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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

EJ

Sep 6, 2021

I had a lot of fun in this course. I learnt some extra bits of information related to graphic design and I think it's a great start for beginners as well as good practice for intermediate and experts!

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

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By Margaret T

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Mar 25, 2020

The program is useful for me to get a taste of doing graphic design.

By Najwa P

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Jun 9, 2018

This is a very interesting and valuable course. I really enjoyed it!

By Catherine

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Jan 21, 2018

an efficient overview for a beginner without any relevant experience

By Gerald T

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Jul 19, 2017

Concise introduction to the basic building blocks of graphics design

By Óscar A M R

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Apr 30, 2017

Sencillo y fácil de entender. Lo mejor son los trabajos de práctica.

By Fergus N

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Jun 14, 2016

An excellent starting point for anyone interested in graphic design.

By Yuliya

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Mar 10, 2016

Very good. I am not major in graphic design, but I learn a lot here.

By AS

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Mar 6, 2016

It's a grear course site... I learn lot of new thing in this course.

By Marta M C

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Dec 6, 2015

Enjoying it! Thorough, effective, a great opportunity for beginners.

By Nigar A

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Nov 21, 2023

THANK YOU FOR ALL THE MATERIALS PROVIDED. ALL IS AT THE HIGH LEVEL.

By Kashif N

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Sep 15, 2023

GREAT TEACHING STYEL , FRIENDLY UNDERSTANDING, WOW PLACE TO GO PRO

By Melis E Ö

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Sep 11, 2022

it was great for developing myself into further graphic designing.

By Genesis G

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Aug 1, 2022

Great opportunity for every learner in the field of graphic design

By Shahanur A M

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May 7, 2021

I like this course.The instructor clearly describes all the things.

By Ahmed A

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Mar 29, 2021

It's so amazing course

It add some value for me

Learning New skills

By JUAN A M H

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Feb 25, 2021

El contenido de este curso es muy bueno. Hasta lo puedo recomendar.

By Chen Y J E

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Jan 28, 2021

Interesting Assignments that reinforce what we learn in the lessons

By Peace

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Jan 13, 2021

Absolutely amazing course structuring, tutoring and overall content

By Antonia C C B

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Sep 20, 2020

in my opinion, it was an amazing course that I could learn so much.

By Karly D

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Aug 26, 2020

Liked the peer review and opportunities to practice what was taught

By Shama D G

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Aug 6, 2020

A very nice course , helped in learning the basic of graphic design

By Md F A B

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Jul 21, 2020

It was a great experience and the first step towards Graphic Design

By Tazmim F S

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Jul 7, 2020

Acquired a lot of knowledge through this course. Thanks to coursera

By SWAJAL K J

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Jul 5, 2020

I loved this course, it help me to understand more about designing.

By Prajwal P

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Jun 21, 2020

This course is amazing , the way instructor teach us is excellent .