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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.

FS
Jul 13, 2020

Excellent course to learn and refresh about fundamentals of design....It applies to all spheres of MULTIMEDIA..Highly recommended... As a suggestion course and notes should be available in PDF format.

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By MD. T R

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Jun 2, 2020

If you want to learn basic design theory this is the right course to enroll.

By ANUPRIYA S

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Apr 21, 2019

Very focussed and Awesome learning experience for a person who knew nothing.

By Salem F A

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Nov 2, 2018

Awesome course with practical assignments, good teachers and good examples .

By Anastasiia Z

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Mar 6, 2017

This is exactly what you need for the basics of knowledge in Graphic Design!

By Lee C

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Jul 4, 2016

Opened my eyes on how to create art and different ways it can be represented

By Siya B

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Aug 18, 2020

HAD AN AMAZING EXPERIENCE!! LOOKING FORWARD TO DESIGNING MANY MORE THINGS!!

By Abhigyan D

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Aug 3, 2020

learnt the very basics. and got a broader sense about it. much more to come

By Maryam A

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Apr 30, 2020

They guide you step by step with instructions that are very easy to follow!

By Sandeep M

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Jun 11, 2019

Much gratitude for this course!. I am not very artsy still I learned a lot.

By Elsa P

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Nov 25, 2017

This is a great introductory course on the foundamentals in Graphic Design.

By Muhammad A B

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Oct 9, 2016

I have very useful feedback from the peer grade assessment from this course

By Max M

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Mar 15, 2016

Professor Worthington was awesome and I learned so much. Thank you so much.

By PERCY O

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Feb 25, 2016

Excellent course.. I love fundamental of graphic design. Highly recommended

By VAISHALI K

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Dec 1, 2020

I develop more interest after doing this course. It has all basic concept.

By Satanay v

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Jul 24, 2020

It has many great information and was also easy at the same time valuable.

By Mohan S

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May 23, 2020

had a great time and gained a knowledge that helps me in my thought making

By Maram B

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Apr 6, 2020

I liked this course this much it taught me new things about graphic design

By Peter S

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Apr 1, 2020

It's a must for someone who wants to learn a little bit more about design.

By Moza E

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May 9, 2019

I found this course enjoyable and easy to follow. very useful information.

By Christine M

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Oct 10, 2018

Great first look at graphic design -- just what it says: the fundamentals!

By Mohamed G W

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Aug 19, 2017

I Learned more from this course such as how to think as a Graphic Designer

By Lucas M M

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Aug 17, 2020

Excelente, la metodología y tanto la teoría como practica son muy buenas.

By NAKUL V B

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Jul 20, 2020

this cores help me to under stance what is fundamentals of graphic design

By Ana C

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Jul 11, 2020

This course is an excellent approach to the great world of graphic design

By MHAILING L

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Jun 14, 2020

Very Good! I really learned interesting and helpful things in this course

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