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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 Lucía G

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Apr 27, 2020

A great course to learn the basics about graphic design, and start thinking more graphically.

By Rechethas C

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Apr 15, 2020

This course really understand the theory of design and its value. A must learn for a designer

By Danah m

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Apr 4, 2020

I started to build a good base to Graphic design with this course, I am so satisfied, THANKS.

By shikha b

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Apr 2, 2020

absolutely loved the course.. it was fun and engaging and definitely learnt something from it

By Shalini K

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Feb 27, 2020

The course was very helpful and fun at the same. Looking forward to learn more from Coursera.

By Valéry B

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Aug 13, 2019

Superb overview and presentation of the concepts of design.

Very clear and interesting.

Thanks!

By Alvaro M

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Apr 7, 2019

For anyone who wishes to understand and develop the essential fundamentals of Graphic Design.

By Matías A

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Dec 4, 2018

Excellent course as an introduction to the graphic design world and it' s principle concepts.

By Chia Y G

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Nov 27, 2018

Interesting concepts learnt and I look forward to taking more courses in this specialisation.

By Deleted A

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Mar 17, 2018

Well organized and well presented. The projects were appropriate and useful. I learned a lot!

By Manching

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Jan 9, 2018

Very basic courses, very useful, especially for design thinking. Thank you for your teaching.

By Sintija V

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Jun 26, 2017

I really enjoyed all the lectures and making project works was really interesting! Thank you!

By Dries N

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Jun 22, 2017

Good balance between theory and practice. I've learned a lot about composition, color use etc

By Betsabé N P R

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Sep 27, 2016

It`s a great course for the people who study design and want learn more abut this profession.

By Aaron G

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Jun 26, 2016

I think that this will help anyone that is trying to get into the Graphic Designing industry.

By Oscar R T S

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Jan 4, 2016

Excelente, estoy muy contento con este curso que imparte el Instituto de Artes de California.

By Nick S

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May 1, 2023

Very insightful, & I could tell the instructor really knew & felt what he was talking about.

By Vanessa A L

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Aug 28, 2022

Really enjoyed all of the instructional videos. They were very clear and easy to understand!

By NIKITA R M

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Aug 27, 2022

The videos were really helpful and one more skill is added in me with the help of course era

By ismail b

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May 21, 2022

Vert easy to understand concept and very helpfull for me thanks alot coursera and univeristy

By caleb l

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Sep 25, 2021

great, I already knew so much about the field but this helped me get a clearer understanding

By ROHIT L

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Nov 30, 2020

Best course to clear the fundamentals of graphic design and to learn design concepts easily.

By Debasree S

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Aug 29, 2020

Learned a lot of things about imagemaking,contrasting,composing etc.Thankful for this course

By Melany C H

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Aug 17, 2020

Una muy buena forma de enseñar, las clases están bien explicadas y los ejemplos entendibles.

By Даутова А М

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Aug 10, 2020

Sparks up interest in graphic design, it's really only the basics, but needed for beginners.