Dec 2, 2008
Grid Systems – RDE [1]
I haven’t finished my article yet, about Real Design Education/Resources, but consider this a preview.
There are often tons of “Learning” resources on websites like Design Float and others, that really just amount to a big list of tutorials and/or style guides. They are totally useful, and I’m not discounting their value at all, but when I saw a post that was “Design School 101″ or something similar, and it was listing all of those sites, I was really confused. Is that what design learning means to us? A collection of tutorials, methods of production?
It spawned the idea of creating a resource and highlighting websites that are more than just production guides, but act as a way of teaching the fundamentals of design.
This site, The Grid System, would be an excellent example. It’s just been recently launched and features not just tools and templates for using a grid in your designs, but more importantly has articles and lists of books that will help you learn WHY you should be using a grid system in the first place. It’s header has a JMB quote, so you know its got its heart in the right place:
(hanging quote! *swoon*)
And I guess that’s the primary difference I’m shooting for in this RDE series of posts.
Why you do the design things you do, not just how to do them.
Check out thegridsystem.org