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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

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.

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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Apr 30, 2020

Its is very awesome journey

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Oct 26, 2019

Simple yet spark curiosity.

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Sep 17, 2018

this website very very good

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Aug 14, 2016

Excellent and a lot of fun!

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Jun 19, 2016

Great! Fun and interactive!

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Apr 4, 2016

Very interesting and useful

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Jan 12, 2016

interesting and fun course!

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Jul 25, 2024

full of useful information

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Jul 14, 2024

Very useful for a begginer

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Aug 9, 2023

i learned much frfrom this

By Hasnat A

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Oct 13, 2022

Best course for begginers

By Petr F

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Sep 26, 2022

Practice oriented course.

By Babatunde B A

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Jun 16, 2022

Well explained and taught.

By irina k

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Oct 13, 2021

amazing class and teacher

By SUSHANT S

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Jul 4, 2021

Great course for beginner.

By Miguel P N

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May 2, 2021

Great! I've learned a lot.

By Trevor D

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Apr 24, 2021

Great skills and knowledge

By Joyotee R C

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Mar 3, 2021

A fun and practical course

By Jeslyn C

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Dec 8, 2020

very fun and learned a lot

By Touhid A T

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Oct 15, 2020

This course very help full

By barry m

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Oct 12, 2020

Thank you, taught me a lot

By sakshi j

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Oct 11, 2020

I gained lots of knowledge

By Eylül E

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Oct 10, 2020

It was really instructive.

By Kanchan S

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Oct 4, 2020

So useful

Thank you so much