbert W. Kapitzki over at Grain Edit this morning. Never heard of him before today but I’m glad I stumbled upon his work. Kapitzki was a former student of Willi Baumeister, conceived and designed exhibitions...
Carl B. Graf
Carl Bernhard Graf (1926–1968) was a Zürich based graphic designer that not many people know about. But the work that he left behind is just as good as the well-known designers of his time. There isn’t much information on Graf (hence the terrib...
2010 Calendar Wallpaper
I’ve been working on a 2010 calendar poster that I plan to have letterpressed and figured that it would also work well as a wallpaper. So I put some wallpapers together based on the poster design that features a 2010 calendar and the year written ...
Grid Calculator 1.3
A new version (1.3) of the excellent Grid Calculator has been released for the Mac. The main feature of this upgrade is the ability to calculate grids for web design. It’s the only stand-alone app that I know of that supports both print and web. Pr...
Michael Kosmicki
Michael Kosmicki is a graphic design student at Central Saint Martins College of Art & Design, and his work simply blows me away. I’m amazed at how refined it is, but what I love the most is Michael’s classic sense of style. A lot of his pie...
Tankboys
Tankboys is a multidisciplinary Venice based studio founded in 2005 by Lorenzo Mason and Marco Campardo, focusing on cultural, artistic, editorial and design project. Every piece in their portfolio exhibits beautiful typography, strong grids, and a m...
Good Design, Good Business – Geigy Exhibition
Honestly, I can't get enough of the awesome work done by the Swiss chemical company Geigy. Their in-house design studio was a pioneer of the International Typographic Style during the 1950s and 1960s. Earlier this year the Design Museum Zurich ...
The Principles of Swiss Graphic Design
This is awesome. I need to get my hands on it. Designer Dylan Mulvaney has designed this splendid bilingual, expandable book for Blanka. It honors the man, the legend, Josef Müller-Brockmann as well as conveys the principles of Swiss Graphi...
Anthologie de Musique Suisse Plakat
Check out this stunning poster by the legendary Josef Müller-Brockmann. I’ve never seen this poster design before so it’s gotten me really excited! I’ll have to check my Brockmann books to see if it’s in there, but I don&...
Polygon Typeface
Washington D.C. based designer Andy Babb has created Polygon, a typeface built on a strict grid of equilateral triangles. Lovely idea and execution. Designing a typeface on a triangle grid does create some interesting forms. To go along with the...
Astrid Stavro Studio
I’m absolutely in love with this poster by Barcelona based studio, Astrid Stavro, that was created for the International Piano Competition in 2007. Strong, beautiful typography on a well formed, grid reminiscent of the great work that came out ...
Design—ed by Ed Watt
A contributor to the excellent blog FormFiftyFive, Glasgow based designer Ed Watt has compiled an excellent portfolio filled with quality stuff. I personally love the flyer pictured above made for the Maryhill Youth Theatre to promote one of the...
1976 Montreal Olympics Logo
Over at the blog We Made This, there’s a scan of an article in a 1975 issue of Design Magazine that covers the construction and guidelines for the 1976 Montreal Olympics Logo designed by Georges Huel. It’s interesting to see how the logo ...
rw/2 Identity Design
Stunning identity design for photography studio rw/2 by Sebastian Gram while working with Hello Monday. Excellent choice of color, love the minty green, and great use of white space. The grid brings all these elements together to create a superb ...
Corporate Diversity : Swiss Graphic Design by Geigy
Image above is from Things To Look At. Here’s a great book that’s just been released by Lars Müller Publishers titled Corporate Diversity: Swiss Graphic Design and Advertising by Geigy, 1940 – 1970. Designed by Norm...
Inge Ketelers
I’m absolutely loving the work of Belgian graphic designer, Inge Ketelers. Ultra simple and clean. Minimalism in its purest form. No distracting elements, just well composed text and images. I wish more design was like this, back to the basics....
Buro Reng
An excellent collection of minimal, grid based design by Netherlands based Buro Reng....
Read Between the Leading
Aaron Heth and Matt McInerney, both students at the Savannah College of Art & Design, have created a podcast called Read Between the Leading that focuses on design and typography. They’ve only done 4 episodes but so far the discussions have...
Interview with Khoi Vinh
I’m sure many of you have heard of the uber-talented Khoi Vinh, Design Director for NYTimes.com and grid pioneer. Khoi was kind enough to take a moment to chat with me about grids, why they’re important and how he uses them. Check o...
Almost Modern Updates
I’ve written about Almost Modern before, they’re one of my favorite design studios and they pump out amazing work. They’ve just launched a new grid based site with a bunch of new work. Check it out and be prepared to drool....
The Grid System Forum
I’m happy to announce the The Grid System Forum. I was receiving a lot of emails with questions on how design and use grid systems so a forum just makes sense. If you have any questions on grids, need help with a grid you’re constru...
