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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

XZ

Jan 3, 2020

Very great course to start designing. It helped me become bolder in creating contrasts in my work. Great for anyone interested in graphic design, or anything like bullet journalling, cooking, etc.

SE

Aug 1, 2020

This course was informational, fun, in depth, and very interesting. The professor did a great job of giving comprehensible lessons and the assignments always helped enforce the course's main ideas.

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By Jayson M

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Mar 18, 2023

Very informative!

By Josh L

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Dec 27, 2015

Good for beginner

By TEK B R

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Jul 1, 2023

wonderful course

By MISS R A

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Oct 16, 2020

Excellent course

By Sukirth

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Jul 27, 2020

very informative

By israa h h

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Nov 1, 2018

It's pretty good

By Britt B C

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Jun 12, 2017

Good intro class

By Angel S

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Dec 26, 2015

Excellent Course

By Dharnasi S

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Nov 30, 2020

NIce and thanks

By ESHIKA G

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Apr 27, 2020

A great course.

By Kathryin O

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Apr 19, 2016

So far so good!

By Sonar h j

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Jun 7, 2020

Excellent work

By Dongre G

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May 13, 2020

awesome course

By Ahmed M

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Apr 27, 2016

Awesome course

By Angela W

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Sep 29, 2020

Great course!

By wijdan A

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Aug 11, 2020

it was great!

By Robert E G

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Jul 26, 2022

great course

By Mulham Z

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Sep 21, 2021

Very Great !

By KitchenJungle b H

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Jul 12, 2021

great course

By Xinjuan D

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Apr 2, 2019

very useful.

By Abdelmouhaïmen T

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Apr 19, 2022

exellent !!

By Yahya G

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May 30, 2021

Nice course

By Pedro M B d B

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Feb 11, 2021

It was good

By Esha L

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Sep 9, 2020

Good course

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Aug 31, 2020

Nice course