3:3 Grids and Layout Workshop

Steve and Abi ran a workshop to teach us about using grids and layouts in Adobe In Design. He taught us about the elements in type such as tracking, which is the space between words and kerning, which is the space between each letter and leading, which is the space between lines of texts. We played a game online at type.method.ac which tests your kerning abilities and is really fun.

He also taught us about hierarchy when creating structure with a heading, subheading and body text.

And we had to create a test grid with the following rules:

Heading 48 on 48pt leading

Subhead 21 on 24pt leading

Body text 9pt on 12pt leading

He showed us examples of grids that are used to make structured posters that follow hierarchy.

I read a lot of magazines and after this workshop, I couldn't help but see grids on every page I read so I was really enlightened having learnt about grids in the workshop and actually how relevant they are. I even used it to frame one of my Instagram stories and told Emily about it!

We were then given the task to create a booklet for a client named Harry Duley about their clothing. We were all given the same tools - a collection of pictures and text, and had to use what we learnt about grids and layouts to create the booklet.

This is my first draft for the cover page of the booklet. I cut out the pictures on photoshop and imported them and used the text wrap tool to have the text wrap around the pictures. I had what I felt was key information bolded and made bigger than the other text so the reader sees them first.

This is my finished booklet. After I was told I could do whatever I wanted with my given tools, I cut out one of the images from the cover page to make it less crowded. All the pages follow the same theme of having colourful bubbles that match the pictures colour palette and feature the texts as it's easier to read in small chunks. Originally, I cut out all the images in photoshop but I rushed the first ones just so I could see what it would like in In Design and was meant to clean it up after, but I liked the rugged, ripped look a lot so I used it for all the images. It also almost fits in with the concept of designing clothes as it looks like cut out fabric.