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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 Oluwatobi A

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Oct 26, 2016

Very fundamental. Nice introduction to the field of graphic design.

By Deleted A

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Feb 25, 2016

A very complete course with many applied exercises. I recommend it.

By Eddie E

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Jul 26, 2024

Greate course, It was really fun and simple to follow and keep up.

By Sena O

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Sep 11, 2023

Very easy to understand, and teaches the overall basics perfectly.

By Ammar K

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Jun 27, 2023

its amazing and very helpfull to learn and build your skill easily

By WALIYA A

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Mar 13, 2023

Amazing course for those who wanna learn basics of Graphic Design.

By Federico A

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Apr 13, 2022

The course is very helpful if you aren't any knowledge of graphic

By JP v

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Dec 15, 2021

Nice beginner friendly, I hope there are more example assignments

By Amit J

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Sep 20, 2021

Impressive, helpful and educational, i have improved significantly

By Lisa G

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Jan 5, 2021

Great fundamentals course with good material to get your feet wet.

By Em Y

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Oct 25, 2020

It taught me basic knowledge and skills to apply in graphic design

By RAJDIP B

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Oct 15, 2020

Great bunch of courses for skill development in graphic designing.

By Laura M

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Oct 5, 2020

Very interesting and involving, the best one I have joined so far!

By H o o r H a n i f

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Sep 17, 2020

As being a beginner, I learned a lot thanks to my amazing teacher.

By Samuel F

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Sep 5, 2020

I am not the same man that started the course, graphic design wise

By SAMIR S

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Aug 25, 2020

Excellent Course to kick start the journey as a graphics designer.

By Ashwini V

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Jul 11, 2020

Great Course, Great Assignment and Great Teacher. Loved the course

By Olga V

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May 9, 2020

An interesting and orderly course on the basics of graphic design!

By Mingtao W

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May 15, 2019

Very good intro course with touches of everything we need to know.

By Shahadat A

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Mar 12, 2019

Very Amazing course easy to understand Thank you all Coursera team

By Emanuel R

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Feb 24, 2019

Excellent course, I learned solid knowledges. Thank you very much.

By Lisania T

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Nov 13, 2018

I like that it was dinamic. Videos were great and not bored at all

By finysh

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Oct 7, 2016

GOOD!I can learn something about the foundation of Graphic Design.

By sandee

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Jun 11, 2016

this course is amazing! very good choice for entry-level designers