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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

EJ

Sep 5, 2021

I had a lot of fun in this course. I learnt some extra bits of information related to graphic design and I think it's a great start for beginners as well as good practice for intermediate and experts!

TM

Jul 8, 2020

I loved the course, well explained, entertaining assignments.Have to be ready for hard work ( at least I had to work hard;-)). It s more than worth it! No hesitations, take your breath and dive in!

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By Roxy M

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Jan 23, 2023

Really fun course to get a grip on what graphic design is about. I'm looking forward to the next course!.

By Yisak M

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Aug 12, 2022

Thise course is amazing it helps me to creat a lot of desgines and i woulde like to thanke you for that.

By Sarah M

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Nov 15, 2021

Great overview of the basic building blocks of graphic design, with fun briefs to start applying skills!

By Massoomeh E

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Feb 20, 2021

It was very useful and comprehensive. The instructor was amazing and he had a very good teaching ability.

By Ebraheem M

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Jan 16, 2021

I think this course is the best one for those people who think about starting a career in graphic design.

By Carlota M

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Dec 19, 2020

Very instructive, easy to understand and follow. It opened my eyes into new perspectives of GD. Thank you

By Richard B

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Sep 23, 2020

The course is a good place to begin making graphic design choices to avoid clashing messages and signals.

By Mercedes P

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Aug 25, 2020

Thank you for let to learn all about this course!. it was very helpful and exciting! i want to lear more!

By Maria F

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Jul 20, 2020

Amazing introduction to Graphic Design. Highly recommend it to anyone who is interested in learning more!

By maaz m

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Jul 6, 2020

Wonderfull course, as a beginner was able to get more knowledge and know the basics of graphic designing.

By 송혜윤

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May 25, 2020

I could learn different ideas to do graphic design using various shapes, size, contrast and direction etc

By Eunice M A (

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Apr 22, 2020

Un curso muy básico pero muy completo, excelente para adentrarse en el mundo del Diseño Gráfico. Gracias!

By 张辰希

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Nov 26, 2019

I learned a lot of things that I didn't touch at least, which helped me a lot in my future study and work

By Zirui H

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Aug 27, 2017

It's very handy and I've never learned such a good courses that help my self-study a lot! Totally thanks!

By Danil

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Dec 30, 2016

Nice Cource! Understanding principles of design on the practice. Easy but very good, effective exercises.

By Mariana R

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May 15, 2016

The course gives fundamental knowledge, as promised. I like videos and the way how material is presented.

By Divya B

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Jan 2, 2016

Awesome course! I thought the lectures were really thorough and assignments were a great way to practice.

By Elizabeth P

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Apr 17, 2025

Really enjoyed the content and I know that it will improve my ability to design training courses better!

By Mỹ H N T

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Dec 26, 2021

The knowledge and skills I have learned in this course are very good, interesting and highly applicable.

By Jesica O

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Nov 23, 2020

As a fundamental is really great and helpful, but for obtaining more tools you should make other courses

By ROMAN E M

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Nov 18, 2020

Excelente curso, explicaciones muy buenas y concretas que ayudan a entender el contenido eficientemente.

By Mustapha N

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Jul 21, 2020

I learnt a lot in this course like shape and color and much more and i enjoyed this very much and thanks

By Siddhika s

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Jun 15, 2020

Good experience . I've learned how we can make creative and expressive images with different techniques.

By LU F

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Mar 7, 2019

Fundamental but very useful information. The instructor encourages you to think creatively all the time.