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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 wa...
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Top reviews

EJ

Sep 5, 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!

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.

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By Alex C

Feb 16, 2022

As a first time user to all graphic design in general, this was a great introductory course to learn the basics!

By Sara E B

Sep 11, 2021

Good for beginner but they'll need to have software+craft skill to do the assignement. It is mostly conceptual.

By MONIKA B

May 29, 2021

This is a great platform. I have learned so any things typography, colors knowledge. Thank you for this platform

By Marco M

Oct 11, 2020

Un curso excelente, buena metodología, se aprende mucho/ An excellent course, good methodology, you learn a lot.

By jesseli e n l

Aug 24, 2020

Es una excelente enseñansa y agardesco mucho al profesor por cada clase, me ha servido y me va a servir de mucho

By Rana I

Jul 27, 2020

It was a very helpful content to start with and take the initiative to do something creative later on. Thank you

By Lindamell A

Jun 8, 2020

I have enjoyed my study with Coursera. It has been a bit challenging journey but I am glad I have pulled through

By Tahamina A

Jun 1, 2020

It's a wonderful course I think. But a bit hard for a learner like me who have no knowledge about making shapes.

By Basant O S

May 9, 2020

As an amateur in the world of graphic design, this course helped me recognize the building blocks of this field.

By Sandhya S

Apr 29, 2020

A clear, concise and well-structured course for beginners of graphic design! I really enjoyed the assignments :)

By Bernard D V

Apr 11, 2020

A complete course about the fundamentals of graphic design. The course is clear and the assignment are fun to do

By Zuokemefa O ( Z

Jan 7, 2020

I love design and this course has broaden my idea about design, thank you cousera for this wonderful opportunity

By 张金妙

Sep 5, 2019

Amazing! This course makes me have a good understand of Graphic Design. I want to learn the specialized courses.

By Oscar H

Dec 22, 2017

Excellent course, very well designed and prepared contents, top level instructor, clear and easy to be followed.

By ZouShuang

Oct 25, 2017

We can learn much more about fundamentals of graphic design,some methods and

technique. .It's very useful.

By Yusuf C

Feb 3, 2017

A great experience. Glad to have work and pass it. Thanks for giving me the opportunity to complete this course.

By Yulia N

Jan 12, 2016

Very useful knowledge and practical skill. The assignments are interesting, fun and practical. Like this course!

By Ruban R

May 14, 2023

It was very interesting course with practicing! If you are just a starter this is a right course to start with.

By Христина К

Jul 19, 2022

Was very useful and interesting. Great opportunity to dip your hands in paint and feel the process. Thank you!

By Альона В Ш

Dec 1, 2021

The course is practical and it motivates. Very interesting and exciting, thank you for the valuable information

By Aleena A

Nov 17, 2021

This course help me to understand basic of graphics designs. each and every thing was perfect about this course

By Anamica H

Nov 4, 2021

Amazing experience. It was fun doing the assignments and learned something really informative from this course.

By Tina N

Sep 6, 2021

I really enjoyed this course. The instructions were very clear and the assignments enjoyable. I learned a lot!

By Andrii P

Mar 27, 2021

It is really the fundamentals of Graphic Design. The course is informative and has interesting practical tasks.

By Armunwadee M

May 9, 2020

I can learn all of basic about graphic design. I suggest this course , perhaps you maybe get the new knowledge.