I was talking to some co-workers today about what we thought our graphic design bibles were. Specifically, if we were only allowed to have one reference on design, what would that be?
One of the other designers on our team had a suggestion for a book I’ve never heard of called Grid systems in graphic design: A visual communication manual. I don’t own it, but the book looks amazing. My co-worker said she’s going to bring it in this week. The book is available on Amazon, but there are some better pictures on the Standards Manual website.
This is an awesome find! I’m such a sucker for these types of books. One thing I miss about working for agencies is a bookshelf stocked with books like this to reference.
Also hope you don’t mind, but I added a mockup of the cover I did to your post. I’m experimenting adding more visuals and recreating the cover of this book was fairly quick.
