Design School: Layout is an instructive guide for students, recent graduates, and self-taught designers. It provides a comprehensive introduction to creating and changing layouts: a crucially important skill that underpins practically every aspect of graphic design. You'll get in-depth analysis of all the major areas of theory and practice used by experienced professional designers. Each section provides explanation and visual examples of grid systems and in-depth discussion of compositional principles and strategies. The text is interspersed with tests designed to help you retain key points you've covered in the preceding spreads, and includes illustrations sections with real world scenarios. This in-depth guide avoids the temptation to stray into other areas of design technique, preferring to cover the essential, detailed skills of the professional graphic designer to arm you with the knowledge needed for a successful start to your chosen career.

《设计学校：版面设计》是一本针对学生、应届毕业生和自学成才的设计师的指导性指南。它全面介绍了创建和改变布局的方法：这是一项至关重要的技能，几乎支撑着平面设计的每个方面。你将获得对经验丰富的专业设计师所使用的所有主要理论和实践领域的深入分析。每一节都提供了网格系统的解释和视觉实例，并深入讨论了构成原则和策略。文本中穿插着测试，旨在帮助你保留你在前面各章节中所涉及的关键点，并包括有真实世界场景的插图部分。这本深入的指南避免了偏离设计技术的其他领域，更倾向于涵盖专业平面设计师的基本、详细的技能，以武装你成功开始你所选择的职业所需的知识。