Designing Grid Systems for the Web by Mark Boulton
MP4 | mpeg4 707kbps | English | 960x540 | 25fps | 3h 30mins | aac stereo 128kbps | 1.02 GB
Genre: Video Training

Designing Grid Systems should be a starting point for any designer when looking at arranging information to be scanned, viewed, read, and consumed. This workshop will give you the theory, skills and tools to be able to do that confidently.

Who is this workshop for
UX designers
Web designers
Developers
Editorial Assistants
Web Managers
Anyone who is asked to 'do design' but isn't a designer

What you will learn in this workshop
Compositional theory
Macro typographic design theory
How to design simple hierarchical, columnar, modular and compound grids
How to design complex rational and irrational ratio-based grids
How to use a 'new Canon' to design your grids
Effective layout design for multiple devices
An understanding of how layout structures can aid usability

Who is Mark?
Mark Boulton runs his own studio, Mark Boulton Design and is the co-founder of Five Simple Steps. Mark started designing web sites when he was the ‘young guy’ in the studio back in 1997 and he’s been banging on about applying the fundamentals of good graphic design on the web ever since. He is the author of the bestselling ‘A Practical Guide to Designing for the Web’ and is currently working on writing more books. His next book, ‘A Practical Guide to Designing Grid Systems for the Web’ will be available early in 2011 and workshop attendees will get a free copy when it comes out.