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by vog
5680 days ago
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In the case of web designers, the answer is surely: Yes! In other areas of design, I think the answer is "Yes", too, but not in the sense like "every programmer should know C++/Java", but more in the sense like "every programmer should know LISP". CSS is not so much about the handcraft of designing, but more about separating design from content. This is a principle that should be applied to any kind of design, although to a different degree. For instance, the design of a poster is naturally more coupled with the contents than the design of a booklet or website with its contents. |
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General: The idea of separating presentation from content is useful in some contexts (including much of the web) where you need to be able to pour the content into multiple different containers. In other contexts, particularly the design of physical objects, presentation and content should be tightly connected. (You use the example of a booklet, but a booklet should be designed in a way that's well adapted to its use, and its use will depend on its content. There's no one-size-fits-all ideal booklet design.)
Specific: Even if you do want to learn to better separate content from presentation, learning the box model, or the different kinds of positioning, won't help in any but the narrowest way. There's no reason to learn CSS unless you're designing for a context that renders CSS. CSS has too many intricacies and perversions to be valuable in the abstract.