Study Task 03 - Grids

I was drawn to a double page spread out of the Guardian due to the high impact use of large images and interesting column/text layout.

I noticed throughout the Guardian they express a lot of their articles on double page spreads without restricting them or treating them as separate pages (formed by the fold).

Here I began tracing the lines of the grids that they use from the headings, subheadings, text boxes, images and captions that form the layout. By leaving some of the grid lines of it shows where the images fit in more and really demonstrates the high impact they make due to their large scale.

I continued drawing on the lines and came up with this. 

Things I've noticed:

• grids are organised by 15 x 8
• right side of the DPS is more concentrated with grids - opens up and becomes more spacious along the left side 
• all the thin gaps to separate images and text all line up
• text boxes fit into image boxes
• smaller shaped boxes are positioned at the top and bottom of grid
• split into 4 main sections vertically and horizontally