Visual Design 101

The wellbeing of our employees, students, clients, instructors, and guests is our number one priority here at General Assembly. We are monitoring the Coronavirus situation very carefully and will be adjusting delivery of our programs.

Due to the current health concerns all GA short-form (one day) classes, workshops and bootcamps will temporarily be held online - including this one.

Registered students will be notified 24 hours in advance of this program with information on how to log in to the Zoom Meeting Room and Slack messaging apps. Registration for this class will close 24 hours prior to class start in order to allow all students ample opportunity to have the technology enabled.

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Step into the world of visual design with General Assembly. This introductory workshop will expose you to the fundamentals of visual design—typography, color, and layout. After learning about these basic principles, we will review several real world designs and critique them using the language learning in the class. Touch on essential design principles including typography, color and color theory, accessibility, and composition/layout. Survey today’s digital design landscape and its career opportunities.

• Understand and describe the fundamentals of design, specifically in the digital space.
• Apply your new knowledge in a design critique of some existing popular websites.
• Articulate the current design landscape, including careers and opportunities to learn more about the topic area.

Chart your own career path. Pick up where this workshop leaves off. Enhance your professional skill set in our part-time Visual Design course. Or, learn more about the design world in our User Experience Design courses, on campus or online.

Takeaways:

• Be able to define and understand the importance of visual design
• Learn the basic skills to help you start designing layouts in Figma
• Apply design fundamentals of composition, color, and type to your own digital design (a sign-up screen)
• Articulate the current design landscape, including careers and opportunities to learn more

Preparation:

Students need to sign up for a free trial of Figma and be ready to design in-browser on their PC or Mac — (https://www.figma.com/)

• You will need access to a laptop or computer with a working webcam and microphone as well as a strong internet connection.
• This course will occur completely online using Zoom and Slack.
• Course set up information will be emailed to all students signed up around 24 hours before (and again an hour before) your course launches.
• Each individual course participant must have purchased a ticket