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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

CS

May 9, 2018

An ok course for beginners. A bit too basic for someone who has already had experience in design, but is great anyway cause it breaks things back down to the simplest parts to help you remember roots.

AR

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.

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By GLÁUCIA D S A

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Jul 9, 2020

I have learned a lot about typografy and texture of images etc.

I really loved this course!

By Annalee L

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Jul 6, 2020

Informative and easy to follow. The information is presented in an easy to understand way.

By Farman A

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May 18, 2020

after taking this course i can tell that i learn something. thank you coursera and calarts

By Ximena M R R

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May 11, 2020

I loved it! It's really the fundamentals but you learn and a very interesting and fun way.

By Chowdary J

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May 11, 2020

Excellent!! Wonderful teaching and it went well in an organised manner. Thank you so much.

By Muhammad M H

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Jun 15, 2019

Great Course to make the basics of Graphic Design and Love the way the instructor teaches.

By Paddy C

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Feb 22, 2018

Fantastic course, really well presented and delivered. Just what i was looking for.

Patrick

By Valerie C

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Mar 22, 2016

Really enjoyed this course, wish the other courses in the specialization could be audited.

By Karen

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Mar 20, 2016

Great course. Make sure you plan time to do all of the optional exercises, they are great.

By Ana P B

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Feb 17, 2016

Very good and educational contents. Great practical exercises that help develop knowledge.

By Thomas G

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Feb 11, 2016

Excellent introduction to graphic design, I really enjoyed the lectures and learned a lot.

By Persefoni L

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Nov 13, 2015

I learned a lot from this course and it was very flexible, interactive and easy to follow.

By Faraz W

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Feb 27, 2023

Through This Course i able to get all the information about foundation of Graphic Design.

By Leonie P

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Jul 16, 2022

Nice mixture of theory and practice with bite-sized projects that keep the motivation up.

By Eva P

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Sep 9, 2021

This fantastic and entertaining course lays the fundamental foundations of graphic design

By Harikant B J

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May 19, 2021

From this course I have learned a lot and this course is best for learning graphic design

By Marcelo M G C

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May 8, 2021

Really great course, great teacher! This course cover the fundamentals of graphic design!

By Viviana F

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Apr 18, 2021

I loved that curse and I'm really happy for all the things I could learn here. Thank you!

By Karina F

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Feb 4, 2021

I learned good techniques, now I have and can distinguish other skills in graphic design.

By Jane C

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Jan 2, 2021

Great interactive course with fun assignments and core foundational knowledge to grow on.

By Jesca d P

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Nov 30, 2020

The course has given me the oppurtuunity to start recreating from my own mind. Thank you.

By Nikkita M

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Jul 18, 2020

Helped me a lot to understand the basic work and elements I need to work more in my field

By martina g

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Jul 4, 2020

It is really clear the concepts, I love the way they make you understand each one of them

By Muhammad U

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Jan 21, 2020

The course outline was very well made and I really enjoyed it every minute. Thanks a lot!

By K F

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Dec 15, 2019

Very good to learn. Contents are impressive.

I've learned about graphic design. Thank you.