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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 Abdullah

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Oct 10, 2020

Its Really helpful and made me improve my skills.

Thank you.

By kathleen w

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Jul 28, 2020

Perfectly challenging and the course covers the essentials.

By Julio A L R

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Jun 8, 2020

The information and the work are super clear. Great course!

By Muhammad I

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May 23, 2020

I have learned some new design techniques from this course.

By Fathi S

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May 26, 2019

I have learned a lot from this course. Highly recommended!

By Lucas M

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Jul 17, 2018

Excellent introductory Graphic Design course. I recommend !

By huangqingyan

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Nov 2, 2017

Very good course, great help to me, hope to learn in depth.

By enjy s

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Oct 13, 2017

i really got new experience and information from that track

By Yaatzil C F

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Nov 23, 2015

I really enjoy this course and all the activities involved.

By Amanda G C L

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Oct 2, 2024

I learned a lot and the assignments were really fun to do.

By Leydis A

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Apr 14, 2024

It was fun and very helpful to continue crafting my skills

By Mohd Y S

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Dec 10, 2023

Very informative and deep knowledge provide in this course

By Abdullah A M

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Oct 31, 2023

great course help me to understand a lot in graphic design

By Ivan S H A

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Feb 20, 2023

Fun and very instcrutional, motivated me to keep learinng.

By Deepak P

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Apr 3, 2022

This course helped me to improve my graphic design skills.

By Apurva B

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Sep 28, 2021

it was a really good course and I learnt soo much from it

By MPearsall

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Aug 11, 2021

Excellent material, resources, and instruction. Thank you.

By Vaclav O

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Aug 2, 2021

Great experience and as promised it was really practical.

By Shourya S

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Jun 2, 2021

AMAZING DISTRIBUTION OF LESSONS.I LITERALLY LEARNED A LOT.

By Niv A

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Apr 27, 2021

Interesting. I like the methods. I got the video lectures.

By Chukwu N

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Feb 10, 2021

The narrator (tutor) was classically eloquent and explicit

By LEENAH T

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Dec 31, 2020

Perfect for beginners. It was fun and I REALLY ENJOYED IT.

By Maria A B

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Nov 15, 2020

Me ha gustado mucho. Todo muy bien explicado y muy visual.

By yanfeng x

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Nov 7, 2020

This course is very flexible and useful for fresh student.

By Aaron B

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Jul 8, 2020

This way of learning at my own pace was very very helpful.