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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 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

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.

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By Carolina P

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Oct 9, 2016

Aprendí mucho, las tareas fueron muy útiles para reforzar lo visto en los videos explicativos.

By Sadat M

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Dec 27, 2015

It has been really helpful for building base for basic graphic learners......appreciate....(Y)

By GORISI G R

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Oct 13, 2023

Useful course for the beginning level graphic designers and develop art skills in the person

By Magali V C

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Jul 31, 2021

I really loved this course. It's great to practise and give/get feedback from and to others.

By Amber M

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Mar 19, 2021

Fun and very educational with tons of optional assignments to work on your design techniques.

By Shu H N

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Dec 3, 2020

A very good and structured introduction to graphic design for people who are not experienced.

By Oana S

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Oct 27, 2020

Lovely course! I enjoyed every lesson and every task. Beautiful structured and easy to learn.

By Kiran M

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Jul 2, 2020

Incredible course arranged by the institute , helped alot in understanding the core concepts.

By noemy c

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Jun 28, 2020

soy mexicana y ya tenia previo conocimiento, este curso me ayudo a reforzar mis conocimientos

By Mayra S

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Jun 20, 2020

Muy práctico, dinámico y con información interesante para quienes recién comenzamos. Gracias!

By Pritom D

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May 7, 2020

That was amazing experience I have on attending the course.Thanks to the respective teachers.

By Shashwat K

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Apr 30, 2020

This is a pretty good course overall and provides a fair balance between theory and practice.

By Lucía G

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Apr 27, 2020

A great course to learn the basics about graphic design, and start thinking more graphically.

By Rechethas C

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Apr 15, 2020

This course really understand the theory of design and its value. A must learn for a designer

By Danah m

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Apr 5, 2020

I started to build a good base to Graphic design with this course, I am so satisfied, THANKS.

By shikha b

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Apr 2, 2020

absolutely loved the course.. it was fun and engaging and definitely learnt something from it

By Shalini K

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Feb 27, 2020

The course was very helpful and fun at the same. Looking forward to learn more from Coursera.

By Valéry B

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Aug 13, 2019

Superb overview and presentation of the concepts of design.

Very clear and interesting.

Thanks!

By Alvaro M

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Apr 7, 2019

For anyone who wishes to understand and develop the essential fundamentals of Graphic Design.

By Matías A

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Dec 4, 2018

Excellent course as an introduction to the graphic design world and it' s principle concepts.

By Chia Y G

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Nov 28, 2018

Interesting concepts learnt and I look forward to taking more courses in this specialisation.

By Deleted A

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Mar 18, 2018

Well organized and well presented. The projects were appropriate and useful. I learned a lot!

By Manching

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Jan 10, 2018

Very basic courses, very useful, especially for design thinking. Thank you for your teaching.

By Sintija V

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Jun 26, 2017

I really enjoyed all the lectures and making project works was really interesting! Thank you!

By Dries N

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Jun 22, 2017

Good balance between theory and practice. I've learned a lot about composition, color use etc