The Secret to Perfect Design Layouts

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DzarZJXEDmI

摘要

TLDRThe video explores the significant role of grid systems in graphic design, effectively transforming layouts from chaotic to professional. The speaker recounts their journey of embracing grids, leading to improved workflow and greater client satisfaction. It defines grids and emphasizes their necessity in ensuring organized and visually appealing designs. Viewers are introduced to various types of grids and provided historical context, along with real project examples demonstrating effective grid use. The video concludes with a practical tutorial on setting up a modular grid in InDesign, encouraging viewers to leverage grids for more polished designs.

心得

  • 🎨 Grid systems enhance design structure and organization.
  • 🚀 Cohesive layouts speed up the design workflow.
  • 📏 Different types of grids serve various layout needs.
  • 🖌️ Historical context of grids traces back to the Renaissance.
  • 💡 Grids provide creative flexibility within a structured framework.
  • 🖥️ Modular grids allow for dynamic and diverse layouts.
  • ✏️ Sketching layouts beforehand saves time in digital design.
  • 📚 Recommended reading: "Grid Systems in Graphic Design" by Yosef Müller-Brockmann.
  • 🥇 Successful designs communicate messages effectively.
  • ✨ Clients appreciate the professionalism grids bring to designs.

时间轴

  • 00:00:00 - 00:05:00

    In the introduction, the speaker shares their personal journey of struggling with design layouts until discovering grid systems. Initially perceived as restrictive, they found that grids offer more creative freedom, leading to cleaner and more professional designs that impress clients and streamline workflow.

  • 00:05:00 - 00:10:00

    The speaker defines grid systems as a framework of intersecting lines that helps organize content into a cohesive layout. The importance of grids lies in ensuring consistency, enhancing readability, and allowing creative flexibility while maintaining an orderly structure.

  • 00:10:00 - 00:15:00

    The video explains different types of grids, such as one-column, two-column, multi-column, and modular grids, detailing their uses in various design contexts. The speaker shares personal examples of applying these grids in real design projects, highlighting their effectiveness in maintaining organization and visual appeal.

  • 00:15:00 - 00:22:57

    The tutorial section guides viewers on setting up a modular grid in InDesign, covering document setup, margin adjustments, and the creation of a flexible grid layout. The speaker emphasizes the importance of sketches in planning designs before digital execution, demonstrating how grids facilitate effective communication and visual balance in final projects.

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视频问答

  • What are grid systems?

    Grid systems are frameworks of intersecting vertical and horizontal lines used to structure content, helping to organize designs in a cohesive and balanced way.

  • Why are grids important in design?

    Grids provide a consistent layout, enhance readability, speed up the design process, and allow for creative flexibility while ensuring a professional appearance.

  • What are the different types of grids?

    The main types include one-column grids, two-column grids, multi-column grids, and modular grids, each serving different layout needs.

  • How do I set up a modular grid in InDesign?

    To set up a modular grid in InDesign, create a new document, configure your margins and columns, and use the layout menu to create guides.

  • Can grids restrict creativity?

    Initially, grids may seem restrictive, but they actually provide a structure that enhances creativity within defined parameters.

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    result I felt like I was never getting
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    a real try I learned how to set them up
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    workflow and the results my designs came
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    appealing clients noticed the difference
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    efficient now I'm excited to share these
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    gr system techniques with you by the end
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    of this video you will see how grads can
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    transform your designs and make your
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    creative process smoother and more
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    this channel I help logo and brand
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    identity designers to make their design
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    and knowledge in this video you will
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    learn the essentials of grid systems in
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    graphic design including their
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    importance types practical applications
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    and a stepbystep guide on setting up and
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    designing with a modular grid in in
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    design so first I want to cover the
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    definition and importance of grid
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    systems what is a grid a grid is a
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    framework of intersecting vertical and
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    horizontal lines used to structure
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    content it helps organized text images
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    and other elements in a cohesive
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    balanced and Visually appealing manner a
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    grd typically consists of columns
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    gutters the spaces between the columns
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    margins and r
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    so why are grids important grids ensure
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    a consistent layout across different
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    pages and elements creating a unified
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    look they help align elements neatly
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    bringing order and Clarity to the design
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    by providing a predefined structure
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    grids speed up the design process and
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    make it easier to place elements
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    systematically properly structured grids
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    enhance the readability of text and the
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    overall user experience despite their
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    structured nature grits allow for
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    Creative flexibility within the defined
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    framework use of grits often result in
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    designs that look more polished and
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    professional making a positive
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    impression on the audience so when we
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    are looking at the historical background
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    of git systems grid systems have been
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    around since the
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    Renaissance when artists and Architects
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    wanted to create balance in their Works
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    Pioneers like Leonardi Da Vinci used
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    grids to plan their designs ensuring
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    everything looked just right these early
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    grids helped shape the way we organize
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    and structure designs today ensuring
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    they are neat and clean so now I want to
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    cover the types of grids and graphic
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    design so the types of grids and graphic
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    design are we have the one column grid
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    this is the simplest type perfect for
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    straightforward layouts like books or
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    essays everything is arranged in one
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    single column making it easy to read
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    then we have the two column grd this
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    type defines the pages into two columns
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    grade for more complex layouts like
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    magazines or newsletters and it allows
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    more flexibility and variation in design
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    then we have the multicolumn grid this
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    grid splits the page into three or more
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    columns it's ideal for newspapers or
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    websites providing lots of options for
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    arranging text and images and then we
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    have the modular grid this grid is a bit
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    more complex with both horizontal and
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    vertical divisions it creates a matrix
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    of cells that can hold different types
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    of content it's perfect for more Dynamic
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    and varied layouts like brochures and
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    posters so I wanted to share some real
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    examples of how I've used different grd
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    systems in my own design projects these
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    grids help keep everything organized
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    balanced and Visually appealing I want
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    to share with you seven projects where
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    GRS played a crucial role so we have the
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    brand star sheet I used a simple four
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    column grd for a clean and straight
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    forward brand Styles sheet we have the
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    Offa brand guidelines which utilized a
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    more detailed four column 32 field grid
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    allowing flexibility and precision we
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    have the brand guidelines for M and
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    where I use six columns and a 48 field
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    grid to present M and half's extensive
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    guidelines clearly and engagingly we
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    have the m and half posters which also
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    consist out of six columns and a 48
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    field grid we have the posers for MAA
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    where I use four columns and a 32 field
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    grid it allowed me to create a balanced
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    and engaging design the Mila brand
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    guidelines I use a 12 columns sexy field
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    grid for this detailed brand guidelines
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    to ensure everything fits perfectly the
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    post source for hyper hiive is a square
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    grid I created a square grid for hyper
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    High posters to create modern and
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    dynamic layouts now we have seen these
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    examples I want to show you guys how to
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    set up a modular Grid in InDesign we are
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    in my InDesign now and let's set up a
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    modular grid here first thing we want to
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    do is we want to go to file click on new
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    document uh for this we want to set the
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    intent to print because we are going to
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    create a brochure or brochure Pages for
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    the Miler modern furniture brochure
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    click on A4 that's all right um for now
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    we set facing pages
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    off and we set the bleed to three mm 3
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    mm is kind of a default um uh have for
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    print when working with print so for the
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    margins and columns we are going to uh
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    leave it at the default right now and we
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    are going to um set these apply these in
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    and design itself so press on create so
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    now we have the um A4 page in in design
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    we are going to add some more pages
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    because we are going to create different
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    layouts in the
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    end uh what we can what we are going to
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    do now we are going to set the margins
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    in the master page
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    so if you don't have the pages panel
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    open you can click on window and click
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    on pages and on the top over here we
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    have the a parent and this is the a
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    master page and you can see all the
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    pages are connected to this to this a
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    master page because it has this little a
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    on the top of the page so to adjust the
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    a master page the a parent we want to
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    double click onto this page and now we
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    are in the master page um and everything
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    we do in this master page will have
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    effect
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    on the um on all pages so if you create
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    a box which is
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    green you can see it applies to all
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    pages so we are going to delete this
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    right now first of all yeah we want to
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    uh set the margins so what we are going
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    to do is press on layout margins and
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    columns um and here we want uh the
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    margins to be 15 mm
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    we want to we want them to be 15 m m
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    everywhere only at the bottom part we
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    want 25 mm because we want to have some
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    room to add a footnote or page uh
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    numbers so for the columns we are going
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    to set uh four
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    columns with a gutter of 5
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    mm and press an
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    okay so what we want to do now is we
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    want want to create the
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    guides for the modular grid so what we
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    want to do is we go to layout again uh
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    create
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    guides and for the number uh we want to
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    make sure this the preview is
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    on and for the number of rows we want to
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    have eight
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    rows as you can see it creates these
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    nice uh rectangular uh boxes within the
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    monolog red
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    this is a nice uh shape to work with so
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    the gutter I will set it to five as well
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    and you want to make sure the option fit
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    to guides fed guides to is on margins
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    and not on page because it will create
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    when you set it to Page these little
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    weird boxes on the top and on the bottom
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    so we want to make sure this is on
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    margins uh columns we already have set
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    and press on okay so now you can see we
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    have a modular grid with four columns
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    and a 30 field uh grid and this grid is
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    highly flexible as well so for example
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    we can now make sure click out of the
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    master
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    page and press on the first p double
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    click on the first page and now you can
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    see all pages have the same layout
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    because we have set the margins and the
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    rows to the a parent so now we can uh um
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    start now I want to show you how
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    flexible this grid is I'm just going to
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    pick a
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    color and we
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    can create like split the grid into four
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    boxes blocks content blocks but we can
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    also split it
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    into the grid into two content blocks
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    and also uh
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    in column blocks content blocks with um
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    uh double height with two boxes and we
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    can also like make one big box out of it
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    so here you can see the uh Varity you
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    can create with this uh within this grid
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    so this model grid provides plenty of
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    options to create a balanced and
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    professional
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    layout designing with a modo grid and
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    end design now I'll show you how to work
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    with a modo grid and IND design so I
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    will add in some text uh images and I
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    will set page numbers and a footnote
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    before I start designing so I have a
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    document over here with some text in it
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    I'm just going to copy
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    it into my in design file
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    so this is uh header
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    one this is the header
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    two this is header
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    three we have some body
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    copy this Tex is all in default right
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    now and I'm going to um oh this is also
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    body copy going to
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    apply a style to it when it's all copied
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    so this is text for the
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    caption so this is some fake text where
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    I'm going to work with and uh for the
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    header um I'm going to set the type face
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    which I
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    use the type face I use for uh the Mila
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    brand identity is um not has
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    grotesque so I'm going
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    to set the header in medium I'm going
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    for a big headline for the header which
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    will be on the cover of of the
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    page for something like 87 78
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    okay for the second header which will be
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    a little bit
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    smaller I will
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    set also the type face to
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    medium and then let's go
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    with something like 48 for the second
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    header
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    and then
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    for the third had
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    a has TK also to a
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    medium and we'll just leave this in the
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    same size as the body
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    copy so the body copy will be the same
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    miss the head of
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    tree um so what I can do is select the
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    text press on the uh ink drop tool and
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    then click on the head of tree so it
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    copies the same uh preferences as a
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    header but the difference with this one
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    is I want to set the text to
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    light so we have a nice small header
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    which can be used together with the text
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    and then for the caption I will use the
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    same uh size as a body copy but I will
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    make it a little bit smaller something
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    like eight
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    points and probably 10 points in height
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    okay this looks quite
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    good so this is something we can work
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    with so now we have set the text and I
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    have uh an folder with images ready to
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    use on my
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    computer what I want to do now is I want
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    to uh set page numbers to the master
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    page and this will be the
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    same text size as the uh the caption so
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    what we want to do is we want to move on
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    to the double click in the master page
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    on the a parent press on W to see the
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    grid
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    and then uh we are going to place it
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    Down
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    Below on the bottom of the page so first
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    we want to make sure we know this size
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    the top
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    margin can draw a box and then drop it
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    to the bottom part so we know where to
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    place the
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    text
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    okay so over here I want to add a
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    footnote uh let's make it
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    brochure
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    Mila Mila mod
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    Furniture
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    okay place it on top of the box this is
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    will be a nice size and then the same
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    for the page
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    numbers select this text box
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    and drag it with holding option and
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    shift to the right
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    side we are going to create page numbers
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    of these um for now we're just going to
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    set an
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    A and we want to align the text to the
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    right zoom in a little
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    bit and make sure it aligns to
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    the right side of the page
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    okay I'm not sure why I don't see any
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    guides any smart guides at the
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    moment um gr and guides smart guyses are
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    on
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    okay okay let's just draw
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    a guide then and apply it to it okay so
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    to set page
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    numbers in the M parent you want to
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    select the head text where you want to
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    add the page numbers go to type insert
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    special character go to markers and
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    current page number and because we have
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    set this text to the master
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    page this this text is applied to all
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    pages in The
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    Brochure so for example if we go to page
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    three
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    we also have page number three over here
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    on page six we have page number six
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    before starting designing an in design I
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    sketch out as many ideas as possible in
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    my Sketchbook I make these sketches
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    small and ensure they follow the modular
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    grid the goal here is to quickly
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    visualize how the final designs will
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    look accurate sketches make it easier to
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    imagine the final result here are the
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    sketches for the Mila modern furniture
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    brochure based on a four column 30 field
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    grid this grid allows me to split the
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    page nicely into sections I focused on
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    where the headline will go where images
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    can be placed and where the body copy
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    should be by planning and sketching
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    first I ensure my designs are well
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    organized and make the best use of the
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    grid system now let's see how to work
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    with grids and in design by converting
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    my sketches into a digital layout we'll
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    cover Dimensions scaling topography and
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    images with these sketches next to me I
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    will be starting recreating the designs
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    I think have the most potential I sped
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    up this process because it can get
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    lengthy in real
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    time you can see I try a few options
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    here for the cover
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    I use one of the saved images and test
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    different background colors to make the
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    cover stand out
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    next I move on to the content
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    Pages here I appli the topography system
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    I set up the titles intro text
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    body copy and
  • 00:20:31
    captions sometimes a design that looks
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    good on paper doesn't work well as well
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    digitally this can happen if there is a
  • 00:20:41
    lag of balance in the
  • 00:20:44
    design I've worked out several layout
  • 00:20:47
    options both on paper and digitally and
  • 00:20:50
    I tried using small images with more
  • 00:20:53
    text and large images with less text
  • 00:20:56
    ultimately I found that pages with
  • 00:20:58
    larger images work better for Mila this
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    might be because the images are
  • 00:21:04
    beautiful and work well in a larger
  • 00:21:06
    format
  • 00:22:00
    in the end I spent about 20 minutes
  • 00:22:03
    sketching out layouts and working them
  • 00:22:05
    out digitally it really speeds up this
  • 00:22:07
    design process and it takes out the
  • 00:22:10
    guessing work these are the final
  • 00:22:12
    designs I came up
  • 00:22:15
    with in the end using a grid system
  • 00:22:18
    helps create well balanced visually
  • 00:22:21
    appealing layouts that effectively
  • 00:22:23
    communicate the message this process
  • 00:22:26
    highlights the importance of grids and
  • 00:22:28
    Design showing how they help organize
  • 00:22:30
    and improve the overall look and feel of
  • 00:22:32
    a project if you found value in this
  • 00:22:35
    video please consider subscribing and
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    maybe check out one of my other valuable
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    videos and by the way if you like gr
  • 00:22:43
    systems and you want to work with them I
  • 00:22:46
    really recommend this book grit systems
  • 00:22:49
    and graphic design by Yosef Müller
  • 00:22:52
    Brockman it's a real good read this
  • 00:22:54
    really improved my designs peace
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