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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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Jun 29, 2016

Excellent!!!

By Asante J

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Jun 29, 2016

Great course

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Jun 28, 2016

Great course

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Dec 6, 2024

Loved it...

By Sara M A

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Oct 4, 2023

very useful

By Aqib R

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Jun 20, 2023

good course

By Peyush S

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May 13, 2023

Exceptional

By SARAH S

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Jan 31, 2023

Good course

By Lydia E T

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Jan 29, 2023

Many thanks

By Abdul H

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Dec 16, 2022

Exceptional

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Aug 1, 2022

Thank you!

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Jun 19, 2022

It is great

By Rohit A

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Jun 13, 2021

I loved it!

By 胡育慈

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Mar 1, 2021

learn a lot

By nudrat n

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Dec 19, 2020

best course

By Aishwarya V

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Dec 15, 2020

Nice Start!

By JUAN M Q S

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Dec 2, 2020

very good !

By Christian S G

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Nov 3, 2020

really good

By KAILASWAR S V

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Oct 15, 2020

nice course

By Neha p

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Sep 30, 2020

good course

By Hakan E

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Sep 21, 2020

Excellent..

By BIBHU P P

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Sep 21, 2020

it was nice

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Sep 7, 2020

Good course

By Alinaz Z

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Aug 23, 2020

outstanding

By SARTHAK A V

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Aug 17, 2020

nice course