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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

FS

Jul 13, 2020

Excellent course to learn and refresh about fundamentals of design....It applies to all spheres of MULTIMEDIA..Highly recommended... As a suggestion course and notes should be available in PDF format.

AR

Apr 17, 2016

very good introductory course. i enjoyed the assignments, they are not overwhelming, easy to start, and the optional ones offer great opportunity to dig little deeper into graphic design fundamentals.

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By Melissa R

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Jan 30, 2022

I was very surprised by this course. It demonstrastes that even the simplest task required a lot of thinking.

By Estefany G v

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Aug 24, 2020

It is a very clear and well designed course, I really feel like I have already improved as a Graphic Designer

By Arleen C

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Jul 15, 2020

This course helps me a lot to know more about graphic design. I learn more from basic to more complex design.

By Omkar B

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May 29, 2020

It is really helpful course to gain knowledge about Graphics Design.I have leant many new things. Thank you👍

By milagros f

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May 17, 2020

It was a great course to take, going through all the basic elements of graphic design. I highly recommend it!

By Supriya R

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Dec 17, 2019

The modules are structured very well. All the concepts are explained from the basics so it is easy to follow.

By Matthew D

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Nov 5, 2019

Basic Information but very informative to a beginner! Get a good understanding of the fundamentals of design.

By Amy T

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Jan 3, 2018

Awesome tutorials! Learned so much more about graphic design theory. Great class with fantastic explanations.

By Valenta

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Jan 26, 2016

Super course! It helps to learn and systematize basic knowledge of graphic design. Very useful for the start!

By One P V S

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Oct 15, 2024

I enjoyed this course. Really practical and I can start using the new skills I have developed straight away.

By Katherine E

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May 15, 2024

fantastic introduction to graphic design - very well explained and a great way to get an idea of the basics.

By Mia Y

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Mar 5, 2024

Wonderful teaching, easy to understand . The course contains vast amount of knowledge. It is quite compress!

By Sonali k

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Dec 21, 2021

fantastic ! anyone who is interested in drawing editing or in creative work should give this course a try :)

By Ojasvee J

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May 22, 2020

I love the course. It has covered all the aspects required to understand the Fundamentals of Graphic Design.

By Elisa C A

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Aug 6, 2018

Adorei! Prático, objetivo e muito certeiro em seus ensinamentos que serão com certeza, aplicados na prática.

By David D

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May 13, 2017

Great course, all 4 weeks were super interesting and provided lots of insights and tools for moving forward.

By akshayaa

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Mar 27, 2017

Very interesting and a beautiful course that gives you the essential basics needed for the graphic designer.

By Salih M

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Aug 18, 2023

thatnks for everything, greatttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttt superrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

By Roberto V

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Apr 11, 2023

Excellent, both kind of activities graded and optional are very good to increase the practice of knowledge

By Rajonna C

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Aug 15, 2022

I loved this course, in general. As I got the oppurtunity to develope my basic skill as a graphic designer.

By Mohammed T

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Oct 3, 2021

It has been such a great beginning step, I liked every thing in this course and I do gained great benefits.

By Roshini V

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Dec 11, 2020

It was actually a very good experience. I did gain a lot of new techniques. This course helped me very much

By JESSICA B G

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Jul 31, 2020

Me siento muy satisfecha, aprendí cosas importantes y los ejercicios me ayudaron a explotar mi creatividad.

By Tonmoy S

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Jul 17, 2020

It is a great course for the beginners.There is a lot of things to learn.I think it will help me in future.

By Khushi K

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Jun 17, 2019

An amazingly designed course that can be readily applied in day to day graphic and visual content creation.