Grid Index Hardcover – May 25, 2009

I found this at a brick & mortar store where the price was high. Amazon had it for a more palatable price so I picked it up here. The disk it comes with contains all of the many grids shown in the book in vector form and you are free to use them as you please. I've used them for fine art vector based illustration work and love the tangents these elements have taken some of my projects on.-Try rastorizing one of these grid files in Photoshop, then applying filters such as twirl or other distort functions to them. It creates amazing and original visual effects. The higher resolution you work in in Photoshop the better the end result is likely to be.-See my uploaded file for an example of what I did with a grid, placed into an illustration and distorted.-Try enlarging a grid and using it as a template for a page layout, for alignment of elements on the page. Rotate it slightly for added energy swiss-style.The printed book may seem like overkill, but it's indispensable as a quick easy way to locate a particular grid you'd like to use.

This is an amazing tool for graphic design as it has the CD with it also for using the designs shown in the book. It was half the price of the same book at the Semi Permanent Design Conference in Sydney, Austalia

My son is an artist -- a painter -- and he requested this book for Christmas. I bought it for him and he is very happy with it. He said it is a great gift!

This one is destined to delight perusers of all persuasions. You can get as lost in the hyperprecise rhythm of these pages as in the sine wave serenades of the author's music. Definitely recommended for fans of the Raster-Noton label.

I had the chance to review this book through Interlibrary Loan at my university. I work digitally, whether designing for the web or print. Unfortunately, the CD was not included via ILL. So for me, while the book was interesting to browse and could generate some ideas, it would be difficult to implement some of the more complex grids without a digital template. Maybe I'm just too lazy to try an replicate the grids in the book, but it seems that the book is an idea tool and index to the CD which has files you can build on.

An infuriatingly complex systemization of grids and graphs, produced in a very clean, almost scientific way. Excellent source for designers looking for pattern ideas, especially since there's a free CD included with editable .svg and .pdf files! Be warned, though: staring at the pages for extended period of time might induce Magic Eye flashbacks.

Great book. Bought second hand and came without the cd, so it's pretty useless.Edit: Seller ThriftBooks issued a full refund (item price + shippng) when explained and "There is no need to return the item we sent. We suggest donating any unwanted items to a local charity or donation center." So 5 stars for ThriftBooks USA.

Una guida per designer indispensabile, ottima fonte di idee per progettisti in cerca di inspirazione, utilissimo in CD incluso con tutte le griglie presenti nel libro (e sono veramente tante) in formato pdf e svg.

Utile pour beaucoup de domaines artistiques, ce livre est un vrai outil de travail.Il permet de construire et de mélanger des grilles, générées sur la base de plusieurs algorithme mathématiques.On regrettera peut-être l'approche un peu hermétique et peu explicite du processus de construction des grilles.Toutefois, quand on a saisit le principe, ce livre révèle une grande souplesse d'utilisation dans son principe.A recommander sans réserve aux architectes, designers graphiques, illustrateurs, artistes peintres, vidéastes…Bref… à toute les disciplines artistiques.

Awesome Book und for the daily inspirations. It was totally worth it. The shipping was very fast with no complications.

見ていて飽きません。ハードカバーの本に種々様々なグリッドがカタログ的に載っていて、紙の本として持っていて本当に良かったと思えた一冊です。