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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

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.

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

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By Raian A

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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

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May 31, 2020

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

By Dmitriy B

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May 12, 2020

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

By Ema O

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Jul 12, 2018

i cannot thank Michael Worthington enough for such a wonderful experience and engaging lectures.

By think m

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Jun 5, 2017

Fantastic intro to anyone who's never attended an Art School but wants to pursue Graphic design.

By Christopher M O

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Jun 26, 2016

This was a great course for those trying to try their hand at Graphic Design for the first time.

By Wren S

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Mar 19, 2016

Loved this course. Very interesting and fun to experiement with the different aspects of design.

By Alexandra M

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May 16, 2023

Great experience and valueble information to all begginners in Graphic Design. I reccommend it.

By Nix C

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Feb 28, 2023

This is a great course! The course material was put together very well and was very accessible.

By noura r

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Jan 12, 2023

I've benefited a lot from this course. such a great way to start into the graphic design field.

By Gopika R

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Dec 22, 2022

its a really good course, if you wanna learn the fundamentals of graphic design ,just go for it

By Soumik S O

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Oct 29, 2022

It's definitley a great course for beginners and very useful for a potential Graphic Designer.

By Johanna S

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Jan 10, 2022

Excellent course that is easy to follow and teaches a lot of basic concepts for graphic design!

By vedika c

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Sep 16, 2021

had a lot of experience and really motivating finally starting to learn more about what i like.

By KHUÊ N M

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Aug 7, 2021

This course gives me helpful fundemental knowledge about design that I would need in the future

By Ac Y

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Feb 22, 2021

An amazing class for a beginner!! Gain so much knowledge from it! Ready to dive into this area!

By Jiefei W

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Dec 1, 2020

Easier than the expectation, i.e. good for beginner. Like the case examples used in the course.

By Maria E V B G

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Aug 16, 2020

Loved the course! It was magnificent and I learned a lot! Great organization from team Coursera

By Abdul K

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Mar 3, 2020

I am soo happy to complete this course. This course helped me a lot to improve my design sense.

By Rubaet B Q

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Dec 3, 2019

This course really helped me. I am really learned lot of things & gained more Knowledge. Thanks

By Paulina I S A

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Nov 5, 2019

Great course, basics with great examples and tasks.

Optional assignments provide great feedback.

By Gal C

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May 22, 2019

great course! I really enjoyed the lessons and the assignments were great and very interesting.

By Karla V A P

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Mar 19, 2019

you learn so much form so litlle, from simple to compmexity, everything altogther is rewarding!

By Raúl Y

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Jan 11, 2017

Just excellent, really help me understand and teach to other the fundamentals of graphic design

By Abby G

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Sep 16, 2024

Excellent intro to Graphic Design and the kind of course I've been looking for for a long time