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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 18, 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.

GA

Aug 21, 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

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By Gaurav S P

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Nov 19, 2020

It's really helpful for me.

By Omnya A M

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Aug 9, 2017

it is very good for beginer

By Narmada k

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Sep 21, 2020

Great Course for begginers

By Tomas O C

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Jun 10, 2020

Great introductory course.

By Rachael Y

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Nov 27, 2019

Great foundational course.

By Yusuf S

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Jun 10, 2019

Good course for beginners.

By Ismail A

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Feb 4, 2019

great introductory course!

By Vipin P

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May 11, 2017

Good Knowledgeable course.

By Ashima M

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Aug 24, 2020

Amazing for basic studies

By Muskan D

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Jul 19, 2020

It was a good experience.

By May S

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Oct 4, 2017

Great, Simple and Dinamic

By Carlise T

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Mar 2, 2016

I enjoyed the course as a

By Fatema T Z

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Oct 8, 2020

It was an amazing course

By Abdul Q

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Aug 23, 2020

its all perfect and good

By Bruno C B M

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Sep 20, 2017

Very Good for beginners!

By Daniel P

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Jan 8, 2016

Hey, that's pretty good.

By Angela d S O

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Jul 4, 2024

Very basic but worth it

By Shalmoli M

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Jun 12, 2020

had a great experience

By Sija G D

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May 22, 2020

Good experience it was

By Shimaa G A

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Mar 12, 2019

It is so useful course

By MD A R

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Sep 1, 2021

Course is good enough

By Kamal A

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Jul 31, 2020

perfect for begginers

By Arun J

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Jun 12, 2020

Easy and Informative!

By Tanushka E

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Jul 6, 2022

I Like this course )

By Sejal

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Aug 15, 2020

good for a beginning