GridMe

Overview

GridMe is an Adobe Illustrator plugin that helps logo designers generate foundation grids, construction breakdowns, clearspace guides, and presentation boards in seconds instead of hours. It is approved by Adobe and live as an official tool on the Adobe Marketplace.

The Problem

GridMe started from a workflow problem I noticed while working at Dzinr, a branding agency. The logo design itself was often done quickly, but the presentation phase still ate hours of manual work. Designers had to build construction grids, clearspace guides, color boards, and size guidelines by hand in Illustrator, and repeat the same process on nearly every project.

The Idea

Why should presentation work take almost as much effort as designing the logo? GridMe automates the whole post-design presentation workflow directly inside Illustrator. After validating the idea with an early prototype, I built it around how branding designers actually work in production.

How It Works

The product is structured around four stages: Base, Construct, Clearspace, and Present. Base generates structural grids such as square, modular, radial, and golden ratio systems. Construct analyzes logo geometry to generate anchor points, bezier handles, alignment lines, and circle fits for construction sheets. Clearspace automates exclusion-zone documentation. Present generates client-ready color palettes, logo variations, and size guides.

The Challenge

The hardest part was making GridMe feel native to Illustrator while handling complex geometry, path analysis, and real-time rendering. I tested it across macOS and Windows until it was production ready, with licensing through Polar and offline license validation.

Adobe Approval

GridMe is now approved by Adobe and listed on the Adobe Marketplace, so designers can install it as an official Illustrator tool.

What's Next

GridMe is live at GridMe.in and is the first step toward a larger set of products that remove repetitive work for designers, editors, and developers.

", That repetitive workflow raised a simple question: why should presentation work take almost as much effort as designing the logo itself? This led to the core idea behind GridMe, a tool that automates the entire post-design presentation workflow directly inside Illustrator. After validating the concept through an early prototype, I focused on designing a system that matched how branding designers actually work in real production environments.

The product was structured around four core stages: Base, Construct, Clearspace, and Present. Base helps generate structural grids such as square, modular, radial, and golden ratio systems. Construct analyzes logo geometry to generate anchor points, bezier handles, alignment lines, and circle fits for professional construction sheets. Clearspace automates exclusion-zone documentation, while Present generates client-ready assets like color palettes, logo variations, and size guides.

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Overview

GridMe is an Adobe Illustrator plugin that helps logo designers generate foundation grids, construction breakdowns, clearspace guides, and presentation boards in seconds instead of hours. It is approved by Adobe and live as an official tool on the Adobe Marketplace.

The Problem

GridMe started from a workflow problem I noticed while working at Dzinr, a branding agency. The logo design itself was often done quickly, but the presentation phase still ate hours of manual work. Designers had to build construction grids, clearspace guides, color boards, and size guidelines by hand in Illustrator, and repeat the same process on nearly every project.

The Idea

Why should presentation work take almost as much effort as designing the logo? GridMe automates the whole post-design presentation workflow directly inside Illustrator. After validating the idea with an early prototype, I built it around how branding designers actually work in production.

How It Works

The product is structured around four stages: Base, Construct, Clearspace, and Present. Base generates structural grids such as square, modular, radial, and golden ratio systems. Construct analyzes logo geometry to generate anchor points, bezier handles, alignment lines, and circle fits for construction sheets. Clearspace automates exclusion-zone documentation. Present generates client-ready color palettes, logo variations, and size guides.

The Challenge

The hardest part was making GridMe feel native to Illustrator while handling complex geometry, path analysis, and real-time rendering. I tested it across macOS and Windows until it was production ready, with licensing through Polar and offline license validation.

Adobe Approval

GridMe is now approved by Adobe and listed on the Adobe Marketplace, so designers can install it as an official Illustrator tool.

What's Next

GridMe is live at GridMe.in and is the first step toward a larger set of products that remove repetitive work for designers, editors, and developers.