Designing Grid Systems Does Not Begin And End With 960

Submitted by markboulton on July 7, 2009 - 23:28

Your session in a few words:

Designing Grid Systems Does Not Begin And End With 960

Date:

September 4, 2009 - 14:50 - 15:40

Room:

Adenauer

Track:

User experience and design

Session Type:

Lecture

Level of expertise:

Beginner

Language:

English

Grid Systems should underpin any well-considered web layout. Applying a cookie-cutter approach to this – but using a CSS framework such as Blueprint or 960 (and the Drupal 960 theme) – means you're cutting out a vital process in the design of your site: the design of the grid system itself.

This presentation will detail my grid design process. Throughout the presentation, I'll cover:

The typographic grid: its history, usage and application on the web
Different types of grid: modular, columnar, hierarchical, rational, irrational,
Designing a grid system
Now you've got your grid, how do you use it?

a much needed session

Submitted by modulist on July 9, 2009 - 16:54.

We've run smack-dab into 960's limitations for designing an online newspaper site, and had to create our own hacks to make it work.

Thanks for taking this on, Mark.

Conference is sold out

Mark Boulton

Mark Boulton is a designer from the UK and runs the design studio behind the recent redesign of Drupal.org and Drupal 7 UX (working alongside UX designer, Leisa Reichelt). His life outside of Drupal consists of working for other clients (yes, we do that!) such as ESPN, Warner Brothers and the BBC. He also writes the odd book, runs workshops and speaks at conferences.