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  • Grid systems in graphic design: A visual communication manual for graphic designers, typographers and three dimensional designers (German and English Edition)
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A grid system is a rigid framework that is supposed to help graphic designers in the meaningful, logical and consistent organization of information on a page. It is an established tool that is used by print and web designers to create well-structured, balanced designs. Rudimentary versions of grid systems existed since the medieval times, but a group of Swiss graphic designers, mostly inspired in ideas from typographical literature started building a more rigid and coherent system for page layout. The core of these ideas were first presented by Müller-Brockmann who helped to spread the knowledge about the grids thorough the world. This volume provides guidelines and rules for the function and use for grid systems from 8 to 32 grid fields which can be used for the most varied of projects, the three-dimensional grid being treated as well. Exact directions for using all of the grid systems possibe presented are given to the user, showing examples of working correctly on a conceptual level.
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This book is suitable for those who work with automated text and image design. It shows examples of working correctly on a conceptual level. Exact directions for using all of the grid systems presented (8 to 32 grid fields) are given to the user. These can be used for the most varied of projects. The three-dimensional grid is treated as well. Put simply: a guidebook from the profession for the profession.

The development of organizational systems in visual communication was the service and the accomplishment of the representatives of simple and functional typography and graphic design. In the 1920s in Europe, works already arose in the areas of typography, graphic design and photography with objectified conception and rigid composition. In 1961 a brief presentation of the grid with text and illustrations appeared for the first time in an earlier book by the author. Articles published mainly in trade journals then followed.

This book now attempts to close a gap by giving examples and exact directions to the professional concerning all grid problems that can occur. The author, a world-renowned professional, thus offers his colleagues the tools to solve problems more easily.

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ 3721201450
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ niggli
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ October 1, 1996
  • Edition ‏ : ‎ Bilingual
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English, German
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 176 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 9783721201451
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-3721201451
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 2.31 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 11.77 x 8.43 x 0.47 inches
  • Best Sellers Rank: #30,058 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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    4.8 out of 5 stars (943)

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Customers find this book to be a comprehensive guide to using grids in graphic design, providing a great basic understanding of grid systems. Moreover, they consider it a must-have for every graphic designer and appreciate its timeless classic status. Additionally, the book serves as an excellent reference, with one customer mentioning how it helped them pass an assignment at AAU. However, opinions on value for money are mixed, with some finding it worth the price while others consider it expensive.
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40 customers mention content, 36 positive, 4 negative
Customers praise the book's content, describing it as a comprehensive guide to using grids in graphic design and an essential part of any design library.
This is a great book, a classic, and a must read for any graphic designer....Read more
Classic graphic design book. Arrived in great condition — new as promised.Read more
It's a good book. But the style it's written in, makes it difficult to read.Read more
The arrogance in this book is thoroughly entertaining. You will learn many grid patterns....Read more
13 customers mention informative, 11 positive, 2 negative
Customers find the book informative, providing a great basic understanding of grid systems and valuable insights, with one customer noting how it helped with InDesign.
...designer, photographer, or even an illustrator, you’ll find valuable insights. Learn to apply the principles, and you’ll be ready to succeed.Read more
To all graphic designers, this book is a must have and read. Very important information how to layout your work and why it needs to be in a certain...Read more
Very helpful as a reference for creating a personal portfolio and for learning the basics of editorial design.Read more
...It is filled with diagrams, pictures, and everything you need to know about designing for the grid....Read more
13 customers mention relevance for all, 13 positive, 0 negative
Customers find the book essential for graphic designers, describing it as a must-have resource. One customer mentions it serves as a wonderful way to draw, while another notes it's particularly valuable for designers of any discipline.
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This is a must for all designers....Read more
This is a great book, a classic, and a must read for any graphic designer....Read more
10 customers mention timeless, 8 positive, 2 negative
Customers appreciate that the book is a timeless classic.
This book is considered to be a classic, and is worth reading if you are interested in a historical perspective on the grid system....Read more
This is another hard to find classic.Read more
Oldie but goodie. Some fundemental design principles that everyone should know. I use this book for helping my web design and print design students.Read more
Outdated, boring, and frankly too prescriptive for my liking....Read more
8 customers mention reference, 8 positive, 0 negative
Customers find the book to be a great reference, with one mentioning it's an obligatory addition to any designer's bookshelf, while another notes it's very relevant for all design applications.
...Content wise, I havent gone through most of it but it’s a good book to have for reference now and then....Read more
...A great reference to have, even in this technological age.Read more
...You don't have to read it cover to cover but it's a great reference to keep around if you do any editorial design or any document layout.Read more
...This should be learned and studied, afterwards consulted everyday. I believe it to be one of the first books a Graphic Designer should buy.Read more
9 customers mention value for money, 5 positive, 4 negative
Customers have mixed opinions about the value for money of the book, with some finding it worth buying while others consider it expensive.
This book is considered to be a classic, and is worth reading if you are interested in a historical perspective on the grid system....Read more
...The papers felt thin, rough and cheap. With inconsistent grey across the whole book where the text would be black on some page, and grey on others....Read more
Great Book, totally worthy of buying and reading.Read more
why is this thing so expensive and so difficult to find...Read more
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  • Youngbo Shim
    5.0 out of 5 stars Guide to editorial design
    Reviewed in the United States on August 28, 2025
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    Very helpful as a reference for creating a personal portfolio and for learning the basics of editorial design.
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  • Francois
    5.0 out of 5 stars Great read, highly recommend
    Reviewed in the United States on June 25, 2011
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    This is a great book, a classic, and a must read for any graphic designer. Regardless of where you are as a designer, this information is either new to you or you've learned some variation of it somewhere. At my work place we don't do much page layout, but I wish we did. Although after reading it, I realize this type of grid system works for one page designs as well as multi-page. At first the instructions and the whole idea sounds a bit rigid but as you continue reading you begin to understand the infinite possibilities it gives you. Nowadays there's definitely a huge misconception about "Breaking the Grid". New designers and even some seasoned designers misinterpret that statement as "No grid at all". I'm not against breaking the grid, but there has to be an existing grid before you can break the grid, otherwise what are you breaking? So if you want to break the grid, you must still learn the grid. Margins don't qualify as a grid system. Another misconception is that you have to break the grid to create dynamic. That is also false. There is a such thing as dynamic use of the grid, and this classic book proves it. I love the grid and after reading this book, I recognize it more as I look at great design work. The layout system is such a fundamental part of being a graphic designer. Make sure you're making every effort to improve all the necessary skills. If you're looking for an improvement in your layout skills, read this book. It will stand the test of time for ages to come.
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  • Santiago Gonzalez Hoch
    5.0 out of 5 stars It’s important to read it through and then apply the knowledge during a second pass of the book
    Reviewed in the United States on January 24, 2026
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    A Classic Book with basic but very very relevant for all Design Applications.
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  • Raysa navarro
    5.0 out of 5 stars Muy bueno
    Reviewed in the United States on January 15, 2026
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  • Camila Garavito
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  • R.D. Hight
    4.0 out of 5 stars Very good; very basic
    Reviewed in the United States on October 28, 2010
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    If you want to go from knowing nothing about grid-based graphic design to knowing something, this is your book: accessible, clear, and narrowly focused. It forcefully explains why grids are good, how to build them, and how to zero in on the right one for a particular purpose. It's hard to imagine a new designer who wouldn't improve after reading it.

    "Grid Systems in Graphic Design" is also old, short, and introductory. The author writes from a time when his preparation for a design project was to make sketches so detailed that they sometimes involved actually hand-drawing accurate copies of the typefaces he intended to use. On the subject of page proportions, he stresses the benefits of DIN sizes and moves on. His examples are great at demonstrating the clarity that comes from applying a grid to a single, flowing stream of content, but it would have been nice to have a few examples in which content has to be kept separate. A newspaper page often has 4-6 stories (plus ads) that all must be kept visually distinct. How do his "Systems" accomplish that within the grid?

    This book will teach what it says on the cover. Just don't expect it to do anything more. "The Elements of Typographic Style" by Robert Bringhurst is more wide-ranging, more up to date, and more important to have as a reference.
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    5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful way to draw
    Reviewed in the United States on September 12, 2022
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    One thing I love about all the drawing books out now is there is something for everyone. I see things in terms of lines and mathematical equations and this book fit so well into how I draw. It was a bit hard to get used to English being on one page and German on the next, but overtime, that became easier to deal with. I almost wish they had put one of them first and then the next in the second half of the book. It might have made it easier to get through the first time.

    If you like to draw with mathematical brain or you simply like things to line up, (graphic designers this really is a good book to have in your arsenal) I would suggest getting a copy. It's heavy - it's hardback after all - but it's going to last a good long time.

    Well worth the money.
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  • Victor Llanos
    5.0 out of 5 stars A MUST-HAVE
    Reviewed in the United States on November 13, 2024
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    If there’s an essential reference for planning a layout on any kind of project that needs to be designed coherently, this is the book you must have. I won’t give you any hints—just buy it and enjoy it! Whether you’re a graphic designer, poster designer, photographer, or even an illustrator, you’ll find valuable insights. Learn to apply the principles, and you’ll be ready to succeed.
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  • Alberto S.
    5.0 out of 5 stars Um clássico
    Reviewed in Brazil on January 20, 2026
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    o livro é essencial
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  • Besart Lutfiu
    5.0 out of 5 stars TipTop
    Reviewed in Germany on February 21, 2026
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    I recommend it to everyone who wants to gain knowledge about typography.
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  • Javier Azcona
    5.0 out of 5 stars A work of clarity and conviction.
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 3, 2016
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    Grid Systems in Graphic Design: A Visual Communication Manual for Graphic Designers, Typographers and Three Dimensional Designers, 9th edition 2015, is no doubt a classic in the lore of graphic design and layout technique. A primer, textbook, and conceptual exposition all-in-one. We get a sense of how a message is conveyed through carefully laid design work as we read the many insights the book provides. It is all done with the clarity and conviction of a master in the field.

    The book is a must read for students and practitioners alike as it encapsulates an approach to design from which creativity may ensue. So fundamental is the logic of the tools proposed.

    On a negative note, the book is plagued with misprints, an unforgivable occurrence in any publication, let alone a work on typography and one by none other than Josef Müller-Brockmann.

    It does nothing for the good name of Niggli Verlag that such poor proofreading was tolerated. I am grateful that the publishers keep the book in print, but such a sloppy edition ought never to have made it to print unchecked. It reaches absurdity when, previous to another error, on page 94 we can read two different measurements for the same item: 5.6 cm in the English version of the text; 6,5 cm in the German.

    Furthermore, I am unaware if Herr Müller-Brockmann did not attach any importance to leaving orphans (single words on a line at the end of a paragraph), but I do know that it is a no-no of modern typography practice. Thus, I was puzzled to see numerous such orphans in the text of the book.

    Nevertheless, the mastery of the author is above all that. Though irksome to encounter, the misprints can be overlooked as one is engrossed in the significance of the text and illustrations. The book can be enjoyed both in the German original, and in the terse English translation as the book is bilingual.

    I heartily recommend it.
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  • Sequeira orlando
    5.0 out of 5 stars Expensive but worth it
    Reviewed in France on January 24, 2024
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    This book is written so well. Not only is it informative but also stylish.
    I would recommend it to anyone that does any sort of creative work.
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  • Amazon Customer
    5.0 out of 5 stars Bien, pero mayor cuidado en la logística
    Reviewed in Spain on January 26, 2026
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    Todo bien, a excepción de un pequeño daño en una de las esquinas del libro
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