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Graphic Design Course
Fundamentals of Graphic Design Course
This graphic design course is a hands-on class that teaches fundamental skills. It includes exercises in design concepts, along with principles to help build confidence and awareness of guidelines and theories, and how they impact layout, type and color. In this one-day graphic design class, you will discover how to apply design by structuring a visual hierarchy using space and type. No previous design experience is necessary, and this course serves as a useful foundation for individuals working across a range of fields. Participants in this course are from a variety of job functions, including marketing, IT, development, management, and design roles.
This graphic design course actively involves students in the creation of designs in a non-computer environment with skills that translate to design for web, apps, marketing campaigns, print designs, and more. All design tools and supplies are provided, and participants should be prepared to experiment and grow design capabilities using newly learned skills and perspectives.
If you have questions about this graphic design class, or are interested in a private or customized graphic design course for your group, call to speak with a training consultant: 781-376-6044.
This course is available individually or as part of these certificate programs:
Graphic Design Course - Course Dates
All classes are led by a live instructor. Class times listed are Eastern time.
Graphic Design Course Topics
Graphic Design from a Historical Perspective
- Why design is important
- Influence of Art Nouveau, Cubism, Bauhaus, German and Swiss design in modern art
- Understanding the International Typographic Style
- Review of major influencers in modern design
- Origins of function determines form and fierce reduction of unnecessary elements
Understanding the importance of sketching
- Low fidelity methods
- Developing innovative concepts
- Creating flexibility in early stages of design
- Focusing on ideas, not tools
Understanding space in graphic design
- Understanding and using negative space
- Creating designs that utilize white and non-white space
Balance in your designs
- Understanding types of balance
- Experimenting with symmetrical and asymmetrical designs
- Experimenting with weight in order to create more dynamic designs
Adding rhythm and harmony to your design
- Discovering how patterns and repetition can lead the eye
- Create more effective designs using these principles
Typography: effective use of type
- Typeface scenarios.
- Understanding which typefaces are best to use in different situations
- Type terminology and what it means
- Basic typography rules that help improve viewer’s experience
- Building an effective and successful information hierarchy with a type ramp
- Understanding how to maximize design with a typographic grid
- Type as an art form
Understanding design proportions
- Building a beautifully proportioned layout for your design
- How positioning can affect aesthetics of your design
- Incorporating the golden mean into your designs
Influence of color on graphic design
- Understanding HSL (Hue, Saturation and Luminosity)
- Designing with color
- Understanding and using harmony rules
There are no prerequisites to participate in this fundamentals of graphic design course.
You will receive comprehensive comprehensive curriculum with your enrollment in the graphic design course, developed by the instructors at the American Graphics Institute. AGI instructors have authored more than 50 graphic design training books, including many official training books for Adobe Systems.