Underneath is an example of a magazine page created using a simple grid system.
I have outlined the grid system to make it easier to identify. This is a very simple outline of the grid and it could be much more complex but this is the minimum grid that could have been used to create the page. This page could have been subdivided into a complex grid system, the grid is only there to make it easier for the designer and most important to make it easier for the reader.
Grids are used as guides to position elements on a canvas, paper, a website, cd cover etc. Grids are guides that works within the page to help the author to see were different elements can be placed, this could be text blocks, images, pull quotes and so on.
Grids are a standard way of organizing things to allow designers communicate easier with the audience, and most importantly, it’s easier for the audience to understand the message if a consistent grid is used. Audiences know how to navigate and understand a grid despite them not knowing it, this is because we humans a so used to grids being used everywhere, in books, magazines, on the web, buildings, bricks etc.
A simple example of a grid is shown here:
