Dave Kellam

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.