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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

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.

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By Ashwani S

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Aug 21, 2020

worth it but a little bit boring

By Vikram S

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Jul 26, 2020

the method of theaching is superb

By Alessandro T

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Jun 25, 2020

very interesting and professional

By Stefurak T

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Apr 15, 2020

Very good and interesting course!

By Mder

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Oct 9, 2017

Really good !!!!!!! Thanks a lot.

By SYED Q

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Jun 19, 2017

very very important for everyone.

By Abdulaziz D

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Mar 7, 2016

great design course for beginners

By Kishan U M

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Jan 23, 2024

I learned a lot about designing.

By Roman M

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Sep 19, 2023

Excellent course and mothodology

By Thérèse B

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Aug 23, 2023

Excellent overview and practice.

By Charles H

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Jul 14, 2022

I had so much with this course!

By Marco C

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Apr 8, 2022

Perfectly crafted for beginners!

By Zsoka G

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Aug 24, 2021

Great course, good assignments.

By Rawan M

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Aug 7, 2021

Great Basics course, I liked it.

By RUPAL C

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Jul 6, 2021

Very good course for beginners:)

By Esa G

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Apr 5, 2021

Great! Rich and updated content.

By bahar e

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Mar 29, 2021

i enjoy and learn alot thank you

By Luke L

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Mar 21, 2021

Great course! Would do it again!

By Andreea C

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Mar 4, 2021

I enjoyed this course very much!

By Lorena J

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Jan 24, 2021

I loved it! I'm very thankful (:

By Kaung H H

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Nov 14, 2020

A very nice course for beginner.

By Thembelani A C

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Nov 7, 2020

interesting and excellent course

By Grace A B

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Oct 12, 2020

This course was really exciting!

By Atika D S

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Sep 19, 2020

very good resources and lecturer

By Prakash M

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Jul 31, 2020

I'm learned new things with fun.