Blog Assignment #3: Grids & Such

Pretty much every website on the internet these days uses a grid of some sort. I hadn't really paid much attention to it before, but a few websites that I frequently visit utilize some sort of grid. This first one, a blog/website for the band Grizzly Bear is a very simple two column grid. Most blogs are done similar to this, however the two columns that make up the body of the text are exactly the same width. Alot of blogs will have a much smaller right column, much larger left column.


Another website that I get virtually all of my news from is the New York Times. Their website is a stellar example of what looks like... a 5 1/2 column grid. As you can from the picture below, 1/2 column on the very far left is used for links. The next column is one single column, made up mostly of text. The next column represents 2 columns total, and is used for the main photograph. Then there is another 2 columns on the very far right, where it is divided up for links, as well as used for advertisements. It's also grided out into rows, as can be seen when scrolling down through their website. The rows are not as consistant as the columns.