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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 Sebastian H

Sep 28, 2021

This course made my creativity expand to places that I did not know, I learned and enjoyed a lot!

By Dhanshri P

Mar 4, 2021

This course is really helpful for students ....Loved it ! Thank you Sir for this amazing course .

By GARAH A

Aug 23, 2020

Great course, I have personally enjoyed the peer-grading experience that was a new concept to me.

By Gabriela C R K

May 16, 2020

Excelente curso para empezar con el diseño! Familiarizarte con los temas y pensar cómo diseñador!

By yash

Apr 8, 2020

It was so fun, learning experience and learned a lot! I wish I could learn in Calarts campus haha

By Indian S

Apr 2, 2020

Probably the best Course for the beginner in graphic design. i have learned a lots of new things.

By dana b

Nov 10, 2019

Great class, really helped me to develop a stronger understanding of graphic design fundamentals.

By Osmond O

Nov 8, 2019

It was well taught... and the process were very ok.

I have learnt a lot and gained more knowledge.

By Yike H

Nov 1, 2017

Simple starting with, but as the courses move forward, things get more interesting and compelling

By Angelica B

Nov 12, 2016

This course has been great and I have learnt things I can start applying to my job straight away.

By Alenka B D

Feb 11, 2016

Great course, excellent introduction to Graphics Design for me as a developer and a non-designer.

By Ineke v E

Dec 30, 2015

Very interesting course on Graphic design with a good structure and playful creative assignments.

By Jeferson S d J

Feb 18, 2024

É possível extrair ótimos insights do curso, além disso, tem uma excelente exposição do assunto.

By Kaung H K

Dec 28, 2022

Learned the basic knowledge on graphic designs and how they work.

Really well structured course.

By Hamza A S (

Dec 20, 2022

Brilliant course. Thank you, Coursera, for giving me an opportunity to learn from your platform.

By Juan C R V

Jul 7, 2022

Excellent course! It helped me remember past concepts and go back to the beginning of my career.

By Muhammad H

Apr 18, 2022

It's really well arranged and simple course!

Thank you COURSERA for providing me the opportunity!

By NESTOR E L M

Mar 24, 2022

the assignments were simole, not easy so they can get a bit complicated for experienced artists

By Margarita S M

Jan 29, 2022

I enjoyed it. The learners have the opportunity to give constructive feedback to other learners.

By JUJU

Apr 7, 2021

The course is excellent and do help me a lot in creativity,I will recommend it to my classmates!

By Aaron T

Dec 1, 2020

Amazing! Very helpful, thorough and clear. Perfect course for an introduction to graphic design.

By Kimberly R

Nov 11, 2020

You learn a lot about the basics of Graphic design. You should practice as well will help a lot.

By Raian A

Aug 4, 2020

One of the best courses out there to learn graphics design.Helped me a lot learn all the basics.

By Shaswata D

May 31, 2020

I wanted to know about the very basics of graphics design, and this course offered me just that.

By Dmitriy B

May 12, 2020

I like this course, because it gives basic design background and teaches you thinking out of box