gridless.design A Website by Donnie D'Amato gridless.design get rid of the grid Blasphemy, I need structure and order!" The web is good at these things, just not in the ways that designers have been accustomed to working. We'll take a look at how we got here and how we might change our perspective. Let's think outside of the grid and allow other guidelines to provide a comprehensive layout. We are the ones who paved the pathSentences and words do not exist by themselvesChanging Our Development Mindset wwwinterfaces
Ri — The Distance Walked in an Hour An Article by Craig Mod craigmod.com A ri is a unit of measure, it’s about how far a person can walk in an hour at a reasonable pace. It clocks out at roughly 3.93 kilometers. Remnants of the ri system are scattered along the old roads of Japan. During the Edo period, ri were marked recurrently by hulking earthen mounds that flanked the road — ichi-ri zuka, “one-ri mounds.” There are only a handful of “originals” left. When you pass one with an old cypress or oak growing from its center it becomes a tiny moment of celebration. walkingscale