Grid System Reading Response

     This article by Vera Fesianava really allowed me to notice how seamless and simple grids can make designs look. Looking at the pages of Svet Evangelia magazine, even when there are many different elements combining on a page, images, text, colors, titles, they feel organized and just as they should be.

    Without a grid, if I tried to make something so complex but still readable, it would probably turn out like a chaotic mess that can't decide what's important and what should be taking up space or how things should be aligned. 

    When she introduced the 12 column grid, it seemed like the opportunities really opened up. Designing covers for our final zines, I used a grid, but only with a few defined rows and columns. This got me to a design that definitely made sense, but I think I could have played a little more using more lines on my grid. 

    I'm looking forward to working on the interior of my zine and getting to play with the grid as a foundation for these pages.