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Ordering Disorder: Grid Design for the New World

Event Interactive 2011
Format Solo
Organizer Khoi Vinh Subtraction.com
Description Everyone's using grids, and grid tools and frameworks are everywhere. But do you truly understand the ins and outs of this powerful design principle, and how it's changing along with new media and platforms? Chances are most digital designers have only a cursory knowledge of the grid's concepts and best practices, overlooking the tremendous value that truly smart grid usage brings. In this expansive sequel to his famous 2006 SXSWi talk "Grids Are Good," designer and grid expert Khoi Vinh (NYTimes.com, Subtraction.com) will give a bracing tour of the many ideas packed into his forthcoming book "Ordering Disorder: Grid Principles for Web Design." This solo talk will span the history of grids, take a brass-tacks tour of best practices, and look ahead at some of the most enlightening and innovative thinking that's shaping grid thinking in the future.
Questions
Answered
  1. What do I need to know about grids to use them well?
  2. Do frameworks help or hurt me if I'm trying to design with grids?
  3. Do grids work with liquid layout designs?
  4. What do I really need to understand about the Golden Mean, the Fibonacci sequence and the Rule of Thirds to make them useful to me?
  5. What are the mistakes people make most often when using grids?
Level Beginner
Category Design Thinking
Tags design theory, grids, web design