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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

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 Paola

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Oct 11, 2019

Very interesting, it helped me to discover new skills and improving the existing ones!

By Todd H

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Dec 12, 2018

The lessons are easy to follow and packed creative knowledge and helpful tips not B.S!

By SaSha D

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Oct 31, 2018

Amazing and unique experience. Clear information with a lot of detail and application.

By Siddharth J

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Mar 23, 2016

Very useful course. Gives me a different perspective towards image, art & typography .

By khadeja S

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Jan 17, 2016

Excellent material for beginners who don't have any experience with Graphic designing.

By Pedro S R

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Jan 20, 2024

Incredible course! It was amazing to know how to start in the graphic design journey.

By Juliana C C S

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Feb 20, 2023

Really interesting course. Great activities and guidelines to explore graphic design.

By Oanh H

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Nov 21, 2022

Can you change my name, from Oanh Hoang Oanh Bui to Bui Hoanh Oanh Oanh? Thank you ^^

By Dee A

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Oct 25, 2022

Love it! I am going to watch the videos again! Great instructor, easy to understand.

By Donna K

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Feb 9, 2022

Nothing in this course is explained, I learned more watching Youtube than this course

By farah a r

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Oct 14, 2021

this is a very great course and easy to understand for beginner about graphic design.

By Solomon N

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Nov 15, 2020

Its really informative and easy to understand. A great introduction to graphic design

By Deleted A

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Oct 24, 2020

Apreté el botón de inscripción por accidente, pero se ve muy bueno. Lo haré algún día

By Connie K C

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Jun 19, 2020

Great combination of listening to information and trying out ideas for peer feedback.

By Muzammil M

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Feb 9, 2020

Best course to understand the different kind of writing styles and designing of Logos

By Tom S

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Aug 25, 2019

My first Coursera course, but I found it very clear, informative, and easy to follow.

By Karla M L

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Feb 13, 2019

I liked the course, I've enjoyed doing it as well. Instructors was great, Thank you!

By Mina T

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Sep 3, 2018

Honestly got me waaaaaay more interested in Graphic Design! I'm so happy I could cry!

By zara z

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Dec 25, 2016

This course was very helpful to build up the basic experience. I decided to continue.

By Janelle B

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Dec 13, 2015

Excellent overview of the basics for non-designers looking for some design knowledge.

By najmeh k

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Oct 7, 2022

It was a great course that was able to improve my understanding Visualization helps

By Eric V

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Jun 30, 2021

Amazing course, love how clearly all parts of the course all. really recommend it :D

By Asad A A

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Jan 31, 2021

it has been nice course and I learned many things of Graphic design, so what is next

By Carla C d L B

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Dec 26, 2020

I think it's a fantastic course, even for those who don't know nothing about design.