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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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Feb 14, 2016

Interesting and innovative

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Jan 25, 2016

Absolutely awesome course!

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Feb 7, 2025

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Jan 18, 2025

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Oct 28, 2024

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By Ranjitha H S

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Jun 26, 2023

too good and fun to learn

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May 19, 2023

Good intro to the basics.

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Dec 21, 2022

This course is wonderful!

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Nov 21, 2022

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Aug 2, 2022

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Apr 16, 2022

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Feb 7, 2022

Great course. learnt alot

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Jan 24, 2022

The best course i've had.

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Dec 5, 2021

It was a excellent course

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Sep 4, 2021

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May 12, 2021

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Oct 26, 2020

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Oct 15, 2020

It was an amazing course.

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Aug 5, 2020

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Jul 30, 2020

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Jun 19, 2020

i learned alot. thank you

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May 7, 2020

Amazing flow of contents!

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Mar 8, 2020

very nice and informative

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Feb 11, 2019

it was interesting course

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Aug 22, 2018

It was a great experience