“The famous Marber grid is one of the foundation stones of Penguin mythology, a design so clever that it is still studied half…

“The famous Marber grid is one of the foundation stones of Penguin mythology, a design so clever that it is still studied half a century after it was made.Romek Marber was a well-trained Polish designer working in London. He had done two covers for Penguin when the new art director Germano Facetti invited him and two other Penguin illustrators, John Sewell and Derk Birdsall, to propose a design grid for the crime imprint. Marber won. His approach was very methodical, reflecting his interest in symmetry and proportion“

https://penguinseriesdesign.com/2017/02/15/how-the-marber-grid-was-made/