Thinking Outside the Grid

Holzschlag has an excellent article on a-list-apart about the whole idea of adopting a grid or tabular approach for the design and content of a website. She draws parallels with real world phenonema of town or city planning (or lack of it) comparing a modern city with a well established one. She goes on to indicate how we can 'break out of the box', or at least fool the user into thinking we have....anyway, read the full article for more information by clicking on the link.