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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

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

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 Laura E

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Jan 4, 2017

Curso muy interesante. Lo disfruté muchísimo.

By Yeon J L

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Jun 30, 2016

Good to know basic elements of graphic design

By Rodolfo S C

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Jan 18, 2024

I enjoyed the travel on this course, thanks.

By Asif A

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Oct 29, 2023

Thanks for teaching basics of graphic design

By Kamini P

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Jun 3, 2023

COURSERA IS DOING GREAT JOBS. I AM GRATEFUL.

By PRATIK T

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Apr 16, 2023

A very good foundation course for beginners.

By Will I

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Sep 7, 2022

Its a great opportunity to be in this course

By Prarthana

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Nov 3, 2021

it was very well taught in a simplified way.

By DAVID E

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Jul 9, 2021

Very explanatory course.

Made learning fun !!

By Ishall A

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Jun 24, 2021

I had so much fun going through this course!

By Ugbaad M

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Jun 3, 2021

amazing course and I have learned the basics

By Joey G

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Apr 20, 2021

Fabulous class, great teacher and curriculum

By Kurdiman T

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Mar 28, 2021

Very basic course how to be graphic designer

By Choco L

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Jan 16, 2021

Learn to much basic things from this course.

By Mohamed N

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Jan 16, 2021

Well structured and informative basic course

By Aastha V

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Aug 25, 2020

This course is just awesome for begineers...

By Kate M

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Aug 23, 2020

An inspiring intro course to graphic design!

By Sebastian H M

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Jul 18, 2020

easy to understand, help me to know de basis

By Sisay

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May 15, 2020

A wonderful basic course to step to the next

By Sandy G

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Apr 13, 2020

Great class! Learned a lot! Good instructor.

By Hafiz H Z

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Mar 27, 2020

Excellent experience with tutor and platform

By Nikhil J

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Oct 2, 2019

Meet all the Requirements as expected by me.

By Magda A

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Jan 31, 2019

one of the greatest courses i ever attendant

By Fatima H S E I S

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Sep 16, 2018

I learned a lot of skills. it is very useful

By Penny

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Sep 14, 2018

I thoroughly enjoyed this course, thank you!