I’m currently knee-deep in research concerning the use of grid systems in design. Specifically, whether their role is paramount to the content or if it’s more subservient in nature.
A bit of light reading (from top to bottom):
- The New Typography – Jan Tschichold
- Stop Stealing Sheep – Eric Spiekermann
- Thinking With Type – Ellen Lupton
- The Elements of Typographic Style – Robert Bringhurst
- Book Typography – Michael Mitchell
- Asymmetric Typography – Jan Tschichold
- Typographie – Emil Ruder
- The Typographic Grid – Hans Rudolf Bosshard
- Designing Programmes – Karl Gerstner
- Type & Typography – Phil Baines
- Designing Books – Jost Hochuli
- The Designer and the Grid – Lucienne Roberts
- Making Books – Alan Bartram
- The Grid – Allen Hurlburt
- How to Draw Layouts – Jan Tschichold
- Grid Systems – Josef Muller-Brockmann
- Notes on Book Design – Derek Birdsall
Links will be added when I need to procrastinate a bit more.