The Language of Design: Form and Meaning
Completed by Courtney Talley
August 17, 2025
8 hours (approximately)
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What you will learn
Define Visual Elements: Identify and apply core principles of composition, scale, and color theory to elevate professional creative output.
Articulate Design Choices: Develop a professional vocabulary to confidently explain and defend aesthetic decisions to project stakeholders.
Analyze Formal Structures: Critique visual work through a structural lens, moving beyond subjective opinion to objective design analysis.
Execute Conceptual Briefs: Translate abstract ideas into tangible visual forms using a systematic approach to the formal design process.
Skills you will gain
- Category: Creative Design
- Category: Graphic Design
- Category: Design Thinking
- Category: Critical Thinking
- Category: Aesthetics
- Category: Oral Expression
- Category: Layout Design
- Category: Design Reviews
- Category: Design
- Category: Graphic and Visual Design
- Category: Visual Design
- Category: Design Research
