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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 wa...
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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 Edmond T

Feb 4, 2017

Good introduction to graphic design. The videos have a lot of "mouth noises".

By Constanza M C M

Sep 4, 2020

It's exactly what I was looking for, the basics of desing: color and shapes.

By Ritesh K

Jan 6, 2019

One of the Best Course, I have done lot on courser, Thanks for this one...!!

By Veda L

Apr 30, 2016

A very good course and has helped understand a lot about The said subject :)

By Kham S K

Apr 7, 2023

This course helps me a lot in learning graphic design and I really like it.

By Marta J

Jun 15, 2020

It would me more useful if you could learn of to use the computer programs.

By Svenja B

Mar 26, 2024

Covered the basics. Could be slightly more in depth for my personal taste.

By Sonia A

Sep 28, 2020

Excellent course for beginners and i learned so many aspects of creativity

By Eslam K H

Feb 17, 2020

This course served as my starting point in graphic design, which is better

By Clare D

Sep 15, 2016

A decent course, but flawed by student reviewers with subjective opinions.

By Ashley H

Feb 2, 2017

I learned some stuff and this was one of the easier courses I have taken.

By Regina M G

Nov 26, 2016

I was hoping they would taught me softwares in order to do my assignments

By Virginia L

Dec 31, 2015

Very helpful, I love it!

It would have been 5 stars if it had been longer.

By Hanan N

Oct 25, 2022

A useful course and thank you to everyone who contributed to this course

By Vitória O R D C

Apr 23, 2022

É um ótimo curso para revisar os fundamentos de forma, cor e composição.

By Iago

Feb 11, 2018

I love the way classes were teached and the content was smooth an clear.

By Ramiz a

May 15, 2020

it was ok. but very basic. It will be a great course for the biggeners

By Aubrie V Z

Jul 25, 2022

i enjoyed what I learned. I think I will get more in future courses.

By idil

Feb 7, 2016

Assignments could be more fun and hard but the course was very good.

By Jordan G

Sep 11, 2020

This course did a good job at teaching the basics of graphic design

By Veronika M

Aug 16, 2022

Не плохо, весьма старомодно, но изучить основы тоже очень полезно.

By Ersin E

Apr 12, 2022

good begining with all basics included that will keep you on track

By Virginia E M

Mar 30, 2016

Good explanations and great tasks to accomplish. Really didactic.

By Kelly W

Aug 27, 2018

Good information, short videos and lots of exercises. Well done.

By Kayla H

Oct 30, 2022

This was a good course. Wish there were more assignments to do.