Learn Fundamental Design Principles for Non-Designers

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Painlessly learn the fundamentals of good web design.

  • 21 Videos
  • 1 hours 7 minutes
  • 5431 Happy Students

About the course

Design principles are universal, and can be applied to various situations to solve common and unique problems. In this course, you’ll learn some of the basic principles behind good design — with plenty of room to expand your creativity in productive, meaningful ways.

Geared toward web developers, this course teaches critical visual design principles and how to apply them. You’ll learn how to better employ basic design principles to get the best out of your design, and create more user friendly setups.

This course is taught by Gabrielle Gosha and was tech reviewed by Elio Qoshi.

  • 21 Videos
  • 1 hours 7 minutes
  • 5431 Happy Students

Courses Outline

Lesson 1: Contrast
Free
Overview
0:52
Color
4:17
Emphasis
3:47
Project: Creating contrast with graphics and type
10:05
Recap
1:23
Lesson 2: Repetition
Overview
0:57
Shapes
3:07
Consistency
2:53
Project: Creating a seamless repeating pattern
4:05
Recap
1:06
Lesson 3: Alignment
Overview
0:44
Grids
4:01
Typography
5:07
Project: Creating alignment with grids
10:31
Recap
1:16
Lesson 4: Proximity
Overview
0:57
Grouping
3:17
White Space
2:45
Project: Creating proximity for a business card
5:11
Recap
1:13
Lesson 5: Course Resources
Course Resources
  • 21 Videos
  • 1 hours 7 minutes
  • 5431 Happy Students