《平面设计学校》分为两个主要部分，“原理”和“实践”。**部分讨论设计的基础知识，例如构图，层次结构，布局，版式，网格结构，颜色等。第二部分将这些基础知识付诸实践，并提供有关工作室技术和与许多不同的图形设计学科相关的制作问题的信息。第二部分的最后一部分概述了进入平面设计领域的学生可以选择的一些不同的职业。

《平面设计学校》第七版收录了全新的任务和全部更新的阅读清单。超过三分之一的图像是全新的，并包括专业作品和出色的学生作品。此外，第二部分：Practice Plus介绍了新软件，并且会重新考虑了旧的印刷技术，例如凸版印刷和丝网印刷，这些技术再次变得越来越流行。

Graphic Design School is organized into two main sections, ‘principles’ and ‘practice’. The first section deals with the fundamentals of design, such as composition, hierarchy, layout, typography, grid structure, colour and so on. The second section puts these basics into practice, and gives information about studio techniques and production issues relevant to a number of different graphic design disciplines. The last part of the second section provides an overview of some of the different career choices open to students entering the graphic design field.

This seventh edition of Graphic Design School features all-new assignments and fully updated reading lists. Over a third of the images are entirely new, and include a mix of professional work and outstanding student pieces. In addition, Part II: Practice Plus features new software and revisits old print technologies – for example, risograph printing and screen printing – which are becoming increasingly popular forms of production again.