Learner Reviews & Feedback for The Language of Design: Form and Meaning by California Institute of the Arts

I develop my skills a lot through this course by learning about how to read any poster, a design related article, and a lot about graphic design. so i want to say a huge thanks to both tutor's prof. Yasmin Khan and prof. Randy Nakamura.

The course is based on a friendly language and its content consists of videos and quizzes that ensure understanding of the subject during classes. The tests and tasks are very creative!

The course function was strong / clear ;)

As someone who does graphics design as a side job, I really found this course useful. I can better understand and form proper criticism about other works, and explain my own works better to clients with my new jargon.

The course is a great refresher for designers. While it cannot be considered for beginners, there can still be new insights that can be learned from this course. Truly helpful in giving meaningful critique.

This was somewhat a difficult course, but it is also very fulfilling to finish this and glean much information that would enhance my design theory instead of relying on gut feelings. Thank you so much.

With this course, I've learned to critique 'design work' in a meaningful framework. The course was informative and clear. The examples and explanations are helpful. Thank you for this course.

This is a great course to gain knowledge and vocabulary on the concepts of design, You get to practice the skills learned through the videos, resources and the assignments.

A very thorough journey toward the very core of visual communication. It gives you the vocabulary and criteria to embark on an effective and objective design critique.

Besides trying to find some form and meaning in a design of art, the course also teaches to make meaningful connections when you form and express your own thoughts.

It was an informative course. I totally recommend it to fellow designing students. its important to earn about lexicons and positive criticism.

I loved the continuous engagement with exercises and peer reviews. I think generally it’s the best way to learn.

I really loved this course :)

The course is great to refresh the knowledge about the meaning of graphic design and how to article your work in a more professional manner.

Loved this course. It has helped me so much in communicating my concerns on design. Definitely a must for people in design and publicity.

I learnt a lot about form in design and the terminology about visual hierarchy, shape and contrast etc. The course was very helpful.

I learnt a lot about form in design and the terminology about visual hierarchy, shape and contrast etc. The course was very helpful.

Very good Course! I like all the design in this course so much! Thanks for providing such great lesson for us~! I learnt a lot~!

Excellent course, I learned a lot. Is really cool to learn in detail about a design concept, and how to interpret the meaning.

O curso é muito bom e aborda os principais aspectos da linguagem para os que estão interessados em começar a conhecer ot ema.

Well presented and structured. The lectures were well put together and flowed well into each other. The lecturers were great.

This course is really a great opportunity to learn something new. Thank you very much coursera and CALARTS University.

It is fun and as a designer, it help to understand the point of view of the audience in making arts and designs

It's really hard but challenging myself to improve my knowledge about language design. This course is great!

This course is amazing. I learned so much how to correctly critique design. Thumbs up to the instructors!

This Course is as good as previous I had from CalArts, with short informative videos and tons of practice

Amazing course. It really helps you learn to look at designs and understand them in clearer terms.