My Learning Journey

Alejandra Barahona

Grids in Web Design

Grids are key elements in the design.

We use them for almost everything from a business card to building a website. Grid is the skeleton of our projects, helping in the creation, and because it is so important, I couldn’t help but talk about them.

Grid-based designs have been widely used in sectors such as graphic design, but they were slow to be adopted by the web. These designs consist of a series of columns that allow ordering and structuring the contents (text, images, media …) in an orderly and uniform way.

The importance of using a grid
Using a grid system allows you to design more efficiently simply by organizing the graphic elements of the piece, be it a website or a poster.

Grid is all good because:

  • We can more easily determine the reading flow that we want our readers to have.
  • It helps us design in harmonious proportions by balancing the weights of the graphic elements of the layout.
  • It allows creating more practical pieces.
  • Helps to position items more precisely. One of the biggest problems for my first web page is that I still don’t know how to create the grids in the code editor, and I am learning step by step.

Leave a reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *