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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.

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 Ibrahim S J

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Sep 24, 2020

this course really gives you the fundamentals of graphics design.

By Massimo V

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Aug 13, 2020

Very in depth. It is extremely detailed or a fundamentals course.

By Pratishtha

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May 24, 2020

perfect course . takes you in basics which is great to start with

By Karina P

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Apr 23, 2020

The professor is so good! Very interesting information to listen!

By Hà T H G

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Apr 15, 2020

I like this course so much, highly recommend for beginner like me

By Larie G

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Jun 19, 2018

I loved the course. It was great. Looking forward to taking more.

By Adele

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Jul 19, 2017

令人印象深刻的设计入门课程！其中图形的映射含义部分，排版，字体理论部分（虽然稍浅），都很有指导意义，简洁实用的例子，作业也很有趣。

By Christopher G

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Feb 28, 2017

Provided a solid and comprehensive introduction to graphic design

By Sarah N

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Nov 22, 2016

Excellent course with a really great teacher! Many thanks to you.

By Christian B

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Oct 17, 2016

Good start, I am getting hungry for graphic design knowledge :::}

By Maria A C

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Sep 18, 2016

I loved the course. The assingments were very appopiate to learn.

By Tala a

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Feb 20, 2016

interesting simple way of learning, thanks for the encouragement.

By Yana M

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Oct 29, 2015

Amazing course! I hope you will do something similiar again soon!

By Naing W K

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Sep 30, 2020

This course make me more creative and I really love this course.

By rameesha a

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Sep 4, 2020

This is amazing. I am thankful to you for such an amazing course

By Joy M

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Aug 20, 2020

Very easy to understand and pass all the required assignments :)

By Kunal p

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Jul 15, 2020

It is a great course for to start your journey of Graphic Design

By Zhang L

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Jul 5, 2020

The most valuable point of the course is to encourage practices.

By Jade A A

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Jun 26, 2020

Muy bueno para aprender acerca de los básicos del diseño gráfico

By Peter R G

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May 23, 2020

An excellent option to kick start your career in graphic design.

By Pingale S M

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May 17, 2020

Excellent course 👍👍 so many new things, new design I learnt...

By Oleksandra S

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Jun 14, 2019

I ganed lot's of new knowledge and challenges during this course

By ANA B C P

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Apr 30, 2019

I JUST LOVED! THE VIDEOS, THE EXERCISES, THE TEACHER! MARVELOUS!

By Juan P R R

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Apr 12, 2018

Awesome course, I learnt the graphic design fundamentals indeed.

By Emma J

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Oct 4, 2017

Excellent course to learn the fundamentals. Highly recommend it.

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