THE GUARDIAN
DAVID HILLMAN
,1988

375 x 600 mm / 60 gridded sheets
8-column grid divided into 96 units

David Hillman redesigned the Guardian seventeen years ago. His changes were to have a profound effect on this newspaper and its competitors. Hillman's design introduced British readers to two grand innovations: a mixed font title, and a two-section daily paper, designed on a 96-unit modular system. Since then, the newspaper market - and newspaper design - has grown in complexity and sophistication. The latest changes to the Guardian were introduced in 1996 by Simon Esterson and Mark Porter.