diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index f8395956f5..dd5f5fa391 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ npm-debug.log
 /coverage/
 
 .idea
+*.iml
 *.ngfactory.ts
 *.css.shim.ts
 *.scss.shim.ts
diff --git a/src/app/+collection-page/collection-page.component.html b/src/app/+collection-page/collection-page.component.html
index fe5b2a1f16..05b4d6f11e 100644
--- a/src/app/+collection-page/collection-page.component.html
+++ b/src/app/+collection-page/collection-page.component.html
@@ -41,13 +41,13 @@
     <ng-container *ngVar="(itemRDObs | async) as itemRD">
       <div *ngIf="itemRD?.hasSucceeded" @fadeIn>
         <h2>{{'collection.page.browse.recent.head' | translate}}</h2>
-        <ds-object-list
+        <ds-viewable-collection
           [config]="paginationConfig"
           [sortConfig]="sortConfig"
           [objects]="itemRD"
           [hideGear]="false"
           (paginationChange)="onPaginationChange($event)">
-        </ds-object-list>
+        </ds-viewable-collection>
       </div>
       <ds-error *ngIf="itemRD?.hasFailed" message="{{'error.recent-submissions' | translate}}"></ds-error>
       <ds-loading *ngIf="!itemRD || itemRD.isLoading" message="{{'loading.recent-submissions' | translate}}"></ds-loading>
diff --git a/src/app/+home-page/top-level-community-list/top-level-community-list.component.html b/src/app/+home-page/top-level-community-list/top-level-community-list.component.html
index a34951afe0..934bb3933c 100644
--- a/src/app/+home-page/top-level-community-list/top-level-community-list.component.html
+++ b/src/app/+home-page/top-level-community-list/top-level-community-list.component.html
@@ -1,15 +1,13 @@
 <ng-container *ngVar="(communitiesRDObs | async) as communitiesRD">
-  <div *ngIf="communitiesRD?.hasSucceeded" @fadeInOut>
-    <h2>{{'home.top-level-communities.head' | translate}}</h2>
-    <p class="lead">{{'home.top-level-communities.help' | translate}}</p>
-    <ds-object-list
-      [config]="config"
-      [sortConfig]="sortConfig"
-      [objects]="communitiesRD"
-      [hideGear]="true"
-      (paginationChange)="updatePage($event)">
-    </ds-object-list>
-  </div>
-  <ds-error *ngIf="communitiesRD?.hasFailed" message="{{'error.top-level-communites' | translate}}"></ds-error>
-  <ds-loading *ngIf="communitiesRD?.isLoading" message="{{'loading.top-level-communities' | translate}}"></ds-loading>
-</ng-container>
+  <div *ngIf="communitiesRD?.hasSucceeded " @fadeInOut>
+  <h2>{{'home.top-level-communities.head' | translate}}</h2>
+  <p class="lead">{{'home.top-level-communities.help' | translate}}</p>
+  <ds-viewable-collection
+    [config]="config"
+    [sortConfig]="sortConfig"
+    [objects]="communitiesRD"
+    (paginationChange)="updatePage($event)">
+  </ds-viewable-collection>
+</div>
+<ds-error *ngIf="communitiesRD?.hasFailed " message="{{'error.top-level-communites' | translate}}"></ds-error>
+<ds-loading *ngIf="communitiesRD?.isLoading " message="{{'loading.top-level-communities' | translate}}"></ds-loading></ng-container>
diff --git a/src/app/+search-page/search-page.component.html b/src/app/+search-page/search-page.component.html
index c4d679f72b..68a7bf6a9e 100644
--- a/src/app/+search-page/search-page.component.html
+++ b/src/app/+search-page/search-page.component.html
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
               </button>
             </div>
             <ds-search-results [searchResults]="resultsRDObs | async"
-                               [searchConfig]="searchOptions"></ds-search-results>
+                               [searchConfig]="searchOptions" [sortConfig]="sortConfig"></ds-search-results>
           </div>
         </div>
       </div>
diff --git a/src/app/+search-page/search-page.component.ts b/src/app/+search-page/search-page.component.ts
index 153402d11f..5ed649e4cc 100644
--- a/src/app/+search-page/search-page.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/+search-page/search-page.component.ts
@@ -6,12 +6,14 @@ import { RemoteData } from '../core/data/remote-data';
 import { Community } from '../core/shared/community.model';
 import { DSpaceObject } from '../core/shared/dspace-object.model';
 import { isNotEmpty } from '../shared/empty.util';
-import { SearchOptions } from './search-options.model';
+import { SearchOptions,ViewMode } from './search-options.model';
 import { SearchResult } from './search-result.model';
 import { SearchService } from './search-service/search.service';
 import { pushInOut } from '../shared/animations/push';
 import { HostWindowService } from '../shared/host-window.service';
 import { SearchSidebarService } from './search-sidebar/search-sidebar.service';
+import { PaginationComponentOptions } from '../shared/pagination/pagination-component-options.model';
+import { SortOptions } from '../core/cache/models/sort-options.model';
 
 /**
  * This component renders a simple item page.
@@ -36,6 +38,7 @@ export class SearchPageComponent implements OnInit, OnDestroy {
   resultsRDObs: Observable<RemoteData<Array<SearchResult<DSpaceObject>>>>;
   currentParams = {};
   searchOptions: SearchOptions;
+  sortConfig: SortOptions;
   scopeListRDObs: Observable<RemoteData<Community[]>>;
   isMobileView: Observable<boolean>;
 
@@ -51,6 +54,13 @@ export class SearchPageComponent implements OnInit, OnDestroy {
     );
     this.scopeListRDObs = communityService.findAll();
     // Initial pagination config
+    const pagination: PaginationComponentOptions = new PaginationComponentOptions();
+    pagination.id = 'search-results-pagination';
+    pagination.currentPage = 1;
+    pagination.pageSize = 10;
+
+    const sort: SortOptions = new SortOptions();
+    this.sortConfig = sort;
     this.searchOptions = this.service.searchOptions;
   }
 
@@ -63,16 +73,31 @@ export class SearchPageComponent implements OnInit, OnDestroy {
           this.query = params.query || '';
           this.scope = params.scope;
           const page = +params.page || this.searchOptions.pagination.currentPage;
-          const pageSize = +params.pageSize || this.searchOptions.pagination.pageSize;
+          let pageSize = +params.pageSize || this.searchOptions.pagination.pageSize;
+          let pageSizeOptions: number[] = [5, 10, 20, 40, 60, 80, 100];
+
+          if (isNotEmpty(params.view) && params.view === ViewMode.Grid) {
+            pageSizeOptions = [12, 24, 36, 48 , 50, 62, 74, 84];
+            if (pageSizeOptions.indexOf(pageSize) === -1) {
+              pageSize = 12;
+            }
+          }
+          if (isNotEmpty(params.view) && params.view === ViewMode.List) {
+            if (pageSizeOptions.indexOf(pageSize) === -1) {
+              pageSize = 10;
+            }
+          }
+
           const sortDirection = +params.sortDirection || this.searchOptions.sort.direction;
           const pagination = Object.assign({},
             this.searchOptions.pagination,
-            { currentPage: page, pageSize: pageSize }
+            { currentPage: page, pageSize: pageSize, pageSizeOptions: pageSizeOptions}
           );
           const sort = Object.assign({},
             this.searchOptions.sort,
             { direction: sortDirection, field: params.sortField }
           );
+
           this.updateSearchResults({
             pagination: pagination,
             sort: sort
@@ -88,6 +113,7 @@ export class SearchPageComponent implements OnInit, OnDestroy {
 
   private updateSearchResults(searchOptions) {
     this.resultsRDObs = this.service.search(this.query, this.scope, searchOptions);
+    this.searchOptions = searchOptions;
   }
 
   ngOnDestroy() {
diff --git a/src/app/+search-page/search-page.module.ts b/src/app/+search-page/search-page.module.ts
index 6519d1e92a..7c2001c909 100644
--- a/src/app/+search-page/search-page.module.ts
+++ b/src/app/+search-page/search-page.module.ts
@@ -4,9 +4,12 @@ import { SharedModule } from '../shared/shared.module';
 import { SearchPageRoutingModule } from './search-page-routing.module';
 import { SearchPageComponent } from './search-page.component';
 import { SearchResultsComponent } from './search-results/search-results.component';
-import { ItemSearchResultListElementComponent } from '../object-list/search-result-list-element/item-search-result/item-search-result-list-element.component';
-import { CollectionSearchResultListElementComponent } from '../object-list/search-result-list-element/collection-search-result/collection-search-result-list-element.component';
-import { CommunitySearchResultListElementComponent } from '../object-list/search-result-list-element/community-search-result/community-search-result-list-element.component';
+import { ItemSearchResultListElementComponent } from '../shared/object-list/search-result-list-element/item-search-result/item-search-result-list-element.component';
+import { CollectionSearchResultListElementComponent } from '../shared/object-list/search-result-list-element/collection-search-result/collection-search-result-list-element.component';
+import { CommunitySearchResultListElementComponent } from '../shared/object-list/search-result-list-element/community-search-result/community-search-result-list-element.component';
+import { ItemSearchResultGridElementComponent } from '../shared/object-grid/search-result-grid-element/item-search-result/item-search-result-grid-element.component';
+import { CommunitySearchResultGridElementComponent } from '../shared/object-grid/search-result-grid-element/community-search-result/community-search-result-grid-element.component'
+import { CollectionSearchResultGridElementComponent } from '../shared/object-grid/search-result-grid-element/collection-search-result/collection-search-result-grid-element.component';
 import { SearchService } from './search-service/search.service';
 import { SearchSidebarComponent } from './search-sidebar/search-sidebar.component';
 import { SearchSidebarService } from './search-sidebar/search-sidebar.service';
@@ -37,6 +40,10 @@ const effects = [
     ItemSearchResultListElementComponent,
     CollectionSearchResultListElementComponent,
     CommunitySearchResultListElementComponent,
+    ItemSearchResultGridElementComponent,
+    CollectionSearchResultGridElementComponent,
+    CommunitySearchResultGridElementComponent,
+    CommunitySearchResultListElementComponent,
     SearchFiltersComponent,
     SearchFilterComponent,
     SearchFacetFilterComponent
@@ -49,7 +56,11 @@ const effects = [
   entryComponents: [
     ItemSearchResultListElementComponent,
     CollectionSearchResultListElementComponent,
-    CommunitySearchResultListElementComponent
+    CommunitySearchResultListElementComponent,
+    ItemSearchResultGridElementComponent,
+    CollectionSearchResultGridElementComponent,
+    CommunitySearchResultGridElementComponent,
   ]
 })
-export class SearchPageModule { }
+export class SearchPageModule {
+}
diff --git a/src/app/+search-page/search-result.model.ts b/src/app/+search-page/search-result.model.ts
index 2dd9130ee8..cc2bd8cd58 100644
--- a/src/app/+search-page/search-result.model.ts
+++ b/src/app/+search-page/search-result.model.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { DSpaceObject } from '../core/shared/dspace-object.model';
 import { Metadatum } from '../core/shared/metadatum.model';
-import { ListableObject } from '../object-list/listable-object/listable-object.model';
+import { ListableObject } from '../shared/object-collection/shared/listable-object.model';
 
 export class SearchResult<T extends DSpaceObject> implements ListableObject {
 
diff --git a/src/app/+search-page/search-results/search-results.component.html b/src/app/+search-page/search-results/search-results.component.html
index 70e315671b..1b9bd7d52a 100644
--- a/src/app/+search-page/search-results/search-results.component.html
+++ b/src/app/+search-page/search-results/search-results.component.html
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 <div *ngIf="searchResults?.hasSucceeded" @fadeIn>
   <h2 *ngIf="searchResults?.payload ?.length > 0">{{ 'search.results.head' | translate }}</h2>
-<ds-object-list
+<ds-viewable-collection
   [config]="searchConfig.pagination"
   [sortConfig]="searchConfig.sort"
   [objects]="searchResults"
   [hideGear]="true">
-</ds-object-list></div>
+</ds-viewable-collection></div>
 <ds-loading *ngIf="searchResults?.isLoading" message="{{'loading.search-results' | translate}}"></ds-loading>
 <ds-error *ngIf="searchResults?.hasFailed" message="{{'error.search-results' | translate}}"></ds-error>
diff --git a/src/app/+search-page/search-results/search-results.component.ts b/src/app/+search-page/search-results/search-results.component.ts
index 4733699f95..4b3fec4565 100644
--- a/src/app/+search-page/search-results/search-results.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/+search-page/search-results/search-results.component.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@ import { Component, Input } from '@angular/core';
 import { RemoteData } from '../../core/data/remote-data';
 import { DSpaceObject } from '../../core/shared/dspace-object.model';
 import { fadeIn, fadeInOut } from '../../shared/animations/fade';
-import { SearchOptions } from '../search-options.model';
+import { SearchOptions, ViewMode } from '../search-options.model';
+import { SortOptions } from '../../core/cache/models/sort-options.model';
 import { SearchResult } from '../search-result.model';
 
 /**
@@ -21,4 +22,6 @@ import { SearchResult } from '../search-result.model';
 export class SearchResultsComponent {
   @Input() searchResults: RemoteData<Array<SearchResult<DSpaceObject>>>;
   @Input() searchConfig: SearchOptions;
+  @Input() sortConfig: SortOptions;
+  @Input() viewMode: ViewMode;
 }
diff --git a/src/app/+search-page/search-service/search.service.ts b/src/app/+search-page/search-service/search.service.ts
index 4b5ba7b702..36ec4dcaa1 100644
--- a/src/app/+search-page/search-service/search.service.ts
+++ b/src/app/+search-page/search-service/search.service.ts
@@ -9,10 +9,10 @@ import { SearchOptions } from '../search-options.model';
 import { hasValue, isNotEmpty } from '../../shared/empty.util';
 import { Metadatum } from '../../core/shared/metadatum.model';
 import { Item } from '../../core/shared/item.model';
-import { ItemSearchResult } from '../../object-list/search-result-list-element/item-search-result/item-search-result.model';
 import { SearchFilterConfig } from './search-filter-config.model';
 import { FilterType } from './filter-type.model';
 import { FacetValue } from './facet-value.model';
+import { ItemSearchResult } from '../../shared/object-collection/shared/item-search-result.model';
 import { ViewMode } from '../../+search-page/search-options.model';
 import { Router, NavigationExtras, ActivatedRoute } from '@angular/router';
 import { RouteService } from '../../shared/route.service';
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ export class SearchService implements OnDestroy {
   }
 
   search(query: string, scopeId?: string, searchOptions?: SearchOptions): Observable<RemoteData<Array<SearchResult<DSpaceObject>>>> {
-    this.searchOptions = this.searchOptions;
+    this.searchOptions = searchOptions;
     let self = `https://dspace7.4science.it/dspace-spring-rest/api/search?query=${query}`;
     if (hasValue(scopeId)) {
       self += `&scope=${scopeId}`;
diff --git a/src/app/+search-page/search-settings/search-settings.component.html b/src/app/+search-page/search-settings/search-settings.component.html
index d5a4d412ff..4ee0812602 100644
--- a/src/app/+search-page/search-settings/search-settings.component.html
+++ b/src/app/+search-page/search-settings/search-settings.component.html
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
     <h5>{{ 'search.sidebar.settings.rpp' | translate}}</h5>
 
     <select class="form-control" (change)="reloadRPP($event)">
-        <option *ngFor="let item of searchOptions.pagination.pageSizeOptions" [value]="item"
+        <option *ngFor="let item of pageSizeOptions" [value]="item"
                 [selected]="item === searchOptions.pagination.pageSize ? 'selected': null">
             {{item}}
         </option>
diff --git a/src/app/+search-page/search-settings/search-settings.component.ts b/src/app/+search-page/search-settings/search-settings.component.ts
index 7b8bb8eb6e..ad6aeb21dd 100644
--- a/src/app/+search-page/search-settings/search-settings.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/+search-page/search-settings/search-settings.component.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { Component, Input, OnInit } from '@angular/core';
 import { SearchService } from '../search-service/search.service';
-import { SearchOptions } from '../search-options.model';
+import { SearchOptions, ViewMode } from '../search-options.model';
 import { SortDirection } from '../../core/cache/models/sort-options.model';
 import { ActivatedRoute, NavigationExtras, Router } from '@angular/router';
 
@@ -20,6 +20,9 @@ export class SearchSettingsComponent implements OnInit {
    * Number of items per page.
    */
   public pageSize;
+  @Input() public pageSizeOptions;
+  public listPageSizeOptions: number[] = [5, 10, 20, 40, 60, 80, 100];
+  public gridPageSizeOptions: number[] = [12, 24, 36, 48 , 50, 62, 74, 84];
 
   private sub;
   private scope: string;
@@ -36,6 +39,7 @@ export class SearchSettingsComponent implements OnInit {
   ngOnInit(): void {
     this.searchOptions = this.service.searchOptions;
     this.pageSize = this.searchOptions.pagination.pageSize;
+    this.pageSizeOptions = this.searchOptions.pagination.pageSizeOptions;
     this.sub = this.route
       .queryParams
       .subscribe((params) => {
@@ -45,6 +49,11 @@ export class SearchSettingsComponent implements OnInit {
         this.page  = +params.page || this.searchOptions.pagination.currentPage;
         this.pageSize = +params.pageSize || this.searchOptions.pagination.pageSize;
         this.direction = +params.sortDirection || this.searchOptions.sort.direction;
+        if (params.view === ViewMode.Grid) {
+          this.pageSizeOptions = this.gridPageSizeOptions;
+        } else {
+          this.pageSizeOptions = this.listPageSizeOptions;
+        }
       });
   }
 
diff --git a/src/app/core/data/browse-response-parsing.service.spec.ts b/src/app/core/data/browse-response-parsing.service.spec.ts
index 5f27519a93..263c4a0532 100644
--- a/src/app/core/data/browse-response-parsing.service.spec.ts
+++ b/src/app/core/data/browse-response-parsing.service.spec.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import { BrowseResponseParsingService } from './browse-response-parsing.service'
 import { BrowseEndpointRequest } from './request.models';
 import { BrowseSuccessResponse, ErrorResponse } from '../cache/response-cache.models';
 import { BrowseDefinition } from '../shared/browse-definition.model';
+import { DSpaceRESTV2Response } from '../dspace-rest-v2/dspace-rest-v2-response.model';
 
 describe('BrowseResponseParsingService', () => {
   let service: BrowseResponseParsingService;
@@ -48,7 +49,7 @@ describe('BrowseResponseParsingService', () => {
         _links: { self: { href: 'https://rest.api/discover/browses' } },
         page: { size: 20, totalElements: 2, totalPages: 1, number: 0 }
       }, statusCode: '200'
-    };
+    } as DSpaceRESTV2Response;
 
     const invalidResponse1 = {
       payload: {
@@ -71,22 +72,21 @@ describe('BrowseResponseParsingService', () => {
         _links: { self: { href: 'https://rest.api/discover/browses' } },
         page: { size: 20, totalElements: 2, totalPages: 1, number: 0 }
       }, statusCode: '200'
-    };
+    } as DSpaceRESTV2Response;
 
     const invalidResponse2 = {
       payload: {
-        browses: [{}, {}],
         _links: { self: { href: 'https://rest.api/discover/browses' } },
         page: { size: 20, totalElements: 2, totalPages: 1, number: 0 }
       }, statusCode: '200'
-    };
+    } as DSpaceRESTV2Response ;
 
     const invalidResponse3 = {
       payload: {
         _links: { self: { href: 'https://rest.api/discover/browses' } },
         page: { size: 20, totalElements: 2, totalPages: 1, number: 0 }
       }, statusCode: '500'
-    };
+    } as DSpaceRESTV2Response;
 
     const definitions = [
       Object.assign(new BrowseDefinition(), {
diff --git a/src/app/core/shared/dspace-object.model.ts b/src/app/core/shared/dspace-object.model.ts
index 572efecada..8f96f2485a 100644
--- a/src/app/core/shared/dspace-object.model.ts
+++ b/src/app/core/shared/dspace-object.model.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import { isEmpty, isNotEmpty } from '../../shared/empty.util';
 import { CacheableObject } from '../cache/object-cache.reducer';
 import { RemoteData } from '../data/remote-data';
 import { ResourceType } from './resource-type';
-import { ListableObject } from '../../object-list/listable-object/listable-object.model';
+import { ListableObject } from '../../shared/object-collection/shared/listable-object.model';
 import { Observable } from 'rxjs/Observable';
 
 /**
diff --git a/src/app/object-list/collection-list-element/collection-list-element.component.scss b/src/app/object-list/collection-list-element/collection-list-element.component.scss
deleted file mode 100644
index ad84b72f8c..0000000000
--- a/src/app/object-list/collection-list-element/collection-list-element.component.scss
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-@import '../../../styles/variables.scss';
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/app/object-list/collection-list-element/collection-list-element.component.ts b/src/app/object-list/collection-list-element/collection-list-element.component.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index a99e64a27f..0000000000
--- a/src/app/object-list/collection-list-element/collection-list-element.component.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-import { Component, Inject } from '@angular/core';
-
-import { Collection } from '../../core/shared/collection.model';
-import { ObjectListElementComponent } from '../object-list-element/object-list-element.component';
-import { listElementFor } from '../list-element-decorator';
-
-@Component({
-  selector: 'ds-collection-list-element',
-  styleUrls: ['./collection-list-element.component.scss'],
-  templateUrl: './collection-list-element.component.html'
-})
-
-@listElementFor(Collection)
-export class CollectionListElementComponent extends ObjectListElementComponent<Collection> {}
diff --git a/src/app/object-list/community-list-element/community-list-element.component.scss b/src/app/object-list/community-list-element/community-list-element.component.scss
deleted file mode 100644
index ad84b72f8c..0000000000
--- a/src/app/object-list/community-list-element/community-list-element.component.scss
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-@import '../../../styles/variables.scss';
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/app/object-list/community-list-element/community-list-element.component.ts b/src/app/object-list/community-list-element/community-list-element.component.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index c05915e8d7..0000000000
--- a/src/app/object-list/community-list-element/community-list-element.component.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-import { Component, Input, Inject } from '@angular/core';
-
-import { Community } from '../../core/shared/community.model';
-import { ObjectListElementComponent } from '../object-list-element/object-list-element.component';
-import { listElementFor } from '../list-element-decorator';
-
-@Component({
-  selector: 'ds-community-list-element',
-  styleUrls: ['./community-list-element.component.scss'],
-  templateUrl: './community-list-element.component.html'
-})
-
-@listElementFor(Community)
-export class CommunityListElementComponent extends ObjectListElementComponent<Community> {}
diff --git a/src/app/object-list/item-list-element/item-list-element.component.scss b/src/app/object-list/item-list-element/item-list-element.component.scss
deleted file mode 100644
index ad84b72f8c..0000000000
--- a/src/app/object-list/item-list-element/item-list-element.component.scss
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-@import '../../../styles/variables.scss';
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/app/object-list/item-list-element/item-list-element.component.ts b/src/app/object-list/item-list-element/item-list-element.component.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index cc6c837bb7..0000000000
--- a/src/app/object-list/item-list-element/item-list-element.component.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-import { Component, Input, Inject } from '@angular/core';
-
-import { Item } from '../../core/shared/item.model';
-import { ObjectListElementComponent } from '../object-list-element/object-list-element.component';
-import { listElementFor } from '../list-element-decorator';
-
-@Component({
-  selector: 'ds-item-list-element',
-  styleUrls: ['./item-list-element.component.scss'],
-  templateUrl: './item-list-element.component.html'
-})
-
-@listElementFor(Item)
-export class ItemListElementComponent extends ObjectListElementComponent<Item> {}
diff --git a/src/app/object-list/list-element-decorator.ts b/src/app/object-list/list-element-decorator.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 64a747d4a5..0000000000
--- a/src/app/object-list/list-element-decorator.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-import { ListableObject } from './listable-object/listable-object.model';
-import { GenericConstructor } from '../core/shared/generic-constructor';
-
-const listElementMap = new Map();
-export function listElementFor(listable: GenericConstructor<ListableObject>) {
-  return function decorator(objectElement: any) {
-    if (!objectElement) {
-      return;
-    }
-    listElementMap.set(listable, objectElement);
-  };
-}
-
-export function getListElementFor(listable: GenericConstructor<ListableObject>) {
-  return listElementMap.get(listable);
-}
diff --git a/src/app/object-list/object-list-element/object-list-element.component.scss b/src/app/object-list/object-list-element/object-list-element.component.scss
deleted file mode 100644
index 1a22768fe8..0000000000
--- a/src/app/object-list/object-list-element/object-list-element.component.scss
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-@import '../../../styles/variables.scss';
-
-:host {
-  display: block;
-  margin-bottom: $spacer;
-}
diff --git a/src/app/object-list/object-list-element/object-list-element.component.ts b/src/app/object-list/object-list-element/object-list-element.component.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index df39a7d18d..0000000000
--- a/src/app/object-list/object-list-element/object-list-element.component.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-import { Component, Inject } from '@angular/core';
-import { ListableObject } from '../listable-object/listable-object.model';
-
-@Component({
-  selector: 'ds-object-list-element',
-  styleUrls: ['./object-list-element.component.scss'],
-  templateUrl: './object-list-element.component.html'
-})
-export class ObjectListElementComponent <T extends ListableObject> {
-  object: T;
-  public constructor(@Inject('objectElementProvider') public listable: ListableObject) {
-    this.object = listable as T;
-  }
-}
diff --git a/src/app/object-list/object-list.component.scss b/src/app/object-list/object-list.component.scss
deleted file mode 100644
index b14c7376e3..0000000000
--- a/src/app/object-list/object-list.component.scss
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-@import '../../styles/variables.scss';
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/app/object-list/search-result-list-element/collection-search-result/collection-search-result-list-element.component.scss b/src/app/object-list/search-result-list-element/collection-search-result/collection-search-result-list-element.component.scss
deleted file mode 100644
index 88eb98509a..0000000000
--- a/src/app/object-list/search-result-list-element/collection-search-result/collection-search-result-list-element.component.scss
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-@import '../../../../styles/variables.scss';
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/app/object-list/search-result-list-element/collection-search-result/collection-search-result.model.ts b/src/app/object-list/search-result-list-element/collection-search-result/collection-search-result.model.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index fa7945dedd..0000000000
--- a/src/app/object-list/search-result-list-element/collection-search-result/collection-search-result.model.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-import { SearchResult } from '../../../+search-page/search-result.model';
-import { Collection } from '../../../core/shared/collection.model';
-
-export class CollectionSearchResult extends SearchResult<Collection> {
-}
diff --git a/src/app/object-list/search-result-list-element/community-search-result/community-search-result-list-element.component.scss b/src/app/object-list/search-result-list-element/community-search-result/community-search-result-list-element.component.scss
deleted file mode 100644
index 88eb98509a..0000000000
--- a/src/app/object-list/search-result-list-element/community-search-result/community-search-result-list-element.component.scss
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-@import '../../../../styles/variables.scss';
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/app/object-list/search-result-list-element/community-search-result/community-search-result.model.ts b/src/app/object-list/search-result-list-element/community-search-result/community-search-result.model.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 79ea34b6cd..0000000000
--- a/src/app/object-list/search-result-list-element/community-search-result/community-search-result.model.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-import { SearchResult } from '../../../+search-page/search-result.model';
-import { Community } from '../../../core/shared/community.model';
-
-export class CommunitySearchResult extends SearchResult<Community> {
-}
diff --git a/src/app/object-list/search-result-list-element/item-search-result/item-search-result-list-element.component.scss b/src/app/object-list/search-result-list-element/item-search-result/item-search-result-list-element.component.scss
deleted file mode 100644
index 88eb98509a..0000000000
--- a/src/app/object-list/search-result-list-element/item-search-result/item-search-result-list-element.component.scss
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-@import '../../../../styles/variables.scss';
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/app/object-list/wrapper-list-element/wrapper-list-element.component.scss b/src/app/object-list/wrapper-list-element/wrapper-list-element.component.scss
deleted file mode 100644
index 6f997644cc..0000000000
--- a/src/app/object-list/wrapper-list-element/wrapper-list-element.component.scss
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-@import '../../../styles/variables.scss';
-
diff --git a/src/app/shared/object-collection/object-collection.component.html b/src/app/shared/object-collection/object-collection.component.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c9b1cb92f5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/shared/object-collection/object-collection.component.html
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+<ds-object-list [config]="config"
+                [sortConfig]="sortConfig"
+                [objects]="objects"
+                [hideGear]="hideGear"
+                *ngIf="getViewMode()===viewModeEnum.List">
+</ds-object-list>
+
+<ds-object-grid [config]="config"
+                [sortConfig]="sortConfig"
+                [objects]="objects"
+                [hideGear]="true"
+                *ngIf="getViewMode()===viewModeEnum.Grid">
+</ds-object-grid>
+
+
diff --git a/src/app/shared/object-collection/object-collection.component.scss b/src/app/shared/object-collection/object-collection.component.scss
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..48e6526dff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/shared/object-collection/object-collection.component.scss
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+@import '../../../styles/variables';
diff --git a/src/app/shared/object-collection/object-collection.component.spec.ts b/src/app/shared/object-collection/object-collection.component.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b27a342eac
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/shared/object-collection/object-collection.component.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+import { ObjectCollectionComponent } from './object-collection.component';
+import { ViewMode } from '../../+search-page/search-options.model';
+import { element } from 'protractor';
+import { By } from '@angular/platform-browser';
+import { async, ComponentFixture, TestBed } from '@angular/core/testing';
+import { Config } from '../../../config/config.interface';
+import { DebugElement, NO_ERRORS_SCHEMA } from '@angular/core';
+import { ActivatedRoute, Router } from '@angular/router';
+import { Observable } from 'rxjs/Observable';
+import { RouterStub } from '../testing/router-stub';
+
+describe('ObjectCollectionComponent', () => {
+  let fixture: ComponentFixture<ObjectCollectionComponent>;
+  let objectCollectionComponent: ObjectCollectionComponent;
+
+  const queryParam = 'test query';
+  const scopeParam = '7669c72a-3f2a-451f-a3b9-9210e7a4c02f';
+  const activatedRouteStub = {
+    queryParams: Observable.of({
+      query: queryParam,
+      scope: scopeParam
+    })
+  };
+  beforeEach(async(() => {
+    TestBed.configureTestingModule({
+      declarations: [ ObjectCollectionComponent ],
+      providers: [
+        { provide: ActivatedRoute, useValue: activatedRouteStub },
+        { provide: Router, useClass: RouterStub }
+      ],
+      schemas: [ NO_ERRORS_SCHEMA ]
+    }).compileComponents();  // compile template and css
+  }));
+
+  beforeEach(async(() => {
+    fixture = TestBed.createComponent(ObjectCollectionComponent);
+    objectCollectionComponent = fixture.componentInstance;
+
+  }));
+  it('should only show the grid component when the viewmode is set to grid', () => {
+    objectCollectionComponent.currentMode = ViewMode.Grid;
+
+    expect(fixture.debugElement.query(By.css('ds-object-grid'))).toBeDefined();
+    expect(fixture.debugElement.query(By.css('ds-object-list'))).toBeNull();
+  });
+
+  it('should only show the list component when the viewmode is set to list', () => {
+    objectCollectionComponent.currentMode = ViewMode.List;
+
+    expect(fixture.debugElement.query(By.css('ds-object-list'))).toBeDefined();
+    expect(fixture.debugElement.query(By.css('ds-object-grid'))).toBeNull();
+  })
+
+});
diff --git a/src/app/shared/object-collection/object-collection.component.ts b/src/app/shared/object-collection/object-collection.component.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3af92443c1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/shared/object-collection/object-collection.component.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,119 @@
+import { Component, EventEmitter,
+  Input,
+  OnInit,
+  Output, SimpleChanges, OnChanges, ChangeDetectorRef } from '@angular/core';
+import { ActivatedRoute, Router } from '@angular/router';
+
+import { Observable } from 'rxjs/Observable';
+
+import { RemoteData } from '../../core/data/remote-data';
+import { PageInfo } from '../../core/shared/page-info.model';
+
+import { PaginationComponentOptions } from '../pagination/pagination-component-options.model';
+
+import { SortDirection, SortOptions } from '../../core/cache/models/sort-options.model';
+
+import { ListableObject } from './shared/listable-object.model';
+import { ViewMode } from '../../+search-page/search-options.model';
+import { hasValue, isNotEmpty } from '../empty.util';
+
+@Component({
+  selector: 'ds-viewable-collection',
+  styleUrls: ['./object-collection.component.scss'],
+  templateUrl: './object-collection.component.html',
+})
+export class ObjectCollectionComponent implements OnChanges, OnInit {
+
+  @Input() objects: RemoteData<ListableObject[]>;
+  @Input() config?: PaginationComponentOptions;
+  @Input() sortConfig: SortOptions;
+  @Input() hideGear = false;
+  pageInfo: Observable<PageInfo>;
+  private sub;
+  /**
+   * An event fired when the page is changed.
+   * Event's payload equals to the newly selected page.
+   */
+  @Output() pageChange: EventEmitter<number> = new EventEmitter<number>();
+
+  /**
+   * An event fired when the page wsize is changed.
+   * Event's payload equals to the newly selected page size.
+   */
+  @Output() pageSizeChange: EventEmitter<number> = new EventEmitter<number>();
+
+  /**
+   * An event fired when the sort direction is changed.
+   * Event's payload equals to the newly selected sort direction.
+   */
+  @Output() sortDirectionChange: EventEmitter<SortDirection> = new EventEmitter<SortDirection>();
+
+  @Output() paginationChange: EventEmitter<SortDirection> = new EventEmitter<any>();
+
+  /**
+   * An event fired when the sort field is changed.
+   * Event's payload equals to the newly selected sort field.
+   */
+  @Output() sortFieldChange: EventEmitter<string> = new EventEmitter<string>();
+  data: any = {};
+  currentMode: ViewMode = ViewMode.List;
+  viewModeEnum = ViewMode;
+
+  ngOnChanges(changes: SimpleChanges) {
+    if (changes.objects && !changes.objects.isFirstChange()) {
+      // this.pageInfo = this.objects.pageInfo;
+    }
+  }
+
+  ngOnInit(): void {
+    // this.pageInfo = this.objects.pageInfo;
+
+    this.sub = this.route
+      .queryParams
+      .subscribe((params) => {
+        if (isNotEmpty(params.view)) {
+          this.currentMode = params.view;
+        }
+      });
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * @param route
+   *    Route is a singleton service provided by Angular.
+   * @param router
+   *    Router is a singleton service provided by Angular.
+   */
+  constructor(private cdRef: ChangeDetectorRef, private route: ActivatedRoute,
+              private router: Router) {
+  }
+
+  getViewMode(): ViewMode {
+    this.route.queryParams.map((params) => {
+      if (isNotEmpty(params.view) && hasValue(params.view)) {
+        this.currentMode = params.view;
+      }
+    });
+    return this.currentMode;
+  }
+
+  onPageChange(event) {
+    this.pageChange.emit(event);
+  }
+
+  onPageSizeChange(event) {
+    this.pageSizeChange.emit(event);
+  }
+
+  onSortDirectionChange(event) {
+    this.sortDirectionChange.emit(event);
+  }
+
+  onSortFieldChange(event) {
+    this.sortFieldChange.emit(event);
+  }
+
+  onPaginationChange(event) {
+    this.paginationChange.emit(event);
+  }
+
+}
diff --git a/src/app/shared/object-collection/shared/dso-element-decorator.spec.ts b/src/app/shared/object-collection/shared/dso-element-decorator.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9f54bebed9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/shared/object-collection/shared/dso-element-decorator.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+import { ViewMode } from '../../../+search-page/search-options.model';
+import { renderElementsFor } from './dso-element-decorator';
+import { Item } from '../../../core/shared/item.model';
+
+describe('ElementDecorator', () => {
+  const gridDecorator = renderElementsFor(Item, ViewMode.Grid);
+  const listDecorator = renderElementsFor(Item, ViewMode.List);
+  it('should have a decorator for both list and grid', () => {
+    expect(listDecorator.length).not.toBeNull();
+    expect(gridDecorator.length).not.toBeNull();
+  });
+  it('should have 2 separate decorators for grid and list', () => {
+    expect(listDecorator).not.toEqual(gridDecorator);
+  });
+
+});
diff --git a/src/app/shared/object-collection/shared/dso-element-decorator.ts b/src/app/shared/object-collection/shared/dso-element-decorator.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..51aa57bc50
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/shared/object-collection/shared/dso-element-decorator.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+import { GenericConstructor } from '../../../core/shared/generic-constructor';
+import { ListableObject } from './listable-object.model';
+import { ViewMode } from '../../../+search-page/search-options.model';
+
+const dsoElementMap = new Map();
+export function renderElementsFor(listable: GenericConstructor<ListableObject>, viewMode: ViewMode) {
+  return function decorator(objectElement: any) {
+    if (!objectElement) {
+      return;
+    }
+    if (!dsoElementMap.get(viewMode)) {
+      dsoElementMap.set(viewMode, new Map());
+    }
+    dsoElementMap.get(viewMode).set(listable, objectElement);
+  };
+}
+
+export function rendersDSOType(listable: GenericConstructor<ListableObject>, viewMode: ViewMode) {
+  return dsoElementMap.get(viewMode).get(listable);
+}
diff --git a/src/app/object-list/search-result-list-element/item-search-result/item-search-result.model.ts b/src/app/shared/object-collection/shared/item-search-result.model.ts
similarity index 100%
rename from src/app/object-list/search-result-list-element/item-search-result/item-search-result.model.ts
rename to src/app/shared/object-collection/shared/item-search-result.model.ts
diff --git a/src/app/object-list/listable-object/listable-object.model.ts b/src/app/shared/object-collection/shared/listable-object.model.ts
similarity index 100%
rename from src/app/object-list/listable-object/listable-object.model.ts
rename to src/app/shared/object-collection/shared/listable-object.model.ts
diff --git a/src/app/shared/object-collection/shared/object-collection-element/abstract-listable-element.component.ts b/src/app/shared/object-collection/shared/object-collection-element/abstract-listable-element.component.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d52036b5dc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/shared/object-collection/shared/object-collection-element/abstract-listable-element.component.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+import { Component, Inject } from '@angular/core';
+import { ListableObject } from '../listable-object.model';
+
+@Component({
+  selector: 'ds-abstract-object-element',
+  template: ``,
+})
+export class AbstractListableElementComponent <T extends ListableObject> {
+  object: T;
+  public constructor(@Inject('objectElementProvider') public listableObject: ListableObject) {
+    this.object = listableObject as T;
+  }
+}
diff --git a/src/app/shared/object-grid/collection-grid-element/collection-grid-element.component.html b/src/app/shared/object-grid/collection-grid-element/collection-grid-element.component.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b1287212a3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/shared/object-grid/collection-grid-element/collection-grid-element.component.html
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+<div class="card">
+  <a [routerLink]="['/collections/' + object.id]"class="card-img-top">
+    <ds-comcol-page-logo [logo]="object.logo">
+    </ds-comcol-page-logo>
+  </a>
+  <div class="card-body">
+    <h4 class="card-title">{{object.name}}</h4>
+    <p *ngIf="object.shortDescription" class="card-text">{{object.shortDescription}}</p>
+    <div class="text-center">
+      <a [routerLink]="['/collections/' + object.id]" class="lead btn btn-primary viewButton">View</a>
+    </div>
+
+  </div>
+</div>
diff --git a/src/app/shared/object-grid/collection-grid-element/collection-grid-element.component.scss b/src/app/shared/object-grid/collection-grid-element/collection-grid-element.component.scss
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..51a7fc6a55
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/shared/object-grid/collection-grid-element/collection-grid-element.component.scss
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+@import '../../../../styles/variables';
+
diff --git a/src/app/shared/object-grid/collection-grid-element/collection-grid-element.component.spec.ts b/src/app/shared/object-grid/collection-grid-element/collection-grid-element.component.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..eaa6edc4d0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/shared/object-grid/collection-grid-element/collection-grid-element.component.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+import { CollectionGridElementComponent } from './collection-grid-element.component';
+import { async, ComponentFixture, TestBed } from '@angular/core/testing';
+import { Observable } from 'rxjs/Observable';
+import { ActivatedRoute, Router } from '@angular/router';
+import { RouterStub } from '../../testing/router-stub';
+import { NO_ERRORS_SCHEMA } from '@angular/core';
+import { By } from '@angular/platform-browser';
+import { Collection } from '../../../core/shared/collection.model';
+let fixture: ComponentFixture<CollectionGridElementComponent>;
+const queryParam = 'test query';
+const scopeParam = '7669c72a-3f2a-451f-a3b9-9210e7a4c02f';
+const activatedRouteStub = {
+  queryParams: Observable.of({
+    query: queryParam,
+    scope: scopeParam
+  })
+};
+const mockCollection: Collection = Object.assign(new Collection(), {
+  metadata: [
+    {
+      key: 'dc.description.abstract',
+      language: 'en_US',
+      value: 'Short description'
+    }]
+});
+const createdGridElementComponent:CollectionGridElementComponent= new CollectionGridElementComponent(mockCollection);
+
+describe('CollectionGridElementComponent', () => {
+  beforeEach(async(() => {
+    TestBed.configureTestingModule({
+      declarations: [ CollectionGridElementComponent ],
+      providers: [
+        { provide: ActivatedRoute, useValue: activatedRouteStub },
+        { provide: Router, useClass: RouterStub },
+        { provide: 'objectElementProvider', useValue: (createdGridElementComponent)}
+      ],
+
+      schemas: [ NO_ERRORS_SCHEMA ]
+    }).compileComponents();  // compile template and css
+  }));
+
+  beforeEach(async(() => {
+    fixture = TestBed.createComponent(CollectionGridElementComponent);
+  }));
+
+  it('should show the collection cards in the grid element',() => {
+    expect(fixture.debugElement.query(By.css('ds-collection-grid-element'))).toBeDefined();
+  });
+
+  it('should only show the description if "short description" metadata is present',() => {
+    const descriptionText = expect(fixture.debugElement.query(By.css('p.card-text')));
+
+    if (mockCollection.shortDescription.length > 0) {
+      expect(descriptionText).toBeDefined();
+    }else {
+      expect(descriptionText).not.toBeDefined();
+    }
+  });
+})
diff --git a/src/app/shared/object-grid/collection-grid-element/collection-grid-element.component.ts b/src/app/shared/object-grid/collection-grid-element/collection-grid-element.component.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f383367e3f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/shared/object-grid/collection-grid-element/collection-grid-element.component.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+import { Component, Inject } from '@angular/core';
+
+import { Collection } from '../../../core/shared/collection.model';
+import { renderElementsFor} from '../../object-collection/shared/dso-element-decorator';
+import { ViewMode } from '../../../+search-page/search-options.model';
+import { AbstractListableElementComponent } from '../../object-collection/shared/object-collection-element/abstract-listable-element.component';
+
+@Component({
+  selector: 'ds-collection-grid-element',
+  styleUrls: ['./collection-grid-element.component.scss'],
+  templateUrl: './collection-grid-element.component.html'
+})
+
+@renderElementsFor(Collection, ViewMode.Grid)
+export class CollectionGridElementComponent extends AbstractListableElementComponent<Collection> {}
diff --git a/src/app/shared/object-grid/community-grid-element/community-grid-element.component.html b/src/app/shared/object-grid/community-grid-element/community-grid-element.component.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b6f4c5c5d9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/shared/object-grid/community-grid-element/community-grid-element.component.html
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+<div class="card">
+
+  <a [routerLink]="['/communities/' + object.id]"class="card-img-top">
+    <ds-comcol-page-logo [logo]="object.logo">
+    </ds-comcol-page-logo>
+  </a>
+  <div class="card-body">
+    <h4 class="card-title">{{object.name}}</h4>
+    <p *ngIf="object.shortDescription" class="card-text">{{object.shortDescription}}</p>
+    <div class="text-center">
+      <a [routerLink]="['/communities/' + object.id]" class="lead btn btn-primary viewButton">View</a>
+    </div>
+  </div>
+</div>
diff --git a/src/app/shared/object-grid/community-grid-element/community-grid-element.component.scss b/src/app/shared/object-grid/community-grid-element/community-grid-element.component.scss
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..51a7fc6a55
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/shared/object-grid/community-grid-element/community-grid-element.component.scss
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+@import '../../../../styles/variables';
+
diff --git a/src/app/shared/object-grid/community-grid-element/community-grid-element.component.spec.ts b/src/app/shared/object-grid/community-grid-element/community-grid-element.component.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..cb9e20449e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/shared/object-grid/community-grid-element/community-grid-element.component.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+import { CommunityGridElementComponent } from './community-grid-element.component';
+import { async, ComponentFixture, TestBed } from '@angular/core/testing';
+import { NO_ERRORS_SCHEMA } from '@angular/core';
+import { ActivatedRoute, Router } from '@angular/router';
+import { RouterStub } from '../../testing/router-stub';
+import { Observable } from 'rxjs/Observable';
+import { By } from '@angular/platform-browser';
+import { ListableObject } from '../../object-collection/shared/listable-object.model';
+import { Community } from '../../../core/shared/community.model';
+
+let communityGridElementComponent: CommunityGridElementComponent;
+let fixture: ComponentFixture<CommunityGridElementComponent>;
+const queryParam = 'test query';
+const scopeParam = '7669c72a-3f2a-451f-a3b9-9210e7a4c02f';
+const activatedRouteStub = {
+  queryParams: Observable.of({
+    query: queryParam,
+    scope: scopeParam
+  })
+};
+
+const mockCommunity: Community = Object.assign(new Community(), {
+  metadata: [
+    {
+      key: 'dc.description.abstract',
+      language: 'en_US',
+      value: 'Short description'
+    }]
+});
+
+const createdGridElementComponent:CommunityGridElementComponent= new CommunityGridElementComponent(mockCommunity);
+
+describe('CommunityGridElementComponent', () => {
+  beforeEach(async(() => {
+    TestBed.configureTestingModule({
+      declarations: [ CommunityGridElementComponent ],
+      providers: [
+        { provide: ActivatedRoute, useValue: activatedRouteStub },
+        { provide: Router, useClass: RouterStub },
+        { provide: 'objectElementProvider', useValue: (createdGridElementComponent)}
+      ],
+
+    schemas: [ NO_ERRORS_SCHEMA ]
+    }).compileComponents();  // compile template and css
+  }));
+
+  beforeEach(async(() => {
+    fixture = TestBed.createComponent(CommunityGridElementComponent);
+    communityGridElementComponent = fixture.componentInstance;
+
+  }));
+
+  it('should show the community cards in the grid element',() => {
+    expect(fixture.debugElement.query(By.css('ds-community-grid-element'))).toBeDefined();
+  })
+
+  it('should only show the description if "short description" metadata is present',() => {
+    const descriptionText = expect(fixture.debugElement.query(By.css('p.card-text')));
+
+    if (mockCommunity.shortDescription.length > 0) {
+      expect(descriptionText).toBeDefined();
+    }else {
+      expect(descriptionText).not.toBeDefined();
+    }
+  });
+});
diff --git a/src/app/shared/object-grid/community-grid-element/community-grid-element.component.ts b/src/app/shared/object-grid/community-grid-element/community-grid-element.component.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..21d73ff0fa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/shared/object-grid/community-grid-element/community-grid-element.component.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+import { Component, Input, Inject } from '@angular/core';
+
+import { Community } from '../../../core/shared/community.model';
+import { AbstractListableElementComponent } from '../../object-collection/shared/object-collection-element/abstract-listable-element.component';
+import { renderElementsFor} from '../../object-collection/shared/dso-element-decorator';
+import { ViewMode } from '../../../+search-page/search-options.model';
+
+@Component({
+  selector: 'ds-community-grid-element',
+  styleUrls: ['./community-grid-element.component.scss'],
+  templateUrl: './community-grid-element.component.html'
+})
+
+@renderElementsFor(Community, ViewMode.Grid)
+export class CommunityGridElementComponent extends AbstractListableElementComponent<Community> {}
diff --git a/src/app/shared/object-grid/grid-thumbnail/grid-thumbnail.component.html b/src/app/shared/object-grid/grid-thumbnail/grid-thumbnail.component.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c0c3c1f65f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/shared/object-grid/grid-thumbnail/grid-thumbnail.component.html
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+<div class="thumbnail">
+  <img *ngIf="thumbnail && thumbnail.content" [src]="thumbnail.content" (error)="errorHandler($event)"/>
+  <img *ngIf="!(thumbnail && thumbnail.content)" [src]="holderSource | dsSafeUrl"/>
+</div>
diff --git a/src/app/shared/object-grid/grid-thumbnail/grid-thumbnail.component.scss b/src/app/shared/object-grid/grid-thumbnail/grid-thumbnail.component.scss
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..45a533cd01
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/shared/object-grid/grid-thumbnail/grid-thumbnail.component.scss
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+@import '../../../../styles/variables';
diff --git a/src/app/shared/object-grid/grid-thumbnail/grid-thumbnail.component.spec.ts b/src/app/shared/object-grid/grid-thumbnail/grid-thumbnail.component.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2d2bd6305a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/shared/object-grid/grid-thumbnail/grid-thumbnail.component.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+import { ComponentFixture, TestBed, async } from '@angular/core/testing';
+import { By } from '@angular/platform-browser';
+import { DebugElement } from '@angular/core';
+
+import { GridThumbnailComponent } from './grid-thumbnail.component';
+import { Bitstream } from '../../../core/shared/bitstream.model';
+import { SafeUrlPipe } from '../../utils/safe-url-pipe';
+
+describe('ThumbnailComponent', () => {
+  let comp: GridThumbnailComponent;
+  let fixture: ComponentFixture<GridThumbnailComponent>;
+  let de: DebugElement;
+  let el: HTMLElement;
+
+  beforeEach(async(() => {
+    TestBed.configureTestingModule({
+      declarations: [GridThumbnailComponent, SafeUrlPipe]
+    }).compileComponents();
+  }));
+
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    fixture = TestBed.createComponent(GridThumbnailComponent);
+    comp = fixture.componentInstance; // BannerComponent test instance
+    de = fixture.debugElement.query(By.css('div.thumbnail'));
+    el = de.nativeElement;
+  });
+
+  it('should display image', () => {
+    comp.thumbnail = new Bitstream();
+    comp.thumbnail.content = 'test.url';
+    fixture.detectChanges();
+    const image: HTMLElement = de.query(By.css('img')).nativeElement;
+    expect(image.getAttribute('src')).toBe(comp.thumbnail.content);
+  });
+
+  it('should display placeholder', () => {
+    fixture.detectChanges();
+    const image: HTMLElement = de.query(By.css('img')).nativeElement;
+    expect(image.getAttribute('src')).toBe(comp.holderSource);
+  });
+
+});
diff --git a/src/app/shared/object-grid/grid-thumbnail/grid-thumbnail.component.ts b/src/app/shared/object-grid/grid-thumbnail/grid-thumbnail.component.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8ca93470da
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/shared/object-grid/grid-thumbnail/grid-thumbnail.component.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+import { Component, Input } from '@angular/core';
+import { Bitstream } from '../../../core/shared/bitstream.model';
+
+/**
+ * This component renders a given Bitstream as a thumbnail.
+ * One input parameter of type Bitstream is expected.
+ * If no Bitstream is provided, a holderjs image will be rendered instead.
+ */
+
+@Component({
+  selector: 'ds-grid-thumbnail',
+  styleUrls: ['./grid-thumbnail.component.scss'],
+  templateUrl: './grid-thumbnail.component.html'
+})
+export class GridThumbnailComponent {
+
+  @Input() thumbnail: Bitstream;
+
+  data: any = {};
+
+  /**
+   * The default 'holder.js' image
+   */
+  holderSource = 'data:image/svg+xml;base64,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';
+
+  errorHandler(event) {
+    event.currentTarget.src = this.holderSource;
+  }
+
+}
diff --git a/src/app/shared/object-grid/item-grid-element/item-grid-element.component.html b/src/app/shared/object-grid/item-grid-element/item-grid-element.component.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b8bacfaf2e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/shared/object-grid/item-grid-element/item-grid-element.component.html
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+<div class="card">
+
+  <a [routerLink]="['/items/' + object.id]" class="card-img-top">
+    <ds-grid-thumbnail [thumbnail]="object.getThumbnail()">
+    </ds-grid-thumbnail>
+  </a>
+  <div class="card-body">
+    <h4 class="card-title">{{object.findMetadata('dc.title')}}</h4>
+
+    <p *ngIf="object.filterMetadata(['dc.contributor.author', 'dc.creator', 'dc.contributor.*']);" class="item-authors card-text text-muted">
+        <span *ngFor="let authorMd of object.filterMetadata(['dc.contributor.author', 'dc.creator', 'dc.contributor.*']); let last=last;">{{authorMd.value}}
+            <span *ngIf="!last">; </span>
+        </span>
+      <span *ngIf="object.findMetadata('dc.date.issued')">{{object.findMetadata("dc.date.issued")}}</span>
+    </p>
+
+    <p *ngIf="object.findMetadata('dc.description.abstract')" class="item-abstract card-text">{{object.findMetadata("dc.description.abstract") | dsTruncate:[200] }}</p>
+
+    <div class="text-center">
+      <a [routerLink]="['/items/' + object.id]" class="lead btn btn-primary viewButton">View</a>
+    </div>
+  </div>
+</div>
diff --git a/src/app/shared/object-grid/item-grid-element/item-grid-element.component.scss b/src/app/shared/object-grid/item-grid-element/item-grid-element.component.scss
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..51a7fc6a55
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/shared/object-grid/item-grid-element/item-grid-element.component.scss
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+@import '../../../../styles/variables';
+
diff --git a/src/app/shared/object-grid/item-grid-element/item-grid-element.component.spec.ts b/src/app/shared/object-grid/item-grid-element/item-grid-element.component.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3be46965ee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/shared/object-grid/item-grid-element/item-grid-element.component.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+import { ItemGridElementComponent } from './item-grid-element.component';
+import { async, ComponentFixture, TestBed } from '@angular/core/testing';
+import { Observable } from 'rxjs/Observable';
+import { ActivatedRoute, Router } from '@angular/router';
+import { RouterStub } from '../../testing/router-stub';
+import { NO_ERRORS_SCHEMA } from '@angular/core';
+import { By } from '@angular/platform-browser';
+import { TruncatePipe } from '../../utils/truncate.pipe';
+import { Item } from '../../../core/shared/item.model';
+
+let itemGridElementComponent: ItemGridElementComponent;
+let fixture: ComponentFixture<ItemGridElementComponent>;
+const queryParam = 'test query';
+const scopeParam = '7669c72a-3f2a-451f-a3b9-9210e7a4c02f';
+const activatedRouteStub = {
+  queryParams: Observable.of({
+    query: queryParam,
+    scope: scopeParam
+  })
+};
+/* tslint:disable:no-shadowed-variable */
+const mockItem: Item = Object.assign(new Item(), {
+  metadata: [
+    {
+      key: 'dc.contributor.author',
+      language: 'en_US',
+      value: 'Smith, Donald'
+    }]
+});
+
+const createdGridElementComponent:ItemGridElementComponent= new ItemGridElementComponent(mockItem);
+
+describe('ItemGridElementComponent', () => {
+  beforeEach(async(() => {
+    TestBed.configureTestingModule({
+      declarations: [ ItemGridElementComponent , TruncatePipe],
+      providers: [
+        { provide: ActivatedRoute, useValue: activatedRouteStub },
+        { provide: Router, useClass: RouterStub },
+        { provide: 'objectElementProvider', useValue: {createdGridElementComponent}}
+      ],
+
+      schemas: [ NO_ERRORS_SCHEMA ]
+    }).compileComponents();  // compile template and css
+  }));
+
+  beforeEach(async(() => {
+    fixture = TestBed.createComponent(ItemGridElementComponent);
+    itemGridElementComponent = fixture.componentInstance;
+
+  }));
+
+  it('should show the item cards in the grid element',() => {
+    expect(fixture.debugElement.query(By.css('ds-item-grid-element'))).toBeDefined()
+  });
+
+  it('should only show the author span if the author metadata is present',() => {
+    const itemAuthorField = expect(fixture.debugElement.query(By.css('p.item-authors')));
+
+    if (mockItem.filterMetadata(['dc.contributor.author', 'dc.creator', 'dc.contributor.*']).length > 0) {
+      expect(itemAuthorField).toBeDefined();
+    }else {
+      expect(itemAuthorField).toBeDefined();
+    }
+  });
+
+})
diff --git a/src/app/shared/object-grid/item-grid-element/item-grid-element.component.ts b/src/app/shared/object-grid/item-grid-element/item-grid-element.component.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5a8d46f1f2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/shared/object-grid/item-grid-element/item-grid-element.component.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+import { Component, Input, Inject } from '@angular/core';
+
+import { Item } from '../../../core/shared/item.model';
+import { renderElementsFor} from '../../object-collection/shared/dso-element-decorator';
+import { AbstractListableElementComponent } from '../../object-collection/shared/object-collection-element/abstract-listable-element.component';
+import { ViewMode } from '../../../+search-page/search-options.model';
+
+@Component({
+  selector: 'ds-item-grid-element',
+  styleUrls: ['./item-grid-element.component.scss'],
+  templateUrl: './item-grid-element.component.html'
+})
+
+@renderElementsFor(Item, ViewMode.Grid)
+export class ItemGridElementComponent extends AbstractListableElementComponent<Item> {}
diff --git a/src/app/shared/object-grid/object-grid.component.html b/src/app/shared/object-grid/object-grid.component.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..64231bc931
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/shared/object-grid/object-grid.component.html
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+<ds-pagination
+  [paginationOptions]="config"
+  [pageInfoState]="pageInfo"
+  [collectionSize]="pageInfo?.totalElements"
+  [sortOptions]="sortConfig"
+  [hideGear]="hideGear"
+  [hidePagerWhenSinglePage]="hidePagerWhenSinglePage"
+  (pageChange)="onPageChange($event)"
+  (pageSizeChange)="onPageSizeChange($event)"
+  (sortDirectionChange)="onSortDirectionChange($event)"
+  (sortFieldChange)="onSortFieldChange($event)"
+  (paginationChange)="onPaginationChange($event)">
+    <div class="row mt-2" *ngIf="objects?.hasSucceeded" @fadeIn>
+        <div class="col-lg-4 col-sm-6 col-xs-12 "
+          *ngFor="let object of objects?.payload">
+          <ds-wrapper-grid-element [object]="object"></ds-wrapper-grid-element>
+      </div>
+    </div>
+  <ds-error *ngIf="objects.hasFailed | async" message="{{'error.objects' | translate}}"></ds-error>
+  <ds-loading *ngIf="objects.isLoading | async" message="{{'loading.objects' | translate}}"></ds-loading>
+</ds-pagination>
diff --git a/src/app/shared/object-grid/object-grid.component.scss b/src/app/shared/object-grid/object-grid.component.scss
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a85e38d26f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/shared/object-grid/object-grid.component.scss
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+@import '../../../styles/variables';
+
+ds-wrapper-grid-element ::ng-deep {
+  div.thumbnail > img {
+    height: $card-thumbnail-height;
+    width: 100%;
+  }
+  .card-title {
+    line-height: $headings-line-height;
+    height: ($headings-line-height*3) +em;
+    overflow: hidden;
+    text-overflow: ellipsis;
+  }
+  .item-abstract {
+    line-height: $line-height-base;
+    height: ($line-height-base*5)+em;
+    overflow: hidden;
+    text-overflow: ellipsis;
+  }
+  .item-authors{
+    line-height: $line-height-base;
+    height: ($line-height-base*1.5)+em;
+  }
+  div.card {
+    margin-bottom: 20px;
+  }
+}
diff --git a/src/app/object-list/object-list-element/object-list-element.component.html b/src/app/shared/object-grid/object-grid.component.spec.ts
similarity index 100%
rename from src/app/object-list/object-list-element/object-list-element.component.html
rename to src/app/shared/object-grid/object-grid.component.spec.ts
diff --git a/src/app/shared/object-grid/object-grid.component.ts b/src/app/shared/object-grid/object-grid.component.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2bf77fc0c3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/shared/object-grid/object-grid.component.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,104 @@
+import {
+  ChangeDetectionStrategy,
+  Component, EventEmitter,
+  Input,
+  Output,
+  ViewEncapsulation
+} from '@angular/core';
+
+import { RemoteData } from '../../core/data/remote-data';
+import { PageInfo } from '../../core/shared/page-info.model';
+
+import { PaginationComponentOptions } from '../pagination/pagination-component-options.model';
+
+import { SortOptions, SortDirection } from '../../core/cache/models/sort-options.model';
+import { fadeIn } from '../animations/fade';
+import { ListableObject } from '../object-collection/shared/listable-object.model';
+import { hasValue } from '../empty.util';
+
+@Component({
+  changeDetection: ChangeDetectionStrategy.Default,
+  encapsulation: ViewEncapsulation.Emulated,
+  selector: 'ds-object-grid',
+  styleUrls: [ './object-grid.component.scss' ],
+  templateUrl: './object-grid.component.html',
+  animations: [fadeIn]
+})
+
+export class ObjectGridComponent {
+
+  @Input() config: PaginationComponentOptions;
+  @Input() sortConfig: SortOptions;
+  @Input() hideGear = false;
+  @Input() hidePagerWhenSinglePage = true;
+  private _objects: RemoteData<ListableObject[]>;
+  pageInfo: PageInfo;
+  @Input() set objects(objects: RemoteData<ListableObject[]>) {
+    this._objects = objects;
+    if (hasValue(objects)) {
+      this.pageInfo = objects.pageInfo;
+    }
+  }
+  get objects() {
+    return this._objects;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * An event fired when the page is changed.
+   * Event's payload equals to the newly selected page.
+   */
+  @Output() change: EventEmitter<{
+    pagination: PaginationComponentOptions,
+    sort: SortOptions
+  }> = new EventEmitter<{
+    pagination: PaginationComponentOptions,
+    sort: SortOptions
+  }>();
+
+  /**
+   * An event fired when the page is changed.
+   * Event's payload equals to the newly selected page.
+   */
+  @Output() pageChange: EventEmitter<number> = new EventEmitter<number>();
+
+  /**
+   * An event fired when the page wsize is changed.
+   * Event's payload equals to the newly selected page size.
+   */
+  @Output() pageSizeChange: EventEmitter<number> = new EventEmitter<number>();
+
+  /**
+   * An event fired when the sort direction is changed.
+   * Event's payload equals to the newly selected sort direction.
+   */
+  @Output() sortDirectionChange: EventEmitter<SortDirection> = new EventEmitter<SortDirection>();
+
+  @Output() paginationChange: EventEmitter<SortDirection> = new EventEmitter<any>();
+
+  /**
+   * An event fired when the sort field is changed.
+   * Event's payload equals to the newly selected sort field.
+   */
+  @Output() sortFieldChange: EventEmitter<string> = new EventEmitter<string>();
+  data: any = {};
+  onPageChange(event) {
+    this.pageChange.emit(event);
+  }
+
+  onPageSizeChange(event) {
+    this.pageSizeChange.emit(event);
+  }
+
+  onSortDirectionChange(event) {
+    this.sortDirectionChange.emit(event);
+  }
+
+  onSortFieldChange(event) {
+    this.sortFieldChange.emit(event);
+  }
+
+  onPaginationChange(event) {
+    this.paginationChange.emit(event);
+  }
+
+}
diff --git a/src/app/shared/object-grid/search-result-grid-element/collection-search-result/collection-search-result-grid-element.component.html b/src/app/shared/object-grid/search-result-grid-element/collection-search-result/collection-search-result-grid-element.component.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d6b1bfb5f4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/shared/object-grid/search-result-grid-element/collection-search-result/collection-search-result-grid-element.component.html
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+<div class="card">
+  <a [routerLink]="['/collections/' + dso.id]"class="card-img-top">
+    <ds-comcol-page-logo [logo]="dso.logo">
+    </ds-comcol-page-logo>
+  </a>
+  <div class="card-body">
+    <h4 class="card-title">{{dso.name}}</h4>
+    <p *ngIf="dso.shortDescription" class="card-text">{{dso.shortDescription}}</p>
+    <div class="text-center">
+      <a [routerLink]="['/collections/' + dso.id]" class="lead btn btn-primary viewButton">View</a>
+    </div>
+  </div>
+</div>
diff --git a/src/app/shared/object-grid/search-result-grid-element/collection-search-result/collection-search-result-grid-element.component.scss b/src/app/shared/object-grid/search-result-grid-element/collection-search-result/collection-search-result-grid-element.component.scss
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1d0786105c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/shared/object-grid/search-result-grid-element/collection-search-result/collection-search-result-grid-element.component.scss
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+@import '../../../../../styles/variables';
diff --git a/src/app/shared/object-grid/search-result-grid-element/collection-search-result/collection-search-result-grid-element.component.spec.ts b/src/app/shared/object-grid/search-result-grid-element/collection-search-result/collection-search-result-grid-element.component.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a3b3710080
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/shared/object-grid/search-result-grid-element/collection-search-result/collection-search-result-grid-element.component.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+import {CollectionSearchResultGridElementComponent } from './collection-search-result-grid-element.component';
+import { async, ComponentFixture, TestBed } from '@angular/core/testing';
+import { Observable } from 'rxjs/Observable';
+import { ActivatedRoute, Router } from '@angular/router';
+import { RouterStub } from '../../../testing/router-stub';
+import { NO_ERRORS_SCHEMA } from '@angular/core';
+import { By } from '@angular/platform-browser';
+import { TruncatePipe } from '../../../utils/truncate.pipe';
+import { Community } from '../../../../core/shared/community.model';
+import { Collection } from '../../../../core/shared/collection.model';
+
+let fixture: ComponentFixture<CollectionSearchResultGridElementComponent>;
+const queryParam = 'test query';
+const scopeParam = '7669c72a-3f2a-451f-a3b9-9210e7a4c02f';
+const activatedRouteStub = {
+  queryParams: Observable.of({
+    query: queryParam,
+    scope: scopeParam
+  })
+};
+const mockCollection: Collection = Object.assign(new Collection(), {
+  metadata: [
+    {
+      key: 'dc.description.abstract',
+      language: 'en_US',
+      value: 'Short description'
+    } ]
+
+});
+
+const createdGridElementComponent: CollectionSearchResultGridElementComponent = new CollectionSearchResultGridElementComponent(mockCollection);
+
+describe('CollectionSearchResultGridElementComponent', () => {
+  beforeEach(async(() => {
+    TestBed.configureTestingModule({
+      declarations: [ CollectionSearchResultGridElementComponent, TruncatePipe ],
+      providers: [
+        { provide: ActivatedRoute, useValue: activatedRouteStub },
+        { provide: Router, useClass: RouterStub },
+        { provide: 'objectElementProvider', useValue: (createdGridElementComponent) }
+      ],
+
+      schemas: [ NO_ERRORS_SCHEMA ]
+    }).compileComponents();  // compile template and css
+  }));
+
+  beforeEach(async(() => {
+    fixture = TestBed.createComponent(CollectionSearchResultGridElementComponent);
+  }));
+
+  it('should show the item result cards in the grid element', () => {
+    expect(fixture.debugElement.query(By.css('ds-collection-search-result-grid-element'))).toBeDefined();
+  });
+
+  it('should only show the description if "short description" metadata is present',() => {
+    const descriptionText = expect(fixture.debugElement.query(By.css('p.card-text')));
+
+    if (mockCollection.shortDescription.length > 0) {
+      expect(descriptionText).toBeDefined();
+    }else {
+      expect(descriptionText).not.toBeDefined();
+    }
+  });
+});
diff --git a/src/app/shared/object-grid/search-result-grid-element/collection-search-result/collection-search-result-grid-element.component.ts b/src/app/shared/object-grid/search-result-grid-element/collection-search-result/collection-search-result-grid-element.component.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0228107a57
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/shared/object-grid/search-result-grid-element/collection-search-result/collection-search-result-grid-element.component.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+import { Component } from '@angular/core';
+
+import { renderElementsFor} from '../../../object-collection/shared/dso-element-decorator';
+
+import { CollectionSearchResult } from './collection-search-result.model';
+import { SearchResultGridElementComponent } from '../search-result-grid-element.component';
+import { Collection } from '../../../../core/shared/collection.model';
+import { ViewMode } from '../../../../+search-page/search-options.model';
+
+@Component({
+  selector: 'ds-collection-search-result-grid-element',
+  styleUrls: ['../search-result-grid-element.component.scss', 'collection-search-result-grid-element.component.scss'],
+  templateUrl: 'collection-search-result-grid-element.component.html'
+})
+
+@renderElementsFor(CollectionSearchResult, ViewMode.Grid)
+export class CollectionSearchResultGridElementComponent extends SearchResultGridElementComponent<CollectionSearchResult, Collection> {}
diff --git a/src/app/shared/object-grid/search-result-grid-element/collection-search-result/collection-search-result.model.ts b/src/app/shared/object-grid/search-result-grid-element/collection-search-result/collection-search-result.model.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ad48247e70
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/shared/object-grid/search-result-grid-element/collection-search-result/collection-search-result.model.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+import { SearchResult } from '../../../../+search-page/search-result.model';
+import { Collection } from '../../../../core/shared/collection.model';
+
+export class CollectionSearchResult extends SearchResult<Collection> {
+}
diff --git a/src/app/shared/object-grid/search-result-grid-element/community-search-result/community-search-result-grid-element.component.html b/src/app/shared/object-grid/search-result-grid-element/community-search-result/community-search-result-grid-element.component.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8ff6874bff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/shared/object-grid/search-result-grid-element/community-search-result/community-search-result-grid-element.component.html
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+<div class="card">
+
+  <a [routerLink]="['/communities/' + dso.id]"class="card-img-top">
+    <ds-comcol-page-logo [logo]="dso.logo">
+    </ds-comcol-page-logo>
+  </a>
+  <div class="card-body">
+    <h4 class="card-title">{{dso.name}}</h4>
+    <p *ngIf="dso.shortDescription" class="card-text">{{dso.shortDescription}}</p>
+    <div class="text-center">
+      <a [routerLink]="['/communities/' + dso.id]" class="lead btn btn-primary viewButton">View</a>
+    </div>
+  </div>
+</div>
diff --git a/src/app/shared/object-grid/search-result-grid-element/community-search-result/community-search-result-grid-element.component.scss b/src/app/shared/object-grid/search-result-grid-element/community-search-result/community-search-result-grid-element.component.scss
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..bd63aa6a3a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/shared/object-grid/search-result-grid-element/community-search-result/community-search-result-grid-element.component.scss
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+@import '../../../../../styles/variables';
+
diff --git a/src/app/shared/object-grid/search-result-grid-element/community-search-result/community-search-result-grid-element.component.spec.ts b/src/app/shared/object-grid/search-result-grid-element/community-search-result/community-search-result-grid-element.component.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..dd9e16a120
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/shared/object-grid/search-result-grid-element/community-search-result/community-search-result-grid-element.component.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+import { CommunitySearchResultGridElementComponent } from './community-search-result-grid-element.component';
+import { async, ComponentFixture, TestBed } from '@angular/core/testing';
+import { Observable } from 'rxjs/Observable';
+import { ActivatedRoute, Router } from '@angular/router';
+import { RouterStub } from '../../../testing/router-stub';
+import { NO_ERRORS_SCHEMA } from '@angular/core';
+import { By } from '@angular/platform-browser';
+import { TruncatePipe } from '../../../utils/truncate.pipe';
+import { Community } from '../../../../core/shared/community.model';
+
+let fixture: ComponentFixture<CommunitySearchResultGridElementComponent>;
+const queryParam = 'test query';
+const scopeParam = '7669c72a-3f2a-451f-a3b9-9210e7a4c02f';
+const activatedRouteStub = {
+  queryParams: Observable.of({
+    query: queryParam,
+    scope: scopeParam
+  })
+};
+const mockCommunity: Community = Object.assign(new Community(), {
+  metadata: [
+    {
+      key: 'dc.description.abstract',
+      language: 'en_US',
+      value: 'Short description'
+    } ]
+
+});
+
+const createdGridElementComponent: CommunitySearchResultGridElementComponent = new CommunitySearchResultGridElementComponent(mockCommunity);
+
+describe('CommunitySearchResultGridElementComponent', () => {
+  beforeEach(async(() => {
+    TestBed.configureTestingModule({
+      declarations: [ CommunitySearchResultGridElementComponent, TruncatePipe ],
+      providers: [
+        { provide: ActivatedRoute, useValue: activatedRouteStub },
+        { provide: Router, useClass: RouterStub },
+        { provide: 'objectElementProvider', useValue: (createdGridElementComponent) }
+      ],
+
+      schemas: [ NO_ERRORS_SCHEMA ]
+    }).compileComponents();  // compile template and css
+  }));
+
+  beforeEach(async(() => {
+    fixture = TestBed.createComponent(CommunitySearchResultGridElementComponent);
+  }));
+
+  it('should show the item result cards in the grid element', () => {
+    expect(fixture.debugElement.query(By.css('ds-community-search-result-grid-element'))).toBeDefined();
+  });
+
+  it('should only show the description if "short description" metadata is present',() => {
+    const descriptionText = expect(fixture.debugElement.query(By.css('p.card-text')));
+
+    if (mockCommunity.shortDescription.length > 0) {
+      expect(descriptionText).toBeDefined();
+    }else {
+      expect(descriptionText).not.toBeDefined();
+    }
+  });
+});
diff --git a/src/app/shared/object-grid/search-result-grid-element/community-search-result/community-search-result-grid-element.component.ts b/src/app/shared/object-grid/search-result-grid-element/community-search-result/community-search-result-grid-element.component.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4876a784fc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/shared/object-grid/search-result-grid-element/community-search-result/community-search-result-grid-element.component.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+import { Component } from '@angular/core';
+
+import { CommunitySearchResult } from './community-search-result.model';
+import { Community } from '../../../../core/shared/community.model';
+import { renderElementsFor } from '../../../object-collection/shared/dso-element-decorator';
+import { SearchResultGridElementComponent } from '../search-result-grid-element.component';
+import { ViewMode } from '../../../../+search-page/search-options.model';
+
+@Component({
+  selector: 'ds-community-search-result-grid-element',
+  styleUrls: ['../search-result-grid-element.component.scss', 'community-search-result-grid-element.component.scss'],
+  templateUrl: 'community-search-result-grid-element.component.html'
+})
+
+@renderElementsFor(CommunitySearchResult, ViewMode.Grid)
+export class CommunitySearchResultGridElementComponent extends SearchResultGridElementComponent<CommunitySearchResult, Community> {
+
+}
diff --git a/src/app/shared/object-grid/search-result-grid-element/community-search-result/community-search-result.model.ts b/src/app/shared/object-grid/search-result-grid-element/community-search-result/community-search-result.model.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..efeb328e11
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/shared/object-grid/search-result-grid-element/community-search-result/community-search-result.model.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+import { SearchResult } from '../../../../+search-page/search-result.model';
+import { Community } from '../../../../core/shared/community.model';
+
+export class CommunitySearchResult extends SearchResult<Community> {
+}
diff --git a/src/app/shared/object-grid/search-result-grid-element/item-search-result/item-search-result-grid-element.component.html b/src/app/shared/object-grid/search-result-grid-element/item-search-result/item-search-result-grid-element.component.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ce9324477f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/shared/object-grid/search-result-grid-element/item-search-result/item-search-result-grid-element.component.html
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+<div class="card">
+  <a [routerLink]="['/items/' + dso.id]" class="card-img-top full-width">
+    <ds-grid-thumbnail [thumbnail]="dso.getThumbnail()">
+    </ds-grid-thumbnail>
+  </a>
+  <div class="card-body">
+    <h4 class="card-title" [innerHTML]="dso.findMetadata('dc.title')"></h4>
+
+    <p *ngIf="dso.filterMetadata(['dc.contributor.author', 'dc.creator', 'dc.contributor.*'])"
+       class="item-authors card-text text-muted">
+        <span
+          *ngFor="let authorMd of dso.filterMetadata(['dc.contributor.author', 'dc.creator', 'dc.contributor.*']); let first=first;">
+          <span *ngIf="first" [innerHTML]="authorMd.value">
+          <span
+            *ngIf="dso.filterMetadata(['dc.contributor.author', 'dc.creator', 'dc.contributor.*']).length>1">, ...</span>
+          </span>
+        </span>
+      <span *ngIf="dso.findMetadata('dc.date.issued')"
+            class="item-list-date">
+      <span *ngIf="dso.filterMetadata(['dc.contributor.author', 'dc.creator', 'dc.contributor.*']).length>1">,</span>
+      {{dso.findMetadata("dc.date.issued")}}</span>
+
+
+    </p>
+    <p class="item-abstract card-text" [innerHTML]="getFirstValue('dc.description.abstract') | dsTruncate:[200]">
+    </p>
+
+    <div class="text-center">
+      <a [routerLink]="['/items/' + dso.id]" class="lead btn btn-primary viewButton">View</a>
+    </div>
+  </div>
+
+</div>
+
diff --git a/src/app/shared/object-grid/search-result-grid-element/item-search-result/item-search-result-grid-element.component.scss b/src/app/shared/object-grid/search-result-grid-element/item-search-result/item-search-result-grid-element.component.scss
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..bd63aa6a3a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/shared/object-grid/search-result-grid-element/item-search-result/item-search-result-grid-element.component.scss
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+@import '../../../../../styles/variables';
+
diff --git a/src/app/shared/object-grid/search-result-grid-element/item-search-result/item-search-result-grid-element.component.spec.ts b/src/app/shared/object-grid/search-result-grid-element/item-search-result/item-search-result-grid-element.component.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1a2ca908e2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/shared/object-grid/search-result-grid-element/item-search-result/item-search-result-grid-element.component.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,80 @@
+import { ItemSearchResultGridElementComponent } from './item-search-result-grid-element.component';
+import { async, ComponentFixture, TestBed } from '@angular/core/testing';
+import { Observable } from 'rxjs/Observable';
+import { ActivatedRoute, Router } from '@angular/router';
+import { RouterStub } from '../../../testing/router-stub';
+import { NO_ERRORS_SCHEMA } from '@angular/core';
+import { By } from '@angular/platform-browser';
+import { TruncatePipe } from '../../../utils/truncate.pipe';
+import { Item } from '../../../../core/shared/item.model';
+
+let itemSearchResultGridElementComponent: ItemSearchResultGridElementComponent;
+let fixture: ComponentFixture<ItemSearchResultGridElementComponent>;
+const queryParam = 'test query';
+const scopeParam = '7669c72a-3f2a-451f-a3b9-9210e7a4c02f';
+const activatedRouteStub = {
+  queryParams: Observable.of({
+    query: queryParam,
+    scope: scopeParam
+  })
+};
+const mockItem: Item = Object.assign(new Item(), {
+  metadata: [
+    {
+      key: 'dc.contributor.author',
+      language: 'en_US',
+      value: 'Smith, Donald'
+    },
+    {
+      key: 'dc.date.issued',
+      language: null,
+      value: '1650-06-26'
+    }]
+});
+const createdGridElementComponent:ItemSearchResultGridElementComponent= new ItemSearchResultGridElementComponent(mockItem);
+
+describe('ItemSearchResultGridElementComponent', () => {
+  beforeEach(async(() => {
+    TestBed.configureTestingModule({
+      declarations: [ ItemSearchResultGridElementComponent, TruncatePipe ],
+      providers: [
+        { provide: ActivatedRoute, useValue: activatedRouteStub },
+        { provide: Router, useClass: RouterStub },
+        { provide: 'objectElementProvider', useValue: (createdGridElementComponent) }
+      ],
+
+      schemas: [ NO_ERRORS_SCHEMA ]
+    }).compileComponents();  // compile template and css
+  }));
+
+  beforeEach(async(() => {
+    fixture = TestBed.createComponent(ItemSearchResultGridElementComponent);
+    itemSearchResultGridElementComponent = fixture.componentInstance;
+
+  }));
+
+  it('should show the item result cards in the grid element',() => {
+    expect(fixture.debugElement.query(By.css('ds-item-search-result-grid-element'))).toBeDefined();
+  });
+
+  it('should only show the author span if the author metadata is present',() => {
+    const itemAuthorField = expect(fixture.debugElement.query(By.css('p.item-authors')));
+
+    if (mockItem.filterMetadata(['dc.contributor.author', 'dc.creator', 'dc.contributor.*']).length > 0) {
+      expect(itemAuthorField).toBeDefined();
+    }else {
+      expect(itemAuthorField).not.toBeDefined();
+    }
+  });
+
+  it('should only show the date span if the issuedate is present',() => {
+    const dateField = expect(fixture.debugElement.query(By.css('span.item-list-date')));
+
+    if (mockItem.findMetadata('dc.date.issued').length > 0) {
+      expect(dateField).toBeDefined();
+    }else {
+      expect(dateField).not.toBeDefined();
+    }
+  });
+
+});
diff --git a/src/app/shared/object-grid/search-result-grid-element/item-search-result/item-search-result-grid-element.component.ts b/src/app/shared/object-grid/search-result-grid-element/item-search-result/item-search-result-grid-element.component.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f9fe13cb88
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/shared/object-grid/search-result-grid-element/item-search-result/item-search-result-grid-element.component.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+import { Component } from '@angular/core';
+
+import { renderElementsFor } from '../../../object-collection/shared/dso-element-decorator';
+import { SearchResultGridElementComponent } from '../search-result-grid-element.component';
+import { Item } from '../../../../core/shared/item.model';
+import { ItemSearchResult } from '../../../object-collection/shared/item-search-result.model';
+import { ViewMode } from '../../../../+search-page/search-options.model';
+
+@Component({
+  selector: 'ds-item-search-result-grid-element',
+  styleUrls: ['../search-result-grid-element.component.scss', 'item-search-result-grid-element.component.scss'],
+  templateUrl: 'item-search-result-grid-element.component.html'
+})
+
+@renderElementsFor(ItemSearchResult, ViewMode.Grid)
+export class ItemSearchResultGridElementComponent extends SearchResultGridElementComponent<ItemSearchResult, Item> {}
diff --git a/src/app/shared/object-grid/search-result-grid-element/search-result-grid-element.component.scss b/src/app/shared/object-grid/search-result-grid-element/search-result-grid-element.component.scss
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e8d681fb32
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/shared/object-grid/search-result-grid-element/search-result-grid-element.component.scss
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+ @import '../../../../styles/variables';
+:host {
+    /deep/ em {
+        font-weight: bold;
+        font-style: normal;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/app/shared/object-grid/search-result-grid-element/search-result-grid-element.component.ts b/src/app/shared/object-grid/search-result-grid-element/search-result-grid-element.component.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8e1d7e0647
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/shared/object-grid/search-result-grid-element/search-result-grid-element.component.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+import { Component, Inject } from '@angular/core';
+
+import { SearchResult } from '../../../+search-page/search-result.model';
+import { DSpaceObject } from '../../../core/shared/dspace-object.model';
+import { Metadatum } from '../../../core/shared/metadatum.model';
+import { isEmpty, hasNoValue } from '../../empty.util';
+import { AbstractListableElementComponent } from '../../object-collection/shared/object-collection-element/abstract-listable-element.component';
+import { ListableObject } from '../../object-collection/shared/listable-object.model';
+
+@Component({
+  selector: 'ds-search-result-grid-element',
+  template: ``
+})
+
+export class SearchResultGridElementComponent<T extends SearchResult<K>, K extends DSpaceObject> extends AbstractListableElementComponent<T> {
+  dso: K;
+
+  public constructor(@Inject('objectElementProvider') public gridable: ListableObject) {
+    super(gridable);
+    this.dso = this.object.dspaceObject;
+  }
+
+  getValues(keys: string[]): string[] {
+    const results: string[] = new Array<string>();
+    this.object.hitHighlights.forEach(
+      (md: Metadatum) => {
+        if (keys.indexOf(md.key) > -1) {
+          results.push(md.value);
+        }
+      }
+    );
+    if (isEmpty(results)) {
+      this.dso.filterMetadata(keys).forEach(
+        (md: Metadatum) => {
+          results.push(md.value);
+        }
+      );
+    }
+    return results;
+  }
+
+  getFirstValue(key: string): string {
+    let result: string;
+    this.object.hitHighlights.some(
+      (md: Metadatum) => {
+        if (key === md.key) {
+          result =  md.value;
+          return true;
+        }
+      }
+    );
+    if (hasNoValue(result)) {
+      result = this.dso.findMetadata(key);
+    }
+    return result;
+  }
+}
diff --git a/src/app/shared/object-grid/wrapper-grid-element/wrapper-grid-element.component.html b/src/app/shared/object-grid/wrapper-grid-element/wrapper-grid-element.component.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b613b16055
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/shared/object-grid/wrapper-grid-element/wrapper-grid-element.component.html
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+<ng-container *ngComponentOutlet="getGridElement(); injector: objectInjector;"></ng-container>
diff --git a/src/app/shared/object-grid/wrapper-grid-element/wrapper-grid-element.component.scss b/src/app/shared/object-grid/wrapper-grid-element/wrapper-grid-element.component.scss
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..51a7fc6a55
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/shared/object-grid/wrapper-grid-element/wrapper-grid-element.component.scss
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+@import '../../../../styles/variables';
+
diff --git a/src/app/shared/object-grid/wrapper-grid-element/wrapper-grid-element.component.spec.ts b/src/app/shared/object-grid/wrapper-grid-element/wrapper-grid-element.component.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..390b003e2e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/shared/object-grid/wrapper-grid-element/wrapper-grid-element.component.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+import { WrapperGridElementComponent } from './wrapper-grid-element.component';
+import { async, ComponentFixture, TestBed } from '@angular/core/testing';
+import { Observable } from 'rxjs/Observable';
+import { ActivatedRoute, Router } from '@angular/router';
+import { RouterStub } from '../../testing/router-stub';
+import { NO_ERRORS_SCHEMA } from '@angular/core';
+import { By } from '@angular/platform-browser';
+
+let wrapperGridElementComponent: WrapperGridElementComponent;
+let fixture: ComponentFixture<WrapperGridElementComponent>;
+const queryParam = 'test query';
+const scopeParam = '7669c72a-3f2a-451f-a3b9-9210e7a4c02f';
+const activatedRouteStub = {
+  queryParams: Observable.of({
+    query: queryParam,
+    scope: scopeParam
+  })
+};
+
+describe('WrapperGridElementComponent', () => {
+  beforeEach(async(() => {
+    TestBed.configureTestingModule({
+      declarations: [ WrapperGridElementComponent ],
+      providers: [
+        { provide: ActivatedRoute, useValue: activatedRouteStub },
+        { provide: Router, useClass: RouterStub },
+        { provide: 'objectElementProvider', useFactory: (wrapperGridElementComponent)}
+      ],
+
+      schemas: [ NO_ERRORS_SCHEMA ]
+    }).compileComponents();  // compile template and css
+  }));
+
+  beforeEach(async(() => {
+    fixture = TestBed.createComponent(WrapperGridElementComponent);
+    wrapperGridElementComponent = fixture.componentInstance;
+
+  }));
+
+  it('should show the wrapper element containing the cards',() => {
+    expect(fixture.debugElement.query(By.css('ds-collection-grid-element'))).toBeDefined();
+  })
+})
diff --git a/src/app/shared/object-grid/wrapper-grid-element/wrapper-grid-element.component.ts b/src/app/shared/object-grid/wrapper-grid-element/wrapper-grid-element.component.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..912df16786
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/shared/object-grid/wrapper-grid-element/wrapper-grid-element.component.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+import { Component, Input, Injector, ReflectiveInjector, OnInit } from '@angular/core';
+import { GenericConstructor } from '../../../core/shared/generic-constructor';
+import { rendersDSOType } from '../../object-collection/shared/dso-element-decorator';
+import { ListableObject } from '../../object-collection/shared/listable-object.model';
+import { ViewMode } from '../../../+search-page/search-options.model';
+
+@Component({
+  selector: 'ds-wrapper-grid-element',
+  styleUrls: ['./wrapper-grid-element.component.scss'],
+  templateUrl: './wrapper-grid-element.component.html'
+})
+export class WrapperGridElementComponent implements OnInit {
+  @Input() object: ListableObject;
+  objectInjector: Injector;
+
+  constructor(private injector: Injector) {}
+
+  ngOnInit(): void {
+    this.objectInjector = ReflectiveInjector.resolveAndCreate(
+      [{provide: 'objectElementProvider', useFactory: () => (this.object) }], this.injector);
+
+  }
+
+  getGridElement(): string {
+    const f: GenericConstructor<ListableObject> = this.object.constructor as GenericConstructor<ListableObject>;
+    return rendersDSOType(f, ViewMode.Grid);
+  }
+}
diff --git a/src/app/object-list/collection-list-element/collection-list-element.component.html b/src/app/shared/object-list/collection-list-element/collection-list-element.component.html
similarity index 100%
rename from src/app/object-list/collection-list-element/collection-list-element.component.html
rename to src/app/shared/object-list/collection-list-element/collection-list-element.component.html
diff --git a/src/app/shared/object-list/collection-list-element/collection-list-element.component.scss b/src/app/shared/object-list/collection-list-element/collection-list-element.component.scss
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..45a533cd01
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/shared/object-list/collection-list-element/collection-list-element.component.scss
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+@import '../../../../styles/variables';
diff --git a/src/app/shared/object-list/collection-list-element/collection-list-element.component.ts b/src/app/shared/object-list/collection-list-element/collection-list-element.component.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f95c087d5c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/shared/object-list/collection-list-element/collection-list-element.component.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+import { Component, Inject } from '@angular/core';
+
+import { Collection } from '../../../core/shared/collection.model';
+import { renderElementsFor } from '../../object-collection/shared/dso-element-decorator';
+import { ViewMode } from '../../../+search-page/search-options.model';
+import { AbstractListableElementComponent } from '../../object-collection/shared/object-collection-element/abstract-listable-element.component';
+
+@Component({
+  selector: 'ds-collection-list-element',
+  styleUrls: ['./collection-list-element.component.scss'],
+  templateUrl: './collection-list-element.component.html'
+})
+
+@renderElementsFor(Collection, ViewMode.List)
+export class CollectionListElementComponent extends AbstractListableElementComponent<Collection> {}
diff --git a/src/app/object-list/community-list-element/community-list-element.component.html b/src/app/shared/object-list/community-list-element/community-list-element.component.html
similarity index 100%
rename from src/app/object-list/community-list-element/community-list-element.component.html
rename to src/app/shared/object-list/community-list-element/community-list-element.component.html
diff --git a/src/app/shared/object-list/community-list-element/community-list-element.component.scss b/src/app/shared/object-list/community-list-element/community-list-element.component.scss
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..45a533cd01
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/shared/object-list/community-list-element/community-list-element.component.scss
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+@import '../../../../styles/variables';
diff --git a/src/app/shared/object-list/community-list-element/community-list-element.component.ts b/src/app/shared/object-list/community-list-element/community-list-element.component.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e92c080a31
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/shared/object-list/community-list-element/community-list-element.component.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+import { Component, Input, Inject } from '@angular/core';
+
+import { Community } from '../../../core/shared/community.model';
+import { AbstractListableElementComponent } from '../../object-collection/shared/object-collection-element/abstract-listable-element.component';
+import { renderElementsFor } from '../../object-collection/shared/dso-element-decorator';
+import { ViewMode } from '../../../+search-page/search-options.model';
+
+@Component({
+  selector: 'ds-community-list-element',
+  styleUrls: ['./community-list-element.component.scss'],
+  templateUrl: './community-list-element.component.html'
+})
+
+@renderElementsFor(Community, ViewMode.List)
+export class CommunityListElementComponent extends AbstractListableElementComponent<Community> {}
diff --git a/src/app/object-list/item-list-element/item-list-element.component.html b/src/app/shared/object-list/item-list-element/item-list-element.component.html
similarity index 100%
rename from src/app/object-list/item-list-element/item-list-element.component.html
rename to src/app/shared/object-list/item-list-element/item-list-element.component.html
diff --git a/src/app/shared/object-list/item-list-element/item-list-element.component.scss b/src/app/shared/object-list/item-list-element/item-list-element.component.scss
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..45a533cd01
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/shared/object-list/item-list-element/item-list-element.component.scss
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+@import '../../../../styles/variables';
diff --git a/src/app/shared/object-list/item-list-element/item-list-element.component.ts b/src/app/shared/object-list/item-list-element/item-list-element.component.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e4efbd6b08
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/shared/object-list/item-list-element/item-list-element.component.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+import { Component, Input, Inject } from '@angular/core';
+
+import { Item } from '../../../core/shared/item.model';
+import { AbstractListableElementComponent } from '../../object-collection/shared/object-collection-element/abstract-listable-element.component';
+import { renderElementsFor } from '../../object-collection/shared/dso-element-decorator';
+import { ViewMode } from '../../../+search-page/search-options.model';
+
+@Component({
+  selector: 'ds-item-list-element',
+  styleUrls: ['./item-list-element.component.scss'],
+  templateUrl: './item-list-element.component.html'
+})
+
+@renderElementsFor(Item, ViewMode.List)
+export class ItemListElementComponent extends AbstractListableElementComponent<Item> {}
diff --git a/src/app/object-list/object-list.component.html b/src/app/shared/object-list/object-list.component.html
similarity index 88%
rename from src/app/object-list/object-list.component.html
rename to src/app/shared/object-list/object-list.component.html
index 0d488b5298..39d0ce8758 100644
--- a/src/app/object-list/object-list.component.html
+++ b/src/app/shared/object-list/object-list.component.html
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
   (paginationChange)="onPaginationChange($event)">
   <ul *ngIf="objects?.hasSucceeded"> <!--class="list-unstyled"-->
       <li *ngFor="let object of objects?.payload">
-          <ds-wrapper-list-element [object]="object"></ds-wrapper-list-element>
+        <ds-wrapper-list-element [object]="object"></ds-wrapper-list-element>
       </li>
   </ul>
 </ds-pagination>
diff --git a/src/app/shared/object-list/object-list.component.scss b/src/app/shared/object-list/object-list.component.scss
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..48e6526dff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/shared/object-list/object-list.component.scss
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+@import '../../../styles/variables';
diff --git a/src/app/object-list/object-list.component.spec.ts b/src/app/shared/object-list/object-list.component.spec.ts
similarity index 100%
rename from src/app/object-list/object-list.component.spec.ts
rename to src/app/shared/object-list/object-list.component.spec.ts
diff --git a/src/app/object-list/object-list.component.ts b/src/app/shared/object-list/object-list.component.ts
similarity index 83%
rename from src/app/object-list/object-list.component.ts
rename to src/app/shared/object-list/object-list.component.ts
index 0f7decadd7..b9abed37ac 100644
--- a/src/app/object-list/object-list.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/shared/object-list/object-list.component.ts
@@ -7,16 +7,16 @@ import {
   ViewEncapsulation
 } from '@angular/core';
 
-import { SortDirection, SortOptions } from '../core/cache/models/sort-options.model';
+import { RemoteData } from '../../core/data/remote-data';
+import { PageInfo } from '../../core/shared/page-info.model';
 
-import { RemoteData } from '../core/data/remote-data';
-import { PageInfo } from '../core/shared/page-info.model';
-import { ListableObject } from '../object-list/listable-object/listable-object.model';
+import { PaginationComponentOptions } from '../pagination/pagination-component-options.model';
 
-import { fadeIn } from '../shared/animations/fade';
-import { hasValue } from '../shared/empty.util';
+import { SortOptions, SortDirection } from '../../core/cache/models/sort-options.model';
 
-import { PaginationComponentOptions } from '../shared/pagination/pagination-component-options.model';
+import { fadeIn } from '../animations/fade';
+import { ListableObject } from '../object-collection/shared/listable-object.model';
+import { hasValue } from '../empty.util';
 
 @Component({
   changeDetection: ChangeDetectionStrategy.Default,
@@ -82,7 +82,6 @@ export class ObjectListComponent {
    */
   @Output() sortFieldChange: EventEmitter<string> = new EventEmitter<string>();
   data: any = {};
-
   onPageChange(event) {
     this.pageChange.emit(event);
   }
@@ -102,5 +101,4 @@ export class ObjectListComponent {
   onPaginationChange(event) {
     this.paginationChange.emit(event);
   }
-
 }
diff --git a/src/app/object-list/search-result-list-element/collection-search-result/collection-search-result-list-element.component.html b/src/app/shared/object-list/search-result-list-element/collection-search-result/collection-search-result-list-element.component.html
similarity index 100%
rename from src/app/object-list/search-result-list-element/collection-search-result/collection-search-result-list-element.component.html
rename to src/app/shared/object-list/search-result-list-element/collection-search-result/collection-search-result-list-element.component.html
diff --git a/src/app/shared/object-list/search-result-list-element/collection-search-result/collection-search-result-list-element.component.scss b/src/app/shared/object-list/search-result-list-element/collection-search-result/collection-search-result-list-element.component.scss
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1d0786105c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/shared/object-list/search-result-list-element/collection-search-result/collection-search-result-list-element.component.scss
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+@import '../../../../../styles/variables';
diff --git a/src/app/object-list/search-result-list-element/collection-search-result/collection-search-result-list-element.component.ts b/src/app/shared/object-list/search-result-list-element/collection-search-result/collection-search-result-list-element.component.ts
similarity index 67%
rename from src/app/object-list/search-result-list-element/collection-search-result/collection-search-result-list-element.component.ts
rename to src/app/shared/object-list/search-result-list-element/collection-search-result/collection-search-result-list-element.component.ts
index 9bea14e9a1..5545ea17ec 100644
--- a/src/app/object-list/search-result-list-element/collection-search-result/collection-search-result-list-element.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/shared/object-list/search-result-list-element/collection-search-result/collection-search-result-list-element.component.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
 import { Component } from '@angular/core';
 
-import { listElementFor } from '../../list-element-decorator';
+import { renderElementsFor } from '../../../object-collection/shared/dso-element-decorator';
 import { CollectionSearchResult } from './collection-search-result.model';
 import { SearchResultListElementComponent } from '../search-result-list-element.component';
-import { Collection } from '../../../core/shared/collection.model';
+import { Collection } from '../../../../core/shared/collection.model';
+import { ViewMode } from '../../../../+search-page/search-options.model';
 
 @Component({
   selector: 'ds-collection-search-result-list-element',
@@ -11,5 +12,5 @@ import { Collection } from '../../../core/shared/collection.model';
   templateUrl: 'collection-search-result-list-element.component.html'
 })
 
-@listElementFor(CollectionSearchResult)
+@renderElementsFor(CollectionSearchResult, ViewMode.List)
 export class CollectionSearchResultListElementComponent extends SearchResultListElementComponent<CollectionSearchResult, Collection> {}
diff --git a/src/app/shared/object-list/search-result-list-element/collection-search-result/collection-search-result.model.ts b/src/app/shared/object-list/search-result-list-element/collection-search-result/collection-search-result.model.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ad48247e70
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/shared/object-list/search-result-list-element/collection-search-result/collection-search-result.model.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+import { SearchResult } from '../../../../+search-page/search-result.model';
+import { Collection } from '../../../../core/shared/collection.model';
+
+export class CollectionSearchResult extends SearchResult<Collection> {
+}
diff --git a/src/app/object-list/search-result-list-element/community-search-result/community-search-result-list-element.component.html b/src/app/shared/object-list/search-result-list-element/community-search-result/community-search-result-list-element.component.html
similarity index 100%
rename from src/app/object-list/search-result-list-element/community-search-result/community-search-result-list-element.component.html
rename to src/app/shared/object-list/search-result-list-element/community-search-result/community-search-result-list-element.component.html
diff --git a/src/app/shared/object-list/search-result-list-element/community-search-result/community-search-result-list-element.component.scss b/src/app/shared/object-list/search-result-list-element/community-search-result/community-search-result-list-element.component.scss
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1d0786105c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/shared/object-list/search-result-list-element/community-search-result/community-search-result-list-element.component.scss
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+@import '../../../../../styles/variables';
diff --git a/src/app/object-list/search-result-list-element/community-search-result/community-search-result-list-element.component.ts b/src/app/shared/object-list/search-result-list-element/community-search-result/community-search-result-list-element.component.ts
similarity index 67%
rename from src/app/object-list/search-result-list-element/community-search-result/community-search-result-list-element.component.ts
rename to src/app/shared/object-list/search-result-list-element/community-search-result/community-search-result-list-element.component.ts
index 741b4b4f65..2d96f61833 100644
--- a/src/app/object-list/search-result-list-element/community-search-result/community-search-result-list-element.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/shared/object-list/search-result-list-element/community-search-result/community-search-result-list-element.component.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
 import { Component } from '@angular/core';
 
-import { listElementFor } from '../../list-element-decorator';
+import { renderElementsFor } from '../../../object-collection/shared/dso-element-decorator';
 import { CommunitySearchResult } from './community-search-result.model';
 import { SearchResultListElementComponent } from '../search-result-list-element.component';
-import { Community } from '../../../core/shared/community.model';
+import { Community } from '../../../../core/shared/community.model';
+import { ViewMode } from '../../../../+search-page/search-options.model';
 
 @Component({
   selector: 'ds-community-search-result-list-element',
@@ -11,7 +12,7 @@ import { Community } from '../../../core/shared/community.model';
   templateUrl: 'community-search-result-list-element.component.html'
 })
 
-@listElementFor(CommunitySearchResult)
+@renderElementsFor(CommunitySearchResult, ViewMode.List)
 export class CommunitySearchResultListElementComponent extends SearchResultListElementComponent<CommunitySearchResult, Community> {
 
 }
diff --git a/src/app/shared/object-list/search-result-list-element/community-search-result/community-search-result.model.ts b/src/app/shared/object-list/search-result-list-element/community-search-result/community-search-result.model.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..efeb328e11
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/shared/object-list/search-result-list-element/community-search-result/community-search-result.model.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+import { SearchResult } from '../../../../+search-page/search-result.model';
+import { Community } from '../../../../core/shared/community.model';
+
+export class CommunitySearchResult extends SearchResult<Community> {
+}
diff --git a/src/app/object-list/search-result-list-element/item-search-result/item-search-result-list-element.component.html b/src/app/shared/object-list/search-result-list-element/item-search-result/item-search-result-list-element.component.html
similarity index 100%
rename from src/app/object-list/search-result-list-element/item-search-result/item-search-result-list-element.component.html
rename to src/app/shared/object-list/search-result-list-element/item-search-result/item-search-result-list-element.component.html
diff --git a/src/app/shared/object-list/search-result-list-element/item-search-result/item-search-result-list-element.component.scss b/src/app/shared/object-list/search-result-list-element/item-search-result/item-search-result-list-element.component.scss
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1d0786105c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/shared/object-list/search-result-list-element/item-search-result/item-search-result-list-element.component.scss
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+@import '../../../../../styles/variables';
diff --git a/src/app/object-list/search-result-list-element/item-search-result/item-search-result-list-element.component.ts b/src/app/shared/object-list/search-result-list-element/item-search-result/item-search-result-list-element.component.ts
similarity index 57%
rename from src/app/object-list/search-result-list-element/item-search-result/item-search-result-list-element.component.ts
rename to src/app/shared/object-list/search-result-list-element/item-search-result/item-search-result-list-element.component.ts
index ef968db0b8..d1011c8c45 100644
--- a/src/app/object-list/search-result-list-element/item-search-result/item-search-result-list-element.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/shared/object-list/search-result-list-element/item-search-result/item-search-result-list-element.component.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
 import { Component } from '@angular/core';
 
-import { listElementFor } from '../../list-element-decorator';
-import { ItemSearchResult } from './item-search-result.model';
+import { renderElementsFor } from '../../../object-collection/shared/dso-element-decorator';
 import { SearchResultListElementComponent } from '../search-result-list-element.component';
-import { Item } from '../../../core/shared/item.model';
+import { Item } from '../../../../core/shared/item.model';
+import { ItemSearchResult } from '../../../object-collection/shared/item-search-result.model';
+import { ViewMode } from '../../../../+search-page/search-options.model';
 
 @Component({
   selector: 'ds-item-search-result-list-element',
@@ -11,5 +12,5 @@ import { Item } from '../../../core/shared/item.model';
   templateUrl: 'item-search-result-list-element.component.html'
 })
 
-@listElementFor(ItemSearchResult)
+@renderElementsFor(ItemSearchResult, ViewMode.List)
 export class ItemSearchResultListElementComponent extends SearchResultListElementComponent<ItemSearchResult, Item> {}
diff --git a/src/app/object-list/search-result-list-element/search-result-list-element.component.scss b/src/app/shared/object-list/search-result-list-element/search-result-list-element.component.scss
similarity index 67%
rename from src/app/object-list/search-result-list-element/search-result-list-element.component.scss
rename to src/app/shared/object-list/search-result-list-element/search-result-list-element.component.scss
index 5ec8b5d81b..7134c43dad 100644
--- a/src/app/object-list/search-result-list-element/search-result-list-element.component.scss
+++ b/src/app/shared/object-list/search-result-list-element/search-result-list-element.component.scss
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-@import '../../../styles/variables.scss';
+@import '../../../../styles/variables';
 :host {
     ::ng-deep em {
         font-weight: bold;
         font-style: normal;
     }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/src/app/object-list/search-result-list-element/search-result-list-element.component.ts b/src/app/shared/object-list/search-result-list-element/search-result-list-element.component.ts
similarity index 66%
rename from src/app/object-list/search-result-list-element/search-result-list-element.component.ts
rename to src/app/shared/object-list/search-result-list-element/search-result-list-element.component.ts
index 4119bc3c2e..6c79eaad53 100644
--- a/src/app/object-list/search-result-list-element/search-result-list-element.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/shared/object-list/search-result-list-element/search-result-list-element.component.ts
@@ -1,18 +1,18 @@
 import { Component, Inject } from '@angular/core';
 
-import { ObjectListElementComponent } from '../object-list-element/object-list-element.component';
-import { ListableObject } from '../listable-object/listable-object.model';
-import { SearchResult } from '../../+search-page/search-result.model';
-import { DSpaceObject } from '../../core/shared/dspace-object.model';
-import { Metadatum } from '../../core/shared/metadatum.model';
-import { isEmpty, hasNoValue } from '../../shared/empty.util';
+import { SearchResult } from '../../../+search-page/search-result.model';
+import { DSpaceObject } from '../../../core/shared/dspace-object.model';
+import { Metadatum } from '../../../core/shared/metadatum.model';
+import { isEmpty, hasNoValue } from '../../empty.util';
+import { ListableObject } from '../../object-collection/shared/listable-object.model';
+import { AbstractListableElementComponent } from '../../object-collection/shared/object-collection-element/abstract-listable-element.component';
 
 @Component({
   selector: 'ds-search-result-list-element',
   template: ``
 })
 
-export class SearchResultListElementComponent<T extends SearchResult<K>, K extends DSpaceObject> extends ObjectListElementComponent<T> {
+export class SearchResultListElementComponent<T extends SearchResult<K>, K extends DSpaceObject> extends AbstractListableElementComponent<T> {
   dso: K;
 
   public constructor(@Inject('objectElementProvider') public listable: ListableObject) {
diff --git a/src/app/object-list/wrapper-list-element/wrapper-list-element.component.html b/src/app/shared/object-list/wrapper-list-element/wrapper-list-element.component.html
similarity index 100%
rename from src/app/object-list/wrapper-list-element/wrapper-list-element.component.html
rename to src/app/shared/object-list/wrapper-list-element/wrapper-list-element.component.html
diff --git a/src/app/shared/object-list/wrapper-list-element/wrapper-list-element.component.scss b/src/app/shared/object-list/wrapper-list-element/wrapper-list-element.component.scss
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..51a7fc6a55
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/shared/object-list/wrapper-list-element/wrapper-list-element.component.scss
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+@import '../../../../styles/variables';
+
diff --git a/src/app/object-list/wrapper-list-element/wrapper-list-element.component.ts b/src/app/shared/object-list/wrapper-list-element/wrapper-list-element.component.ts
similarity index 67%
rename from src/app/object-list/wrapper-list-element/wrapper-list-element.component.ts
rename to src/app/shared/object-list/wrapper-list-element/wrapper-list-element.component.ts
index 443b9681d1..6450babae8 100644
--- a/src/app/object-list/wrapper-list-element/wrapper-list-element.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/shared/object-list/wrapper-list-element/wrapper-list-element.component.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 import { Component, Input, Injector, ReflectiveInjector, OnInit } from '@angular/core';
-import { ListableObject } from '../listable-object/listable-object.model';
-import { getListElementFor } from '../list-element-decorator'
-import { GenericConstructor } from '../../core/shared/generic-constructor';
+import { rendersDSOType } from '../../object-collection/shared/dso-element-decorator'
+import { GenericConstructor } from '../../../core/shared/generic-constructor';
+import { ListableObject } from '../../object-collection/shared/listable-object.model';
+import { ViewMode } from '../../../+search-page/search-options.model';
 
 @Component({
   selector: 'ds-wrapper-list-element',
@@ -17,11 +18,10 @@ export class WrapperListElementComponent implements OnInit {
   ngOnInit(): void {
     this.objectInjector = ReflectiveInjector.resolveAndCreate(
       [{provide: 'objectElementProvider', useFactory: () => (this.object) }], this.injector);
-
   }
 
   getListElement(): string {
     const f: GenericConstructor<ListableObject> = this.object.constructor as GenericConstructor<ListableObject>;
-    return getListElementFor(f);
+    return rendersDSOType(f, ViewMode.List);
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/app/shared/shared.module.ts b/src/app/shared/shared.module.ts
index 245d45ea4e..ca13067851 100644
--- a/src/app/shared/shared.module.ts
+++ b/src/app/shared/shared.module.ts
@@ -14,22 +14,32 @@ import { FileSizePipe } from './utils/file-size-pipe';
 import { SafeUrlPipe } from './utils/safe-url-pipe';
 import { TruncatePipe } from './utils/truncate.pipe';
 
-import { CollectionListElementComponent } from '../object-list/collection-list-element/collection-list-element.component';
+import { CollectionListElementComponent } from './object-list/collection-list-element/collection-list-element.component';
+import { CommunityListElementComponent } from './object-list/community-list-element/community-list-element.component';
+import { ItemListElementComponent } from './object-list/item-list-element/item-list-element.component';
+import { SearchResultListElementComponent } from './object-list/search-result-list-element/search-result-list-element.component';
+import { WrapperListElementComponent } from './object-list/wrapper-list-element/wrapper-list-element.component';
+import { ObjectListComponent } from './object-list/object-list.component';
+
+import { CollectionGridElementComponent} from './object-grid/collection-grid-element/collection-grid-element.component'
+import { CommunityGridElementComponent} from './object-grid/community-grid-element/community-grid-element.component'
+import { ItemGridElementComponent} from './object-grid/item-grid-element/item-grid-element.component'
+import { AbstractListableElementComponent} from './object-collection/shared/object-collection-element/abstract-listable-element.component'
+import { WrapperGridElementComponent} from './object-grid/wrapper-grid-element/wrapper-grid-element.component'
+import { ObjectGridComponent } from './object-grid/object-grid.component';
+import { ObjectCollectionComponent } from './object-collection/object-collection.component';
 import { ComcolPageContentComponent } from './comcol-page-content/comcol-page-content.component';
 import { ComcolPageHeaderComponent } from './comcol-page-header/comcol-page-header.component';
 import { ComcolPageLogoComponent } from './comcol-page-logo/comcol-page-logo.component';
-import { CommunityListElementComponent } from '../object-list/community-list-element/community-list-element.component';
 import { ErrorComponent } from './error/error.component';
 import { LoadingComponent } from './loading/loading.component';
-import { ItemListElementComponent } from '../object-list/item-list-element/item-list-element.component';
-import { ObjectListComponent } from '../object-list/object-list.component';
-import { ObjectListElementComponent } from '../object-list/object-list-element/object-list-element.component';
+
 import { PaginationComponent } from './pagination/pagination.component';
 import { ThumbnailComponent } from '../thumbnail/thumbnail.component';
-import { SearchResultListElementComponent } from '../object-list/search-result-list-element/search-result-list-element.component';
 import { SearchFormComponent } from './search-form/search-form.component';
-import { WrapperListElementComponent } from '../object-list/wrapper-list-element/wrapper-list-element.component';
+import { SearchResultGridElementComponent } from './object-grid/search-result-grid-element/search-result-grid-element.component';
 import { ViewModeSwitchComponent } from './view-mode-switch/view-mode-switch.component';
+import { GridThumbnailComponent } from './object-grid/grid-thumbnail/grid-thumbnail.component';
 import { VarDirective } from './utils/var.directive';
 
 const MODULES = [
@@ -59,20 +69,29 @@ const COMPONENTS = [
   ErrorComponent,
   LoadingComponent,
   ObjectListComponent,
-  ObjectListElementComponent,
+  AbstractListableElementComponent,
+  WrapperListElementComponent,
+  ObjectGridComponent,
+  WrapperGridElementComponent,
+  ObjectCollectionComponent,
   PaginationComponent,
   SearchFormComponent,
   ThumbnailComponent,
+  GridThumbnailComponent,
   WrapperListElementComponent,
   ViewModeSwitchComponent
 ];
 
 const ENTRY_COMPONENTS = [
   // put shared entry components (components that are created dynamically) here
+  ItemListElementComponent,
   CollectionListElementComponent,
   CommunityListElementComponent,
-  ItemListElementComponent,
-  SearchResultListElementComponent
+  SearchResultListElementComponent,
+  ItemGridElementComponent,
+  CollectionGridElementComponent,
+  CommunityGridElementComponent,
+  SearchResultGridElementComponent
 ];
 
 const DIRECTIVES = [
diff --git a/src/styles/_custom_variables.scss b/src/styles/_custom_variables.scss
index 12ebfd6618..4dcc161cc4 100644
--- a/src/styles/_custom_variables.scss
+++ b/src/styles/_custom_variables.scss
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
 $content-spacing: $spacer * 1.5;
 
-$button-height: $input-btn-padding-y * 2 + $input-btn-line-height + calculateRem($input-btn-border-width*2);
\ No newline at end of file
+$button-height: $input-btn-padding-y * 2 + $input-btn-line-height + calculateRem($input-btn-border-width*2);
+$card-height-percentage:98%;
+$card-thumbnail-height:240px;
+
diff --git a/src/styles/_mixins.scss b/src/styles/_mixins.scss
index 73aa27eccc..7d05343152 100644
--- a/src/styles/_mixins.scss
+++ b/src/styles/_mixins.scss
@@ -2,3 +2,4 @@
 @import '../../node_modules/bootstrap/scss/mixins.scss';
 
 /* Custom mixins go here */
+