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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

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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.

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

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Apr 9, 2021

I enjoyed learning from Coursera online.

By Roxana S

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Mar 10, 2021

Great course, really informative and clear

By H.K.C. S G

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Aug 25, 2020

Actually very useful and important course.

By Muhammad S S D

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Aug 5, 2020

Good course to begin with Graphic Design .

By GAGAN K

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Jun 21, 2020

A very good course for art loving students

By Ritvee T

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Apr 8, 2020

Beautiful course especially for beginners.

By Varun S

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May 16, 2018

Amazing! Learned a ton in really less time

By matthew c

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Jun 23, 2017

It is a great course. I like it very much.

By Mareike B

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Oct 29, 2016

very informative and really well explained

By duck810825

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Jun 4, 2016

The course is very interesting and useful.

By Анна

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Jan 21, 2016

A lot of useful information for begginers!

By Camila L S

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Apr 23, 2024

me sirvio mucho para aprender a diagramar

By Sama K

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Jan 21, 2023

It is really very useful and great course

By Anny G

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Nov 18, 2022

Super excelente curso, super recomendado!

By Jenifer K

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Mar 24, 2022

This course is very practical and helpful

By Lawrence C H (

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Sep 27, 2021

This course was very informative and fun.

By KARYME G M S

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Sep 13, 2021

One of the best courses! 100% recommended

By Vanya V

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Aug 19, 2021

It is easy to understant and very usefull

By Sasha K

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Aug 17, 2021

Nice courses to start the graphic design!

By Uriel E C M

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Nov 5, 2020

muyy buenooo me ayudo! mucho! a aprender!

By Vishal C

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Sep 28, 2020

very good course, I learn a lot from this

By Stephanie A R P

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Aug 11, 2020

Muy completo, bastante interactivo y util

By Gergana K

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Jul 1, 2020

I love the course it was very satisfying.

By Enrico J

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Apr 8, 2019

It is a great course and I learned a lot!

By Sara M I M

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Nov 19, 2018

A very useful and necessary basic course.