Higgins, Hannah, 1964-

The grid book / Hannah B. Higgins. - 300 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm

Includes bibliographical references (pages 279-297).

Introducing grids : a meditation on Mrs. O'Leary -- Brick -- Tablet -- Gridiron -- Map -- Notation -- Ledger -- Screen -- Type -- Box -- Network -- Afterword : toward fractional dimensions.

The deep history of ten grids that changed the world is presented, their evolution charted, to demonstrate the durability of each grid's organizing principles.

0262512408 9780262512404

2008029430


Grids (Crisscross patterns)
Design

NK1570 / .H54 2009

701.8