Kwaku Amprako is a logo expert, brand identity designer, speaker, and founder of Akrivi — a platform shaping the future of brand identity design through automation, systems, and precision.
Manual vs Automated Logo Grids: Here's why designers are switching
What Designers Gain When They Stop Building Grids by Hand
I’ve been in the logo design world long enough to know: how you structure your work matters.
Grids are foundational. They bring balance, proportion, and intentionality to any mark.
But for years, that structure came at a cost — mostly in time and repetition.
Let’s break down the difference between building grids manually and building automated grids with tools like Logo Grid Generator™ — so you can decide what makes sense for your workflow.
1. Speed
Manual grids require full focus.
You’re aligning shapes, duplicating lines, locking layers — and rechecking every move.
If you’re working with clients or producing high volumes of concepts, the time spent on these areas add up fast.
However, with automated logo grid generators, you can do this instantly.
One click. Done.
2. Accuracy
Manual methods rely on consistency and precision — and even the best designers make errors over time.
Misaligned anchor points. Inconsistent curves. Slight spacing mistakes that show up when you zoom in or present.
Automated grids remove that risk.
They generate geometrically accurate frameworks every single time — no guesswork, no tweaking.
3. Professional presentations
When clients see a grid behind your logo, they see structure, strategy, and polish.
But if that grid has even one minor error, it undermines the confidence you’re trying to build.
With automated grids, you’re not just working faster — you’re presenting better.
Every grid becomes a piece of confidence you give to your clients
It instantly shows your expertise and gives them trust in the work you have created
4. Saving Your Creative Energy
The more time and energy you spend on tedious tasks such as creating logo design grids, the more it chips away at your creative flow.
Your creative energy shouldn’t be spent on setting up lines — it should be spent on ideas that move projects forward.
Automated grid tools such as Gridit help you focus on what actually matters in the design process.
Check out my blog here about how important your creative energy is as a designer.
Download Adobe Illustrator Plugins for Automated Logo Grids
I created several Adobe Illustrator plugins and scripts that generate different types of logo grids to help with your logo design grids.
👉 Download Logo Grid Generators
So… Manual or Automated?
Manual grids still have their place — especially when you’re experimenting or building something experimental.
But for every other situation?
Speed, precision, and polish matter.
And Gridit™ was built to deliver all three — instantly.
Check out this video I created demonstrating the difference between Automated and Manual Grids, using Lgg
