and this is from a really beautifully art directed magazine called Peppermint. Also heavily reliant on the grid for a clean and restful reading experience. (it combines fashion and environmental concerns)
This is a picture of my favourite building in Amstelveen near Amsterdam. Below that is a photo I took of it when I was there. I can definitely see the grid in that design! The Dutch love a grid, judging by the lines in their houses and apartment blocks and commercial buildings. They are rather an orderly people.
A classic grid, examples of which are found all around the world, this one my favourite city.
Yes, a Raygun cover. I love Raygun. This isn't a grid and has a loose feel. Some of their covers are filled with movement and tension - this one is more relaxed yet still breaks the rules and looks fresh.
Up here in Darwin there is a shortage of good magazines in the shops and I'm having trouble finding edgy, unusual magazines. I am even finding it tricky to see anything on the net with a design like Raygun's. Magazines seem to thrive on order and aesthetic appeal to the widest range of people. After all the goal is for them to sell I suppose.I did stumble on this article about grids which sums that up nicely.
This image I found of the cover of a gaming magazine seems to me to be the furthest I could get from a magazine grid structure without using another David Carson design, however I do recognise the title section "Play" etc is organised and associated, implying grid formatting. I'm wondering if I fully understand this grid business.
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