Mark Boulton — Designing grid systems | Web Directions

• In: Resources
• By:Guy Leech
• July 19, 2010

Web Directions @media 2010, Southbank Centre London, June 10 2.40pm.

• Audio record­ing of session
• Presentation slides
• Session descrip­tion
• About Mark Boulton

Presentation slides

Session descrip­tion

Grid sys­tems have been used in print design, archi­tec­ture and inte­rior design for gen­er­a­tions. Now, on the web, the same rules of grid sys­tem com­po­si­tion and usage no longer apply. Content is viewed in many ways; from RSS feeds to email. Content is viewed on many devices; from mobile phones to lap­tops. Users can manip­u­late the browser, they can remove con­tent, resize the can­vas, resize the type­faces. A designer is no longer in con­trol of this pre­sen­ta­tion. So where do grid sys­tems fit in to all that?

About Mark Boulton

Mark Boulton is a graphic designer from the UK. He’s worked in Sydney, London and Manchester as an Art Director for clients such as the BBC, T-Mobile, British Airways, and Toyota. Mark now runs his own design studio, Mark Boulton Design. A stickler for applied typographic and design theory, Mark is an active member of the International Society of Typographic Designers and writes a design journal at markboulton.co.uk.

Follow Mark on Twitter: @markboulton

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