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About the Course

Graphic Design is all around us! Words and pictures—the building blocks of graphic design—are the elements that carry the majority of the content in both the digital world and the printed world. As graphic design becomes more visible and prevalent in our lives, graphic design as a practice becomes more important in our culture. Through visual examples, this course will teach you the fundamental principles of graphic design: imagemaking, typography, composition, working with color and shape... foundational skills that are common in all areas of graphic design practice. I don't just want you to watch a video of someone talking about design, I want you to MAKE design! If you want to be a designer you have to be a maker and a communicator, so this course will offer you lots of opportunities to get your hands dirty with exercises and with more practical projects. At the end of this course you will have learned how to explore and investigate visual representation through a range of image-making techniques; understand basic principles of working with shape, color and pattern; been exposed to the language and skills of typography; and understand and have applied the principles of composition and visual contrast. If you complete the course, along with its optional (but highly recommended) briefs, you will have a core set of graphic design skills that you can apply to your own projects, or to more deeply investigate a specialized area of graphic design. To succeed in this course you will need access to a computer. You can complete this course without one but it will be tougher. Access to, and a beginner's level knowledge of Adobe Creative Suite programs, such as Illustrator, Photoshop and InDesign will help you, especially if you want to complete the optional briefs....

Top reviews

GA

Aug 20, 2018

Very interesting, I liked the format. Easy to follow, nice excercises. It's actually good to cover the basics of design, even if you are not an absolute beginner, and especially if you are self taught

CS

May 9, 2018

An ok course for beginners. A bit too basic for someone who has already had experience in design, but is great anyway cause it breaks things back down to the simplest parts to help you remember roots.

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Apr 21, 2024

Very Useful Courses

By Arune R

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Sep 1, 2023

Great short course!

By Ashish k

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Oct 28, 2022

Good for beginners

By Vimarie S

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Feb 16, 2022

Excelente facultad

By Any e

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Jan 18, 2022

it's really helpful

By Han W T

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Aug 29, 2021

A good foundation!

By Muhammad S S

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Oct 5, 2020

i have learned alot

By Ali A

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Sep 20, 2020

thank you very much

By Oksana B

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Aug 13, 2020

Very useful course!

By Ahsanul M J

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Aug 4, 2020

I LOVED THIS COURSE

By Nada k m

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Jul 14, 2020

So good and helpful

By Abdulaziz M

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Jul 12, 2020

Fun and insightful!

By Vinoy V

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Jun 22, 2020

Really good course.

By nan w

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May 29, 2020

I like this course.

By TARUN P I L S

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May 26, 2020

quite professional.

By Martina

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May 21, 2020

Very inspirational.

By Sitara S R

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Feb 29, 2020

Best course ever <3

By Simona D

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Feb 11, 2020

Excellent material!

By Omar M T

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Dec 3, 2019

very awesome course

By Laura C Q

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Sep 16, 2019

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By amr m

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Aug 31, 2019

it was very helpful

By Pete1988 “ S

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May 10, 2019

Very nice thank you

By Kendy T

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May 1, 2018

brief and helpful:)

By baobao

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Apr 30, 2017

Great！It's amazing!

By Claveau

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Feb 1, 2017

Very good lessons !