Grid Index is the first comprehensive visual lexicon of patterns and grid systems. Based upon years of research, artist and musician Carsten Nicolai has discovered and unlocked the visual code for visual systems into a systematic equation of grids and patterns. The accompanying CD contains all of the grids and patterns featured in the publication from the simplest grids made up...(展开全部)

Although grid systems are the foundation for almost all typographic design, they are often associated with rigid, formulaic solutions. However, the belief that all great design is nonetheless based on grid systems (even if only subverted ones) suggests that few designers truly understand the complexities and potential riches of grid composition. In her best-selling "Geometry of...(展开全部)

The grid has long been an invaluable tool for creating order out of chaos for designers of all kinds—from city planners to architects to typesetters and graphic artists. In recent years, web designers, too, have come to discover the remarkable power that grid-based design can afford in creating intuitive, immersive, and beautiful user experiences. Ordering Disorder delivers a d...(展开全部)

《大话Oracle Grid：云时代的RAC》基于Oracle Grid 11gR2，对Grid和RAC进行了全面的介绍和剖析。全书分为4个部分，共18章，第一部分“安装”，这部分从安装入手，通过分析安装过程出现中的新元素，让读者对Grid建立初步的认识。第二部分“平台”，着重介绍Grid，不但介绍了Grid的内部组成，还介绍了ASM、ADVM、ACFS、SCAN、RAC Restart和SIHA等。第三部分“私有云”，是本书的重点和亮点，讨论了RAC One Node、Service、Server Pool等技术。第四部分“高可用性”，不但讨论了Grid的高可用性，还介绍了一个易学易用的工具GoldenGate。

《大话Oracle Grid：云时代的RAC》基于Oracle Grid 11gR2，对Grid和RAC进行了全面的介绍和剖析。全书分为4个部分，共18章，第一部分“安装”，这部分从安装入手，通过分析安装过程出现中的新元素，让读者对Grid建立初步的认识。第二部分“平台”，着重介绍Grid，不但介绍了Grid的内部组成，还介绍了ASM、ADVM、ACFS、SCAN、RAC Restart和SIHA等。第三部分“私有云”，是本书的重点和亮点，讨论了RAC One Node、Service、Server Pool等技术。第四部分“高可用性”，不但讨论了Grid的高可用性，还介绍了一个易学易用的工具GoldenGate。

瑞士平面设计先驱约瑟夫·米勒–布罗克曼 (Josef Müller-Brockmann) (1914.5.9 - 1996.8.30) 是瑞士的一位平面设计师和教师，曾于苏黎世的大学与艺术工商学校修习建筑、设计与艺术史专业。1936年，他在苏黎世开了一家专门从事 平面设计、展会 设计与摄影的工作室。1951年起，他开始为苏黎世的音乐厅设计音乐会海报。1958年，他成为了《新平面设计》(New Graphic Design) 的主编，与 R.P. Lohse、C. Vivarelli、H. Neuburg 共事。1966年，他被任命为IBM的欧洲设计顾问。布罗克曼因他的极简主义设计与简洁的排版、图形和色彩而闻名，他的设计对21世纪的众多平面设计师都产生了重大影响。他还出版了多本视觉传达与设计类书籍。 监修 杨林青，1999年毕业于清华大学美术学院视觉传...(展开全部)

Without a clear, balanced layout, even the most interesting information is likely to be ignored. But balance doesn't have to mean boring, as cutting-edge designers are showing with exciting new deconstructionist looks. Making and Breaking the Grid is both a practical workshop in traditional layout design and a bold and inspirational guide to breaking the rules. In the fi...(展开全部)

For designers working in every medium, layout is arguable the most basic and most important element. Effective layout is essential to communication and enables the end user to not only be drawn in with an innovative design but to digest information easily. Making and Breaking the Grid is a comprehensive layout design workshop that assumes that to effectively break the rules of ...(展开全部)

America’s electrical grid, an engineering triumph of the twentieth century, is turning out to be a poor fit for the present. It’s not just that the grid has grown old and is now in dire need of basic repair. Today, as we invest great hope in new energy sources--solar, wind, and other alternatives--the grid is what stands most firmly in the way of a brighter energy future. If we...(展开全部)